CURRICULUM VITAE
Natalia S. Gavrilova
March 2008
Contact
Information: 
Center on Aging
NORC and the University of Chicago
1155 E 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 256-6359
FAX: (773) 256-6313
Web site: http://longevity-science.org
Education:
M.S. 2003 The University of Chicago, Division of the
Physical Sciences, Department
of Computer Science
(see Diploma and Transcript)
Ph.D. 1982 Moscow State University,
Department of Biology,
Moscow,
Russia. Anthropology.
M.S. 1977 Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry,
Moscow,
Russia. Chemistry.
Areas of Specialization and Expertise:
In Demography and Gerontology:
Biodemography of Longevity, Mortality and Aging
Medical Demography/ Historical Demography
Methods of Survival Analysis/ Biostatistics
U.S. Mortality Data Tapes and the U.S. Vital Statistics
Demography of Russia and the FSU
Statistical Packages (Stata, SAS, SPSS)
In Computer Science:
Database Design, Management and Programming (Sybase, MySQL)
Web Programming (PHP. Java servlets, JSP, Perl, ASP)
Electronic Document Exchange (XML, XSLT, DOM, RSS feeds)
Medical Informatics
Bioinformatics
Professional Positions:
2005 - Current: Research Associate, University of Chicago
1997 - Current: Research Associate, Center on Aging,
NORC at the University of Chicago
1993-1997 Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Systems Analysis,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
1987-1993 Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Medical
Information, Moscow, Russia.
1983-1987 Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Medical Information,
Moscow, Russia.
1982-1983 Research Scientist, Biological Department, Moscow State
University.
1981-1982 Research Scientist, Institute of General Genetics, Academy of
Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Professional Societies: International Union for the Scientific
Study of
Population (IUSSP), Population
Association of America (PAA),
Gerontological Society of America
(GSA), Social Science History
Association (SSHA), European Association for Population Studies
(EAPS,
1995-98), Moscow Society of Naturalists, Demographic Section of the
Moscow House of Scientists.
Research Funding (last 10 years):
In the United States (after 1997):
- NICHD (R01 HD045531, PI - Michel Guillot), 4/1/06 to 2/28/11.
"Mortality in Central Asia." (Co-Investigator).
- Society of Actuaries, January 2004 - June 2005. "Search for
predictors of exceptional human longevity." Principal Investigator.
- Center on Aging (grant # P30 AG-12857-06 from the
National Institute on Aging), March 31, 2002 - June 30, 2003,
"Mortality Crisis in Russia: New Health Threats" (PI).
- NASA (grant #NAG9-1147), November 1, 1999 -
October 30, 2002, "Radiation Risk Analysis: Model Issues and
Interspecies Extrapolation" (Co-Investigator, with Bruce Carnes).
- Center on Aging, NORC/University of Chicago, grant
P20 AG12857 from the National Institute on Aging, April 2000 - March
2001. Pilot Project "Biodemographic aspects of longevity inheritance in
humans." Principal Investigator.
- National Institute on Aging, NIH (grant #1R03
AG16138-01A1, September 30, 1998 - August 31, 1999), "Biodemographic
aspects of longevity inheritance in humans" Principal Investigator.
In Russia (before 1998):
- The European Union (INTAS grant #93-1617-ext),
1996-97, "The Mechanisms of Human Longevity, an Association of Parental
Characteristics and Longevity of Their Children". Co-PI: Representative
of the International Research Team, with Guillaume Wunsch (Belgium),
Jacques Vallin (France), Michael Murphy (UK) and Leonid Gavrilov
(Russia).
- The European Union (INTAS grant #93-1617),
1995-96, "The Mechanisms of Human Longevity, an Association of Parental
Characteristics and Longevity of Their Children". Co-PI: Representative
of the International Research Team, with Guillaume Wunsch (Belgium),
Jacques Vallin (France), Michael Murphy (UK) and Leonid Gavrilov
(Russia).
- International Science Foundation (ISF Research
Grant #N7X300), 1995, "Biomedical Basis of the Sex Differential in
Human Lifespan". Principal Investigator.
- International Science Foundation (ISF Research
Grant #N7X000), 1994-95, "Biomedical Basis of the Sex Differential in
Human Lifespan". Principal Investigator.
Professional Activities:
Editorial Board Member:
Biogerontology, Kluwer
Press.
Expert (Research Proposal
Reviewer):
National
Institutes of Health
Grant Review Commitee: ZRG
HOPB 02
The Maurice
Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel
Expert (Ad Hoc Reviewer):
American Journal of Public Health, Biogerontology, Biology
Letters (Royal
Society),
Demography,
European Journal of Population,
Experimental
Gerontology, Gender Medicine, Genus, International Journal of
Epidemiology, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of
Anti-Aging Medicine, Journal of Gerontology, Journal of Theoretical
Biology, Mathematical
Population Studies, Mechanisms of Ageing and
Development, Population, Population and Development Review, Population
Research and Policy Review, Statistics in Medicine, Social Biology,
Social
Forces, electronic journal "The Scientific World Journal."
Consultant for the National
Institute on Aging: National Institutes of
Health Professional Service Contract #263 SDN74858 "Inventory of data
resources on familial aggregation of human longevity that can be used
in secondary analysis in biodemography of aging", 35pp. Submitted to
NIA on 05/29/98.
Invited presentations:
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (2007); Harvard School of Public
Health, Harvard University (2007); Center for Demography of Health and
Aging (CDHA), University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007); Buck
Institute for Age Research (2006); Columbia University, Mailman School
of Public Health (2006); International Conference "Longevity and
Mortality Risks: Research Contributions" Paris, France (2006); The
University of California, Santa Cruz (2005); The
University of Chicago Department of Ecology and Evolution. The Ecology
and Evolution Natural History Seminar (2005); National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda (2002, 2004);
Chicago Actuarial Association Workshop (2004); Inaugural International
Conference on Longevity, Sydney, Australia (2004); The Davis Center for
Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University (2004);
International
Seminar "Projecting Future Mortality" Sponsored by Continuous Mortality
Investigation Bureau and the Government Actuary's Department,
Edinburgh, UK (2003); Hanse Institute of Advanced Science, Germany
(2002); INSERM,
Montpellier, France (1999); Max Planck Institute for Demographic
Research, Rostock, Germany (1999); Bowling Green State University, Ohio
(1999); Department of Demography at the Rome University, Italy
[Dipartrimento di Scienze Demografiche, Roma, Università "La
Sapienza"] (1998); Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium, (1998, 1997, 1995), Gerontology Research Center, National
Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MA (1998); Center for Gerontology
Research, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
(1997); University of Washington, Seattle, WA (1997); Aeiveos Sciences
Group, Seattle, WA (1997); Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI (1997); Center on Aging, NORC/University of Chicago, IL
(1997); Iowa State University, Ames (1997); Gerontology Center of the
University of Georgia, Athens, GA (1997); Institute of HeartMath,
Boulder Creek, CA (1997); Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic
Institute (NIDI), The Hague, The Netherlands (1995); Sussex University,
Brighton, UK (1995).
Teaching Experience:
Course taught at the Department of Sociology (University of Chicago):
"Biodemography of Human Mortality and Longevity"
(219/319), Spring 2000
and Spring 2001.
Training Experience:
NIH online course on Human
Participants Protection Education (NIH
Completion Certificate issued on 03/13/2002).
"Topics in Bayesian Analysis" at the University of Chicago (Statistics
316, Instructor - Dr. Vanja Dukic, Spring 2002).
Awards and Honors:
Cited by Encyclopedia
Britannica as the author of recommended book "The
Biology of Life Span."
Featured in Science
(6 June 1997, p.1503), The Scientist (May 13,
2002, p.20), Sunday
Times London (June 15, 1997), The Guardian, UK (September 01, 2004), IEEE
Spectrum (September 2004 issue, cover story).
