What if your age has very little to do with your health and well being? Whether you’re 20, 40… or 80? Different kinds of epigenetic clocks can give us a window into our health and how old we biologically really are – and the future.
Listen to Dr. Michael S. Kobor, the Edwin S.H. Leong UBC Chair in Healthy Aging – a UBC President’s Excellence Chair and Director of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging, discuss the growing field of epigenetics in his appearance on this week’s episode of the CRAM Podcast, hosted by Mary Ito! Whether it’s identifying social influences early on that affect us years down the road or why people living in Blue Zones have healthier, longer lives, Dr. Kobor is seeking answers to how we age and how we stay healthy.
The CRAM Podcast was born out of the CRAM Learning Festival launched in 2019. The goal is the same: to bring novel and innovative research and ideas to the public. Journalist Mary Ito interviews leading researchers and big thinkers from across Canada. Their team examines the evolution of work, the re-imagining of home and community, and our changing relationship to the world. Click here to learn more about the CRAM Podcast.