International Scientific Advisory Council

IRCHAL has appointed an International Advisory Council comprising eminent scientists, practitioners, educators and policy makers who advise IRCHAL on the direction and scope of its activities. All International Advisory Council Members have signed commitment to the mission and objectives of IRCHAL to become "Honorary Members".

IRCHAL has also established close relationships with the World Health Organisation (WHO), with the United Nations Focal Point on Ageing and with other national and international organizations in the field of health, ageing and longevity, all of whom have provided input to IRCHAL’s activities and direction.

The willingness of so many eminent participants to be involved in the work and objectives of IRCHAL highlights the broad base of support for IRCHAL and its objectives.

The role of the Council, its relationship with the Board of IRCHAL and its current membership are detailed below.

Role

The role of the International Advisory Council is to promote the mission statement and objectives of IRCHAL within the 5 research domains of interest to IRCHAL. Selected members of the International Advisory Council are appointed by the IRCHAL Directors to the Medical/Scientific Programme Committee for each International Conference on Healthy Ageing and Longevity.

All International Advisory Council Members have signed commitment to the mission and objectives of IRCHAL and have become "Honorary Members" of IRCHAL. An additional 100+ "Expert Consultants" from over 20 countries worldwide have also joined "Honorary Members" of IRCHAL to contribute to IRCHAL’s knowledge base.

The Directors of IRCHAL receive advice and recommendations from the International Advisory Council Members. The Directors make decisions based upon the recommendations of the Council and other business factors with the overriding requirement that IRCHAL’s activities must conform to its mission and objectives.

Membership

Appointed Members of the International Advisory Council are listed below:

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.