Clin-STAR Office Hours
Do you have a question for a senior mentor in aging research?
Clin-STAR Office Hour connects early career clinician-scientists with senior mentors for one-on-one, confidential conversations about career development in aging research. All are welcome to sign-up for any session regardless of the mentors specialty. Participating clinician-scientists must be based in the US.
Upcoming Office Hours Schedule
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
3:00-4:00pm ET
Topics for discussion could include:
- Gerotherapeutics and testing geroscience-guided interventions
- Role of biomarkers
- Education and training in Geroscience
Mentor: George A. Kuchel, MD CM, FRCP, AGSF, FAAAS
University of Connecticut
Thursday, May 14, 2026
2:00-3:00pm ET
Topics for discussion could include:
- Patient-oriented research
- Navigating two professional societies: challenges and opportunities
- Epidemiology and Public Health
- Academic publishing
- Career development
Mentor: Lona Mody, MD, MSc
University of Michigan
Wednesday, June 3
3:00-4:00pm ET
Topics for discussion could include:
- Career development advice
- Expertise in functional decline and resilience with aging, geriatric assessment, cancer, and anemia
Mentor: Harvey Jay Cohen, MD
Duke University