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.

Doctors Hands Talking Office Hours

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