# From lifespan to healthspan > Matt Kaeberlein (CEO at Optispan, Inc.) is an affiliate professor of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Washington, and co-director of the Dog Aging Project. Dr. Kaeberlein’s research interests are focused on understanding biological mechanisms of aging in order to facilitate translational in... - URL: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/videos/from-lifespan-to-healthspan - Authors: [Matt Kaeberlein](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/matt-kaeberlein) - Published: 2024-01-02 - Updated: 2026-01-05 - Focus areas: company building - Tags: video, Founders Summits, new year's resolutions - Format: videos --- Matt Kaeberlein (CEO at Optispan, Inc.) is an affiliate professor of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Washington, and co-director of the Dog Aging Project. Dr. Kaeberlein’s research interests are focused on understanding biological mechanisms of aging in order to facilitate translational interventions. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Aging Association (AGE), and the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). [Embedded media](https://www.youtube.com/embed/tJ-rtoK7yXM?feature=oembed) In this presentation at our second annual a16z crypto Founders Summit — where we gather top leaders in crypto for a few days of connection, inspiration and fun covering art, engineering, building in web3, and much more — Kaeberlein shared findings from research on understanding biological mechanisms of aging. See also the below video for a conversation with Kaeberlein that followed this presentation (with a16z crypto’s Guy Wuollet), on promoting healthspan and improving quality of life for people and companion animals:    [![](https://www.gstatic.com/youtube/img/watch/yt_favicon.png) • On promoting healthspan and quality o…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2diQxL3ft0&t=0s) --- Source: [From lifespan to healthspan](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/videos/from-lifespan-to-healthspan) — a16z crypto. Full archive: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts