Key roles and appointments of IRCHAL

IRCHAL International Scientific Advisory Council

1. Dr. Alexandre Sidorenko, MD, PhD. Chief, United Nations Focal Point on Ageing, Division for Social Policy & Development, New York, NY, USA.
2. Prof. Helen Bartlett, PhD, MSc, BA. Foundation Director, Australasian Centre on Ageing, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
3. Prof. Leonard Hayflick, PhD. Professor of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
4. Dr. Reubin Andres, PhD. Clinical Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
5. Prof. Hal Kendig, AB (Calif), MPL, PhD (SCalif), FASSA. National Convener, ARC-NHMRC Research Network on Ageing Well. Research Professor of Ageing and Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
6. Baroness Sally Greengross, OBE. Chief Executive, International Longevity Centre-UK (ILCUK); Vice President, Age Concern England; Member, Sub-Committee F (Social Affairs, Education and Home Affairs) of the House of Lords European Union Select Committee; Chair, The All Party Parliamentary Group on Corporate Social Responsibility, London, UK.
7. Prof. S. Jay Olshansky, PhD. Professor, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
8. Assoc. Prof. Bruce A. Carnes, PhD. Associate Professor, Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma, OK, USA.
9. Prof. Suresh Rattan, DSc, PhD. Research Professor, Danish Centre for Molecular Gerontology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
10. Prof. John McCallum, BEcon Hons Psych(Qld), MPhil, DPhil(Oxon), Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Victoria and Director of TAFE, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
11. Prof. Colette Browning, PhD. Professor of Healthy Ageing, Monash University, Australia. Convenor, Healthy Ageing Theme, ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well.
12. Dr. Donald K. Ingram, PhD. Guest Researcher, Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Professor and Head, Nutritional Neuroscience and Aging Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
13. Dr. George S. Roth, PhD. CEO, GeroScience Inc.; Senior Guest Scientist, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
14. Dr. S. Mitchell Harman, MD, PhD. Director and President, Kronos Longevity Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
15. Prof. Anthea Tinker, PhD. Professor of Social Gerontology, Institute of Gerontology, King's College London, London, England.
16. Prof. Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD. Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience) Director, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
17. Dr. Bradley J. Willcox, MD, MSc. Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii. Investigator, Geriatrics, Pacific Health Research Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Co-Principal Investigator, Okinawa Centenarian Study, Japan.
18. Dr. D. Craig Willcox, PhD. Assistant Professor, Okinawa Prefectural University-College of Nursing, Naha City, Okinawa, Japan. Co-Principal Investigator, Okinawa Centenarian Study. Research Associate, Pacific Health Research Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
19. Prof. Thomas Perls, MD, PhD. Director, New England Centenarian Study. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
20. Dr. James Joseph, PhD. Lead Scientist, Laboratory Chief, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Jean-Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
21. Prof. Brian Morris, PhD, DSc, FAHA. Professor, Basic & Clinical Genomics Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
22. Prof. Rhonda Nay, PhD. Director Gerontic Nursing Clinical School and ACEBAC, La Trobe University/ Bundoora Extended Care Centre, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
23. Prof. David Le Couteur, PhD, FRACP. Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Center for Education and Research on Ageing (CERA), University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
24. Prof. Marc Cohen, PhD, MB BS(Hons), BMedSc(Hons), FAMAC. President, Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA).Founding Head, Department of Complementary Medicine, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
25. Prof. Brian F. C. Clark, PhD, ScD. Leader, Danish Centre for Molecular Gerontology and Professor of Biostructural Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Chairman, Task Group on International Relations (TGIR), European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB).
26. Prof. Julie E. Byles, BMed, PhD. Director, Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing (RCGHA), The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
27. Prof. Anthony W. Linnane, AM, DSc, PhD, FAA, FTSE, FRS. President, Australian Society for Cellular and Molecular Gerontology (ASCMG); Managing Director, Centre for Molecular Biology & Medicine, Richmond, VIC, Australia.
28. Prof. Graham D. Burrows, AO, KCSJ, MD ChB, BSc, DPM, FRANZCP, FRCPsych, MRACMA, Dip.M.Hlth.Sc(Clinical Hypnosis), FAChAM. Chairman, Mental Health Foundation, Australia. Professor of Psychiatry, Austin Health, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.

Key Management Personnel

John D. Weller – CEO/Director: As a result of his successful career as a barrister and solicitor in many leading cases in all of the major courts of Australia, John has been able  to develop, and philanthropically fund, the establishment of the International Conferences on Healthy Ageing and Longevity, and the International Research Centre for Healthy Ageing and Longevity (IRCHAL). John has acted in the role of Conference Convenor and IRCHAL CEO, and coordinated all aspects of both organisations to from conception to now a thriving multi-disciplinary international network of leading scientists, academics, practitioners and policy makers from around the globe. Having invested thousands of hours and $2.5 million of his personal wealth into the project, John is completely committed to the IRCHAL cause.

Noah J. Weller – Research, Education and Public Relations Director: Noah has worked in the pharmaceutical industry and the natural and complementary industry after completing a 4-year health science degree at Southern Cross University, Lismore in 2001. He took leave from Post-Graduate studies to work with his father John to develop the International Conferences on Healthy Ageing and Longevity, and later co-founded IRCHAL of which he remains a director.  As Co-Convenor and Chair of the Medical/Scientific Programme Committee his role in the annual conferences was to liaise with international key opinion leaders in the field of health and ageing, governments, secure sponsorship and endorsement from the WHO, UN and other organisations.  He also assisted in preparing many media releases which received substantial publication both within Australia and Internationally.  Noah’s holistic attitude towards healthy ageing and longevity, as well as his vast connections to key leaders in the field of ageing puts him in an excellent position to meet the challenges of this role.

Board of Directors

1. John D. Weller
2. Noah J. Weller
3. Christian J. Weller
4. Scientific Director (to be appointed from the International Advisory Council)
5. Planning Director (to be appointed – it is proposed the offer the position to Mr Par Grier, recently retired CEO of Ramsay Health Care Australia)
6. Finance Director (to be appointed)