NAM Awardee Profiles: Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge
The National Academies of Medicine (NAM) has published a series of profiles of the Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge Catalyst Awardees.
The Healthy Longevity Global Competition is open to innovators from any background and is available in over 40 countries and territories worldwide through a network of Global Collaborator organizations. Competitors may submit ideas related to basic science, medical treatments, commercial products, technologies, social sciences, architectural and community design, or any other field – as long as they are innovative, impactful, and capable of extending health and function later in the lifespan.
Profiles of the NAM Catalyst Awardees written by the National Academies include:
- Can Community Health Workers Make Hearing Health Care More Accessible for Older Adults?
- This Toilet Seat Could Transform Home Health Care for Seniors — One Vital Sign at a Time
- Can Manipulating the Gut Microbiome Slow Age-Related Inflammation?
- How an Implantable Dialysis Device May Extend Life for People with Kidney Failure
- Fishing for Answers: Genomes of Some Ocean Creatures May Reveal How We Could Live to Be 100
- This Medical Student Wants to Start an AmeriCorps for Elder Care
To view all of the profiles, click here.
To learn more about the NAM's Health Longevity Global Competition, click here.
JAHF was one of the funders of the NAM's Healthy Longevity Global Competition through this grant.
