April 15, 2026
Dr. Alexandra Touroutoglou, Director of Imaging Operations of the MGH Frontotemporal Disorders Unit and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, was interviewed on the Harvard Thinking podcast about her research into super-agers, older adults who retain the cognitive sharpness of people decades younger. In this episode of “Harvard Thinking,” host Samantha Laine Perfas asked experts what they’re learning from studying these exceptional agers. Along with Touroutoglou, she was joined by William Mair, a professor of molecular metabolism and the director of the Healthy Aging Initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Suzanne Salamon, Harvard Medical School assistant professor in medicine and clinical chief of gerontology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Listen to the episode or read the transcript on the Harvard Gazette website.