Prof. Dr. Tamàs Fülöp is a professor of medicine and geriatrics and a senior researcher at the Research Center on Aging, University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. He was the deputy director of the Research Center on Aging and a member of the Graduate Immunology Program for 20 years. He has directed the Biology Research Program of the Research Center on Aging for more than 10 years. He obtained his MD degree at Geneva University. He received his PhD in Biochemistry and Immunology from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and was a post-doctoral fellow at the University Paris XII in biochemistry. Since 1994, his NSERC- and CIHR-funded research has been focused on immune response changes in T cells and neutrophils and the mechanism of inflammation occurring as a result of aging and age-related diseases in humans. His current interest is in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease and cancers. He is also interested in the immune-inflammatory changes occurring in frailty. He is the recipient of the Presidential Award of the IAGG and has been a fellow of the GSA since 2001. He served on the executive committee and participated in the organization of three IAGG congresses. He is also co-director of the undergraduate geriatric teaching program.