Geroscience and Political Imagination: The Science of Healthy Aging
Date
Friday March 8, 202412:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location
The Department of Political Studies Presents The Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory Inaugural Lecture
Colin Farrelly - Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory, Queen's Department of Political Studies
Geroscience and Political Imagination: The Science of Healthy Aging
Friday, March 8, 2024
12:00-1:30 PM
Mackintosh-Corry Hall | Room D216
Light lunch served - registration is encouraged, but not required:
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Biography:
Dr. Farrelly is the Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Studies at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트. He is cross-appointed with the and occasionally teaches in the .
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Dr. Farrelly believes science and science policy constitute the most significant areas of knowledge and public policy in the 21st century, and for the past 20+ years much of his research has focused on the ethical and social implications of advances in the biomedical sciences, especially human genetics and 카지노 게임 컬렉션geroscience카지노 게임 컬렉션. The latter aspires to increase the human health span by altering the rate of biological aging.