Old age ain’t for sissies: some thoughts on gerontology research into cells, organs, populations and people

Special Guest Lecture hosted by Ageing Research at King's

Speaker: Mark Clarfield, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Geriatrics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Speaker bio: Professor Mark Clarfield received his MD from the University of Toronto, specialising in family and community medicine and geriatric medicine. He was Head of the Division of Geriatrics at the Ministry of Health in Jerusalem between 1994 and 2001 and was then appointed Head of Geriatrics at the Soroka Hospital and the Sidonie Hecht Professor of Geriatrics at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Beersheva where he is now Emeritus. In 2009, he was appointed the head of BGU’s Medical School for International Health and medical consultant to Eshel in Jerusalem. Mark is also an Adjunct Professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. His research interests include Alzheimer disease and the related dementias, the organisation of health care services, medical history and ethics.