Nina Khera – The Role of Youth in Aging
Episode 29:
When did you first care about aging and longevity? For Nina, her passion for the field started at the age of 12.
Nina Khera is the Founder and CEO of Biotein a biotech startup focused on improving human healthspan, and is also an Incoming Freshman at Harvard College. She became a published scientist while working in the Gladyshev Lab, and has a toolbelt full of experiences in the Aging fields having worked extensively with bioinformatics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning tools. If she seems familiar, it’s because she probably is, with her active involvement as a writer and speaker on multiple platforms and conferences.
Join us for a conversation with the brilliant young mind of Nina Khera from when she was 16 (Recorded in 2021) and her journey in the field of Aging. In this episode we begin with a deep dive into Nina’s Career by discussing what garnered her interest in the longevity and aging field, inspirations, being a prominent panel speaker and the generational differences in the focus on aging. We then dig into the age bias in aging, her perspective and experiences in the longevity field, the creation of Biotein and the motivation behind it, the overlap and prioritization of curing diseases, Artificial Intelligence and its applications, and predictions of the aging field by 2050. Finally, we wrap up by asking Nina how her peers and youth in the future can take control of their own aging and get involved.
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