The Healthy Aging Initiative
The Healthy Aging Initiative is a scientific mission to promote human longevity—and make those added years healthy and productive.
Email
wmair@hsph.harvard.edu
Phone
617-495-1000
Location
665 Huntington Avenue
Building 1, Room 509
Boston, MA 02115
In the Media
Healthy aging research in the media.
Informed Aging
Harvard In-Focus – June 2026
Can humans age healthier? Researchers see promising paths.
Harvard Chan News – May 13 2026
His Harvard Lab was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.
New York Times – March 13 2026
Can a Photograph Reveal Your Biological Age?
New York Times – May 8 2025
5 Science-Backed Longevity ‘Hacks’ That Don’t Cost a Fortune
New York Times – April 10 2025
Your Oura Ring Obsession Has Gone Too Far
Allure – March 12 2025
The Cost of Trying to Live Forever
Time – March 3, 2025
What’s the maximum human life expectancy?
Popular Science – January 30, 2025
When kindness becomes a habit, it improves our health
NPR – December 25, 2024
Exploring the limits of human longevity, and more
CBC – November 29, 2024
My heartening summer school class on the new science of aging
Boston Globe – September 3, 2023