F83E A Book Study: Aging, Zombie Cells, and the Fountain of Youth (Zoom; OLLI @ U of A)
Zoom | Available (Membership Required)
This study group is designed to be a journey through our current knowledge of the processes of aging, both at the organismal and the cellular levels, and some of the plans offered to slow or even reverse these processes. The study group will be based in part on the book Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD, and Bill Gifford (Harmony Books, 2023). Our plan is to work our way through the book with recommended reading assignments. The co-SGLs plan to use our meeting times to expand upon the themes of each reading, to hear your comments, and do our best to respond to your questions. Extensive science background is not necessary to join this study group. Any expertise you have and wish to contribute will be a welcome addition. For full benefit, we recommend each SG member purchase the aforementioned book, which at this writing appears to be available for about $20. Praise for Outlive from Siddartha Mukherjee: “Peter Attia has delivered the definitive look at the complex subject of longevity. Comprehensive and rigorous, it is full of surprising insights into the diseases of aging and the tactics that can help us live longer and in better health.” Note: Daylight Savings Time ends on November 2, 2025. After that date this class will begin at 11:00 am EST.
[PRESENTERS] Marilyn Halonen, PhD, retired in 2010 as Professor of Pharmacology and member of the Asthma and Airways Diseases Research Center at U Arizona where she taught classes, performed research and trained graduate students in immunology. She spent one year on sabbatical at NIH. For OLLI, she has led or co-led Study Groups on various aspects of molecular, cellular, and organismal biology, including most recently the Mysterious Workings of Our Immune System, the Biologic Songs of Our Cells, and Maps our Brains Create to Guide Us. Gerald M. Fleischner, MD, is a retired physician who spent 40 years teaching, caring for patients, and doing science at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. Early research training at Einstein was with the immunologist-vaccinologist Dr. John B. Robbins and the hepatologist Dr. Irwin Arias. An unquenchable curiosity about the life process has him spending much time and effort in studying genomics and evolutionary science and how they intersect the medical literature. An OLLI member for over 12 years, he has served as SGL or co-SGL in courses involving the biological sciences and medicine.
*This registration item is ZOOM ONLY; there is not an in-person section of this course. It is offered and run by The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arizona.*