SuperAging Research Initiative

12/18/2025

2025 was a big year for the SuperAging community!

This year we:
– Launched our new Virtual Connections!
– Hosted the first-ever SuperAging Luncheons across all sites!
These events brought SuperAgers together from all across North America to learn, and celebrate the incredible contributions they’re making to science.

Thank you to everyone who helped make it possible! We cannot wait to see what 2026 holds!

12/15/2025

We were honored to join our community partner, Africa International House, in celebrating Kwanzaa through a senior fashion show that highlighted the vitality, creativity, and lived experience of older adults.

It was wonderful to see our SuperAging Ambassadors in attendance, supporting an event that uplifts aging as a time of continued engagement and contribution.

Community gatherings like this reflect the values at the core of the SuperAging Research Initiative, recognizing the strengths of older adults, honoring cultural identity, and fostering meaningful partnerships that support healthy aging across the lifespan.

12/01/2025

A new survey of centenarians finds a growing number of people living to 100 have prioritized healthy habits. Here's how exercise, social connection and positivity play a role in aging well.

11/26/2025

Our SuperAging Ambassadors attended the WVON 1690AM - The Talk of Chicago Senior Breakfast in collaboration with the UCM Urban Health Initiative, bringing seniors together for a morning of fellowship and connection.

It was great to meet attendees and share information about the SuperAging Research Initiative. We are grateful to our SuperAging Ambassadors who collaborate with us and help bring this work to the community.

11/25/2025

10/30/2025

JOIN US FOR OUR NOVEMBER MEN’S HEALTH PROGRAM: NUTRITION & BRAIN HEALTH

We are excited to welcome back Gregory LaFortune, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, who inspired us in August with Food as Medicine. This November, he returns to discuss the powerful connection between nutrition and brain health.

🕙 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT | November 13, 2025
📍 Location: Emory Brain Health Center, 12 Executive Park Dr, Atlanta, GA 30329

THIS EVENT IS FOR MEN ONLY. Tag or invite the men in your life: your dad, brother, husband, partner, or friends.

✅ Register now (link in the first comment)!

10/30/2025

Throwing it back to 2013 with Edith Stern, at the time 92, was featured as one of our amazing SuperAgers whose brain function is equivalent to someone in their 50s and 60s!

SuperAging research has been around for well over a decade now, but we are still just as eager to learn and make scientific advancements.

Learn more about SuperAging today:https://haarc.center.uchicago.edu/superaging/

10/22/2025

At University of Wisconsin-Madison, our SuperAging Research Initiative team—led by Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo—is proud to collaborate with partner sites across North America to advance understanding of exceptional memory performance in adults 80 and older.

Beyond the lab, our Wisconsin team is actively out in the community—connecting with older adults, sharing research findings, and celebrating the remarkable SuperAgers who inspire this work every day.

Learn more and connect with our Wisconsin team: https://www.adrc.wisc.edu/superaging-study

10/16/2025

We are throwing it back this Thursday to Dr. Emily Rogalski's feature on the Today Show to talk about SuperAgers and the unique qualities that make them stand out amongst their peers and learn more about what is really going "right" with the brain.

Learn more about the SuperAging Research Initiative here:
https://haarc.center.uchicago.edu/superaging/

10/14/2025

Last week, we hosted our third SuperAging Virtual Connections event of the year! During these Zoom sessions, SuperAging participants from all over North America gather to discuss interests, hobbies, passions and build community!

Do you think you or a loved one is a SuperAger? Learning more about our research and being a part of the SuperAging community here: https://haarc.center.uchicago.edu/superaging/

10/08/2025

Our SuperAging Ambassadors have been busy spreading the word about the SuperAging Research Initiative in their communities — showing us all the true meaning of being a SuperAger!

We’re so grateful for these trailblazers who continue to inspire us with what it looks like to be “over 80 and going strong”.

Learn more about SuperAgers today: https://haarc.center.uchicago.edu/superaging/

10/06/2025

Dr. Amanda Cook Maher from our University of Michigan SuperAging team recently gave a presentation on Healthy Cognitive Aging.

Stay connected with us here and on our Healthy Aging & Alzheimer's Research Care - HAARC Center page to learn more about healthy aging!