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Using biological age to assess healthy aging differences in the Costa Rican Blue Zone Engelbrecht, Hannah-Ruth

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Hannah-Ruth Engelbrecht was a semi-finalist in the 2025 UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. Hannah presented their research, “Using Biological Age to Assess Healthy Aging Differences in the Costa Rican Blue Zone.” This research explores the disconnect between chronological and biological age, focusing on Costa Rica's Blue Zone, where people live healthily to 100 years. By using epigenetic clocks and the Healthy Aging Index, the study assesses how lifestyle factors influence biological age and health. Hannah-Ruth Engelbrecht is completing their PhD in Genome Science and Technology in the Department of Genome Science and Technology under the supervision of Dr. Michael S. Kobor.

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Title	Using biological age to assess healthy aging differences in the Costa Rican Blue Zone
Creator	Engelbrecht, Hannah-Ruth
Date Issued	2025-03-11
Description	Hannah-Ruth Engelbrecht was a semi-finalist in the 2025 UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. Hannah presented their research, “Using Biological Age to Assess Healthy Aging Differences in the Costa Rican Blue Zone.” This research explores the disconnect between chronological and biological age, focusing on Costa Rica's Blue Zone, where people live healthily to 100 years. By using epigenetic clocks and the Healthy Aging Index, the study assesses how lifestyle factors influence biological age and health. Hannah-Ruth Engelbrecht is completing their PhD in Genome Science and Technology in the Department of Genome Science and Technology under the supervision of Dr. Michael S. Kobor.
Genre	Presentation; Other
Type	Moving Image; Text
Language	eng
Series	Three Minute Thesis (3MT)
Date Available	2026-01-15
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0451266
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/93409
Affiliation	Science, Faculty of
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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Engelbrecht_H_Biological_aging_differences_2025.mp4 -- 16.38MB

Engelbrecht_H_Biological_aging_differences_slides_2025.pdf -- 446.23kB

Engelbrecht_H_Biological_aging_differences_transcript_2025.pdf -- 108.13kB

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