Working with world-leading researchers and diverse populations in Southern California, the Center provides science education and practical knowledge to help improve everyday life. We hope to inspire healthier choices today and healthy habits for tomorrow.
Through science, education and inspiration, we seek to improve human lives and our community.
As part of the SPPS, within the Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, the goal of the Center for Healthspan Sciences is to increase human longevity and improve healthspan, the time in peoples’ lives when they experience mental and physical well-being.
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The focus of Dr. Jafari’s research program is on slowing the aging process through a science that she introduced as “Healthspan Pharmacology.” Using human cultured cells, fruit flies and mice, she studies the impact of botanical extracts and dietary supplements on aging. Her ultimate goal is to slow the aging process.