A team of
Our mission
We help people live healthier, happier lives for longer.
The impact
of Bellsant
- Slow down aging through personalized advice and assessments
- Exercise guidance designed to both build strength and extend health
- Independent, evidence-based recommendations on habits, products and services
- Personalized nutrition, vitamin and supplement (if needed) recommendations that promote energy and immunity
- Regular blood, physical, and mental assessments for early detection of health threats and proactive strengthening opportunities
Why Do
We Exist
Doctors don’t
have time
The University of Chicago estimates that primary care doctors would need more than 24 hours each day just to meet the national recommended care standard.
No one sees the
whole picture
Doctors, specialists, and even new wearable devices don’t look at the health of the body and mind comprehensively.
Tests are narrow
and limited
Physicals are only once a year, and typically ignore dozens of markers that influence health and happiness.
Leaders &
Advisory Board
Adam Spira
Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Vice Chair for Research and Faculty in the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University
Expertise: Sleep, Aging, Alzheimer, Cognitive decline, Functional decline, Anxiety, Depression
Allison James
BIC and Life Technologies, Former CHRO
Executive Director, BIC Corporate Foundation
Expertise: Health benefits, Leadership
Ayelet Fishbach
University of Chicago, Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing and IBM Corporation Faculty Scholar
Past President of the International Social Cognition Network
Author, Get it Done: Surprising lessons from the science of motivation
Expertise: Self-Control, Motivation, Decision-Making
Danica Chen
University of California at Berkeley, Professor of Metabolic Biology, Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
Member, Berkeley Stem Cell Center and QB3 Consortium in Lifespan Extension
Founder, Chen lab
Expertise: Biology of Aging, Molecular and Cell Biology, Physiology, Metabolic Biology, Stem Cell Biology
Daniel Belsky
Columbia University, Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Chief Science Officer, BellSant
Faculty, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center
Expertise: Aging, Biostatistical Methods, Chronic Disease, Community Health, Genetics
Darshan Mehta
Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Medical Director, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical and Education Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Director, Office for Well-Being, Center for Faculty Development, Massachusetts General Hospital
Expertise: Mind-Body health, Mind-Body Therapies, Integrative Health, Asian American Health
David Wolfand
Head of Techology
Capital One, former CTO of Investing
United Income, former CTO
Eleanor Simonsick
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Associate Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA)
Expertise: Physiology of Aging, Endurance, Fatigability
Emily Karasinski
Marketing
Member Success
Jeffery Hunter Young
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine
Assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Expertise: Cardiometabolic Syndrome, Hypertension, Insulin Resistance, Genetic Epidemiology, General Internal Medicine, and Hospital Medicine
Jennifer Schrack
Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, School of Public Health
Director, Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins University
Expertise: Aging; Physical Activity; Physical Function; Disability; Fatigability; Dementia
Dr. Jonathan Myers
Stanford University, Clinical Professor, PhD
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Research Scientist
Expertise: Cardiovascular Medicine, Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation, Primary and Secondary Prevention, Epidemiology of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Responses
Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Brigham Young University, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Director of the Social Connection & Health Lab, Brigham Young University
Founding Scientific Chair, The Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection
Expertise: Social Connection, Relationships, Loneliness
Kathleen Allen
Dartmouth University, M.D.
Registered Dietician
Expertise: Nutrition
Lisa Lehmann
Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor of Medicine
Primary Care Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Expertise: Ethics, Primary Care Medicine, Digital Therapeutics, AI ethics, Physician-patient communication, Medical education
Marissa Burgermaster
The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, Assistant Professor of Population Health
Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
Expertise: Precision Behavioral Nutrition, Health Behavior Change, Biomedical Informatics
Martin Seligman (Partner)
The University of Pennsylvania, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology
Director, Positive Psychology Center
Author, Learned Optimism
Expertise: Positive Psychology
Matt Fellowes
CEO
The Brookings Institution, Former Fellow
Stanford University Center of Longevity, Former Member of Advisory Board
Michael Lustgarten
Tufts University, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Expertise: Gut Microbiome, Muscle Mass and Function
Paul Lester
Naval Postgraduate School, Graduate School of Defense Management, Associate Professor
U.S. Army, Research Facilitation Laboratory, former Director
Expertise: Resiliance, Strategic Leadership and Management
Paul Robbins
University of Minnesota, Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Associate Director of the Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota
Associate Director of the Medical Discovery Team on the Biology of Aging, University of Minnesota
Expertise: Aging, Senotherapeutics, Stem cells, Immunity
Rick Bowman
Head of Product and Operations
Morningstar, former Chief Software Officer
Capital One, former Head of Platforms
Robb Webb
Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Tenet Healthcare, Former CHRO
Regent Surgical Care, Chief People and Experience Officer
Expertise: Health benefits, Leadership
Robin Voigt-Zuwala
Rush University, Associate Professor of Medicine, Anatomy, Cell Biology
Associate Professor of Precision Medicine, Rush University
Director of Operations for the Rush Center for Integrated Microbiome & Chronobiology Research
Expertise: Microbiome-Intestine-Brain Axis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, circadian rhythms
Toren Finkel
University of Pittsburgh, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Aging Institute
Director, Aging Institute
Member, National Academy of Medicine
Expertise: Cell Biology, Metabolism, Signaling
Vera Gorbunova
The University of Rochester, Doris Johns Cherry Professor of Biology
Rochester Aging Research Center, Co-director
The Gorbunova and Seluanov Laboratory, Co-Director
Expertise: Aging, DNA repair, and Cancer
Wendy Wood
The University of Southern California, Emerita Provost Professor of Psychology and Business
Dornsife College of the University of Southern California, Former Vice Dean of Social Sciences
Author, Good Habits, Bad Habits
Expertise: Habits and Habitual Behaviors