Why is it so important for different types of gerontologists to work together?

Why is it so important for different types of gerontologists to work together?

Aubrey de Grey (Chairman, Methuselah Foundation) gives expert video advice on: What is 'Gerontology'?; Why is it so important for different types of gerontologists to work together?; What causes aging? and more...

So, since gerontology includes these very different disciplines, it's important, of course, for the specialists in these disciplines to interact and synergize productively. And that actually doesn't happen nearly as much as it ought to. Sociologists who work on aging tend not to have enough time to be experts in, for example, what's likely to happen in the future in terms of the ability to intervene in aging. And similarly, biogerontologists tend not to have time to study the social consequences of what they do. I try to bridge all those boundaries and bring both the science and the social policy, the social context and indeed further the clinical application all together under what I do.