William B. Mair

William Mair (willmair.com) is a Professor of Molecular Metabolism at Harvard, and Director of the Harvard TH Chan Healthy Aging Initiative. The Mair lab studies mechanisms that mitigate the risks of aging, with a focus on metabolism and how changes to food intake can impact the aging process. They are defining how nutrient and energy sensors in cells become dysfunctional with age, leading to metabolic inflexibility and accelerated aging. Dr. Mair’s work aims to develop therapeutics that maintain healthy metabolic function, thereby enabling our bodies to process the food we eat effectively as