
Advancing Health and Longevity by Analyzing the Retina with Manjot Gill, MD
From Breakthroughs by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
December 1, 2025 · 20 min
About this episode
Manjot Gill, MD discusses the use of AI in retinal imaging to study aging and predict biological age.
One of the many ways the Human Longevity Laboratory at Feinberg is studying aging is through the lens of the retina. Manjot Gill, MD, a Northwestern Medicine retina specialist, explains the unique multi-disciplinary approach of the lab and how she is using AI in retinal imaging to predict biological age and help validate interventions that may slow aging. She is v ice ch air of c linical p erformance in the Department of Ophthalmology and Professor of Ophthalmology and Medical Education .
People in this episode
Guest: Manjot Gill, MD
Topics covered
- aging
- retina
- AI
- health
- longevity
- medicine
Keywords
- retina
- aging
- AI
- biological age
- interventions
- health
- longevity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Human Longevity Laboratory, Northwestern Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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