LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Cohen is the Dean of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. He has received numerous awards for his research, including a National Institute of Aging "EUREKA" Award and has published over 250 papers in top scientific journals focusing on aging, Alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes... Read More →

Balbag is a musician, health changemaker, and academic entrepreneur. With doctorates in gerontology and harp performance, she researches music’s influence on health across the lifespan. A harpist, she’s soloed with orchestras, performed on-screen (Modern Family, Glee, Great Performances... Read More →

Dr. Finch studies the basic mechanisms in human aging with a focus on inflammation. He has received numerous awards in biomedical gerontology, including the Robert W. Kleemeier Award of the Gerontological Society of America, the Sandoz Premier Prize by the International Geriatric... Read More →

Longo is a biogerontologist and cell biologist known for his studies on the role of starvation and nutrient response genes on cellular protection, aging and diseases, and for proposing that longevity is regulated by similar genes and mechanisms in many eukaryotes. He is currently... Read More →