Mahtab Jafari

Mahtab Jafari is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the director of the UCI Center for Healthspan Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on slowing the aging process and adding healthy years to human life through a science that she introduced—Healthspan Pharmacology. Dr. Jafari is passionate about educating and inspiring her students and the community to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Her popular course, Life101: Mental and Physical Self-Care, is offered on www.coursera.org.