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Becca Levy

Future of Aging Advisory Board Academic and Policy Council Member
Becca Levy is professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and professor of psychology at Yale University. Her research explores psychosocial factors that influence elders' cognitive and physical functioning as well as their longevity.
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Yves Joanette

Future of Aging Advisory Board Academic and Policy Council Member
Yves Joanette is professor of cognitive neurosciences and aging at the Universite de Montreal and scientific director of the Institute of Aging of the Canada Institutes of Health Research. He also oversees the CIHR Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and is the scientific lead for the CIHR dementia research strategy, as well as co-leading other initiatives on eHealth and on work and health.
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Lynn Goldman

Future of Aging Advisory Board Council Member and Future of Aging Advisory Board Academic and Policy Council Member
Lynn Goldman is the Michael and Lori Milken dean at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.
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Teresa Ghilarducci

Future of Aging Advisory Board Academic and Policy Council Member
Teresa Ghilarducci, PhD, holds the Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair in economic policy analysis at The New School for Social Research.
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Jonathan Simons

Jonathan W. Simons is an American physician-scientist, medical oncologist, and leader in prostate cancer research. Simons is the Chief Science Officer and Medical Director of the Marcus Foundation.
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Linda Fried

Future of Aging Advisory Board Academic and Policy Council Member
A world-renowned geriatrician and epidemiologist, Linda Fried has defined frailty and its causes, conducted research on the prevention of disability and cardiovascular disease, and proposes that investments in health for longer lives could build a Third Demographic Dividend.
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Marc Freedman

Future of Aging Advisory Board Academic and Policy Council Member
Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Encore.org, is one of the nation's leading experts on the longevity revolution and the transformation of retirement.
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Richard Merkin

Richard Merkin is the CEO and founder of the Heritage Group. Under his stewardship, the Heritage Group has become the largest, physician-owned and -operated integrated delivery system in the United States with more than 50 related health-care companies.
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Ruth Finkelstein

Future of Aging Advisory Board Academic and Policy Council Member
Ruth Finkelstein, ScD is devoted to transformation of our understanding of aging from a state of decline to a stage full of challenge and opportunity. She is the Executive Director of the Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College/CUNY and a Professor of Urban Public Health.
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Shmuel Meitar

Shmuel Meitar is the founder of Time to Know, the first comprehensive digital teaching platform. He established Time to Know in 2004 as a philanthropic endeavor in Israel and expanded it into an international business.