We are delighted to introduce our 2026 Faculty, Specialists, and Advisors.
DOC 2026 Faculty & Specialists
DOC Advisors

Jennifer Garrison Ph.D.
Founder, Women’s Health Researcher
Faculty, UCSF Dept of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

Stephanie Kuku M.D., MBCHB, MRCOG
Chief Knowledge Officer (Scientific Affairs)
Conceivable Life Sciences
DOC 2025 Faculty & Specialists
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Max Allsworth Ph.D. | Chief Science Officer | Owlstone Medical |
| John Battelle | Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief | DOC |
| Britney Blair Ph.D. | Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer | Lover |
| Helen Blau Ph.D. | Professor | Stanford University |
| Claire Clelland Ph.D., M.D., MPhil | Endowed Chair | John D French Alzheimer's Foundation |
| Elissa Epel Ph.D. | Vice Chair, Psychology Research and Community, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | University of California, San Francisco |
| Li Gan Ph.D. | Director | Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine |
| Jennifer Garrison Ph.D. | Founder, Women’s Health Researcher | Faculty, UCSF Dept of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology |
| Kara Goldman M.D. | Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Heather Hirsch M.D., MS, MSCP | CEO, Physician | The Collaborative by Heather Hirsch MD, PLLC |
| Reid Hoffman | Partner | Greylock |
| David Jones M.D. | Behavioral Neurologist, Director of the Neurology Artificial Intelligence Program (NAIP) | Mayo Clinic |
| Anitha Kannan Ph.D. | VP of AI | Curai Health |
| Jack Kreindler M.D. | CEO | Wellfounded Health Ltd |
| Mike Krieger | Co-Founder of Instagram | Chief Product Officer, Anthropic |
| Stephanie Kuku M.D., MBCHB, MRCOG | Chief Knowledge Officer (Scientific Affairs) | Conceivable Life Sciences |
| Valter Longo Ph.D. | Director of the Longevity Institute | University of Southern California |
| Tony Masri M.D. | Sleep Specialist | Helyx Health |
| Susan Monarez Ph.D. | Former Director | Centers for Disease Control |
| Brit Morin | Founding Partner | Offline Ventures |
| Coleen Murphy Ph.D. | Director, LSI Genomics Director, Simons Foundation’s Collaboration on Plasticity in the Aging Brain (SCPAB) | Princeton University |
| Kari C. Nadeau M.D., Ph.D. | John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
| Dean Ornish M.D. | Founder & President | Preventive Medicine Research Institute |
| John Osborne M.D., Ph.D., FACC, FNLA | Chief Medical Officer | ClearCardio |
| Neil Parikh M.D. | Chief Medical Officer | Thirty Madison |
| Bailey Renger | Founder & CEO | BeSound |
| Daisy Robinton Ph.D. | Co-founder | Oviva Therapeutics |
| Kevin Ryan | CEO and Founder | AlleyCorp |
| Jordan Shlain M.D. | Founder & Chair | Private Medical |
| Nicole Sirotin M.D. | CEO | Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi |
| George Slavich Ph.D. | Professor, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences | UCLA |
| Michael Snyder Ph.D. | Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Genetics | Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Brooks Tingle | President & CEO | John Hancock |
| Roma Van der Walt | Founder & CEO | Vitelle |
| Eric Verdin M.D. | President and CEO | Buck Institute for Research on Aging |
| Stephen Williams M.D., Ph.D. | Chief Medical Officer | Standard BioTools |
| Leonard Zon M.D. | Director, Stem Cell Program | Boston Children's Hospital |
DOC 2024 Faculty & Specialists
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| John Battelle | Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief | DOC |
| Aloe Blacc | Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, biotech investor, founder | (not set) |
| Eddie Chang M.D. | Chair of Neurological Surgery | University of California San Francisco |
| Arjun Desai M.D. | Head, Insightec Bio; CEO Stealth Neuroscience NewCo | INSIGHTEC |
| Gul Dolen M.D., Ph.D. | Professor and Endowed Chair | UC Berkeley |
| David Eagleman, Ph.D. | Neuroscientist | Stanford University |
| Behfar Ehdaie, M.D., MPH | Urologic Surgeon | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Laura Esserman, M.D. | Professor of Surgery and Radiology | University of California, San Francisco |
| Brenton Fargnoli, M.D. | Partner | Lightspeed Venture Partner |
| Andrea Gartenbach M.D. | Founder | Art of Longevity |
| Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D. | David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, UCSF | Founder & Executive Director, Neuroscape |
| Lynn Hanessian | Chief Strategist, Health | Edelman |
| Michael Howell, M.D., MPH | Chief Clinical Officer | |
| Lisa Joy | Writer, Director, Producer | Kilter Films |
| Vinod Khosla | Partner | Khosla Ventures |
| Daniel Krizek | Portfolio Manager | Citadel |
| Stephanie Kuku M.D., MBCHB, MRCOG | Chief Knowledge Officer (Scientific Affairs) | Conceivable Life Sciences |
| Nora LaTorre | CEO | Eat Real |
| James Madara, M.D. | CEO | American Medical Association |
| Emeran Mayer, M.D. | Gastroenterologist and Center Director, Distinguished Research Professor | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
| James K. Min, M.D. FACC, FSCCT | Founder & CEO | Cleerly |
| Kavita Patel, M.D., M.S. | Venture Partner | New Enterprise Associates |
| Karl Pfleger Ph.D. | Investor | AgingBiotech.info |
| Lois Quam | President | Blue Shield of California |
| Rebecca Robbins, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School | Sleep Scientist, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| Darshak Sanghavi, M.D. | Program Manager, Resilient Systems | ARPA-H |
| Jordan Shlain M.D. | Founder & Chair | Private Medical |
| Eric Verdin M.D. | President and CEO | Buck Institute for Research on Aging |
| Meagan Wasfy, M.D., MPH | Cardiologist | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Leanne Williams, Ph.D. | Vincent V.C. Woo Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Tony Wyss-Coray, Ph.D. | D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences | Stanford University |
| Leonard Zon M.D. | Director, Stem Cell Program | Boston Children's Hospital |











