Rudy Tanzi: Pioneering an Alzheimer’s Cure

Rudy Tanzi, a 2018 Influencer in Aging, is one of the best-known names in neuroscience in the world. He is the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, whose lab is on the forefront of discovering the causes and p… Continue reading

Christina Soriano: The Impact of Improvisational Dance on Parkinson’s

Christina Soriano, associate professor of dance and director of the dance program at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., as well as associate provost of the arts for the school, is a 2018 Influencer in Aging and the founder of IMPROVment ®, … Continue reading

Rajiv Mehta: Bringing Change for Caregivers

Rajiv Mehta, a 2018 Influencer in Aging, is the CEO and founder of Atlas of Caregiving, a California-based nonprofit whose mission is to bring about transformative change for family caregivers, in part by studying their day-to-day experience. Only with… Continue reading

Jeanne Kelly: A Joyful Song for Older Adults

Jeanne Kelly, a 2018 Influencer in Aging, is the founder and artistic director of Encore, the nation’s largest choral organization specifically for adults ages 55 and older, based in Maryland. Encore features 15 chorales and 6 Encore ROCKS rock and rol… Continue reading

Tom Kamber: Bringing Tech to All Older Adults

Tom Kamber, one of Next Avenue’s 2018 Influencers in Aging, projects so much exuberance and enthusiasm as he discusses his work as founder and executive director of Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)/Senior Planet, that you believe he and his team… Continue reading

Peter Gosselin: Muckraking Journalist on the Aging Beat

Peter Gosselin, a 2018 Influencer in Aging, has had a long and illustrious career as a journalist, but his biggest and most important story may have been the exposé he and reporter Ariana Tobin recently wrote for ProPublica: “Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM… Continue reading

Sara Zeff Geber: Offering Retirement Advice for Solo Agers

With her recent book, Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers: A retirement and aging roadmap for single and childless adults, Sara Zeff Geber brought the term “solo agers” into the national vocabulary. By Geber’s definition, a solo ager (sometime… Continue reading

Catherine Collinson: Analyzing Retirement Trends Around the World

As CEO and president of the nonprofit Transamerica Institute and its Center for Retirement Studies as well as executive director of the Aegon Center for Longevity and Retirement, Catherine Collinson is one of the sharpest retirement researchers in the … Continue reading