Invited author for Macmillan Encyclopedia of Aging (3 articles),
Journal of Theoretical Biology special issue (2001, vol. 213),
Population special issue (2001, vol.13), and Springer-Verlag monograph
"Sex and Longevity" (2000).
Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging. Travel award from
the Organizing Committee (Il Ciocco, Italy, 10-15 May, 1998).
REVES10 International Meeting on Health Expectancy (Tokyo, October
9-12, 1997). Travel award from the Organizing Committee.
Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging. Travel award from
the Organizing Committee (Ventura, CA, 5-10 January, 1997)
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), Proposal
Development Program Award (grant #PDP48), 1996.
International Science Foundation (ISF), 1994. Emergency Grant for
Russian Scientists of the Top Category.
International Science Foundation (ISF), 1993. Emergency Grant Award.
The Certificate from the International Association of Gerontology
(1993) signed by the President and the Secretary General of the
International Association of Gerontology in connection with her entry
to the 1993 Sandoz Prize for the Gerontological Research: "This work
testifies to her efforts to improve understanding of the aging process
and to advance scientific knowledge for the benefit of the elderly
throughout the world".
A. N. Belozersky Institute, 1991. Award for the best scientific
research at the Institute in 1990-1991.
Trinity College, Cambridge University, UK. (Cambridge, December 1991).
Travel award.
Moscow Society of Naturalists, 1989. Award for the best scientific
research in natural science in 1986-1988.
Additional Activities and Skills:
Development of Population Database Management Systems:
- Computer system for
mortality analysis: Factographic Automated
Information Reference System (FAIRS) "Potential" (with S.P.Ermakov and
G.N.Evdokushkina) is used for analyses of mortality trends and
differentials based on cause-specific and region-specific Russian
official
vital statistics. Certified in 1996 by the Committee for Information
Policy at the Russian President (Registration Certificate #602 of
October
1, 1996). Used in data preparation for the special issue of Vital and
Health Statistics by the National Center of Health Statistics (Vital
and Health Statistics: Russian Federation and United States, Selected
Years 1980-93, Series 5, No.9, 1995). Reference: Ermakov, S.P.,
Antonyuk, V.V., Gavrilova, N.S., Evdokushkina, G.N. Factographic
Automated Information Reference System (FAIRS-"Potential"). In: K.
Peter (ed.). Proceedings of the
International Collaborative Effort on
Automating Mortality Statistics, Volume 1. Hyattsville, MD:
NCHS, 1999.
DHHS Publication No.(PHS) 99-1252. 19-1-19-2.
- Computer system for
death certificates entry and
management: Factographic Automated Information Reference System
#2
(FAIRS-2)
"Potential." This system was implemented in the Sverdlovsk region
of Russia in 1988 and has since accumulated information on more than
50,000 death certificates each year in electronic form.
PUBLICATIONS
Book:
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The
Biology of Life Span: A Quantitative
Approach, NY: Harwood Academic Publisher, 1991, 385p.
This book is selected and cited by Encyclopedia
Britannica as
recommended reference.
The book was reviewed by Nature
(1991, 352: 767), British Medical
Journal (1992, 305: 431), Population and Development Review (1992, 18:
555 and 1998, 24:
381), Population
Studies (1992, 46: 366), Am. J.
Epidemiology (1994, 139: 231), Experimental Gerontology
(1992, 27:
251), The Gerontologist (1991, 31: 707), Human Biology (1992, 64: 630),
J.
Epidemiology & Community Health (1992, 46: 630), J. Institute of
Actuaries (1992, 119: 379), BioEssays
(1993, 15:
359), Quarterly Review
of Biology (1993, 68: 92), Age and Ageing (1992, 21: 386), Ageing
and
Society (1991, 11: 509), Archives
of Gerontology and Geriatrics (1992,
15: 192), Educational Gerontology (1993, 19: 92), Free Radical Biology
& Medicine (1992, 12: 331).
Other Publications:
2008
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. The Biology of Human Longevity:
Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans [Book
Review]. The Quarterly Review
of Biology, 2008, 83(1): 107-107.
Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Dubrovina E., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Ivanova A.E., Leonid A. Gavrilov, L.A. Russian Mortality Crisis
and the Quality of Vital Statistics. Population
Research and Policy Review, 2008, In Press.
2007
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Search
for Predictors of Exceptional Human Longevity: Using Computerized
Genealogies and Internet Resources for Human Longevity Studies. North American Actuarial Journal,
2007, 11(1): 49-67.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Authors' Reply in
Discussion "Search for Predictors of Exceptional Human Longevity: Using
Computerized Genealogies and Internet Resources for Human Longevity
Studies." North American
Actuarial Journal, 2007, 11(4): 135-138.
Lindau,S.T., Gavrilova N., Anderson, D. Sexual morbidity in very long
term survivors of vaginal and cervical cancer: A comparison to national
norms. Gynecologic Oncology,
2007, 106(2), 413-418.
2006
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. Reliability
Theory of Aging and
Longevity. In: Masoro E.J. & Austad S.N..
(eds.): Handbook of
the Biology of Aging, Sixth Edition. Academic Press.
San
Diego, CA,
USA, 2006, 3-42.
Curtsinger JW, Gavrilova NS, Gavrilov LA. Biodemography
of Aging and Age-Specific Mortality in Drosophila melanogaster.
In: Masoro E.J. & Austad S.N.. (eds.): Handbook of the Biology of Aging,
Sixth Edition. Academic Press. San Diego, CA, USA, 2006, 261-288.
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. Models of
Systems Failure in Aging. In: P Michael Conn (Editor): Handbook of Models for Human Aging,
Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, 2006. 45-68. ISBN 0123693918.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The Quest for
Human Longevity: Science,
Business, and Public Policy [Book Review]. The New England Journal
of Medicine, 2006, 354(19): 2663-2664.
Gavrilov L., Gavrilova N. "New
Approach to Study Determinants of
Exceptional Human Longevity [Meeting abstract]". The Gerontologist,
2006, 46 (1): 566.
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. Age Specific
Data Analysis is Needed [Letter]. British
Journal of Psychiatry Online, 4 May 2006.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Childhood
Conditions and Exceptional Longevity. Full paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles,
CA, April 1, 2006, 35 pages. Published online at: http://paa2006.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=61675
2005
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. Human
longevity and reproduction: An
evolutionary perspective. In: Voland, E.; Chasiotis, A. &
Schiefenhoevel, W. (eds.). Grandmotherhood
- The Evolutionary
Significance of the Second Half of Female Life. New Brunswick,
NJ:
Rutgers
University
Press, 2005, 59-80.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina,
G.N., Ivanova, A.E. 2005. Patterns
of violent crime in Russia. In:
Pridemore, W.A. (ed.). Ruling
Russia: Law, Crime, and Justice in a Changing Society. Boulder,
CO: Rowman & Littlefield Publ., Inc, 117-145.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. Living
to 100 and Beyond: Search for Predictors of Exceptional Human Longevity.
Final
report published online by the
Society of Actuaries, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, 2005, 81 pages.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. Search for
Predictors of Exceptional Human Longevity. In: “Living
to 100 and Beyond” Monograph. The Society of Actuaries, Schaumburg,
Illinois, USA, 2005, pp. 1-49.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Mortality
of centenarians: A study based on the Social Security Administration
Death Master File.
Full Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America (Philadelphia, March 31 - April 2, 2005, oral
presentation), 31 pages.Abstract published in: Population Association
of America 2005 Annual Meeting. Final Program and Abstracts. p. 183.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. 2005. Search for
Predictors of Exceptional Human Longevity: Using Computerized
Genealogies and Internet Resources for Human Longevity Studies.
Published online at: http://ce.soa.org/living-to-100/3b_papers.pdf.
Full Paper presented at the Living to 100 and Beyond International
Symposium sponsored by the Society of Actuaries (Orlando, Florida on
January 12-14, 2005, oral presentation).
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS., 2005, Commentary
on "How is the Evolutionary Biological Theory of Aging Holding up
Against Mounting Attacks?" American Aging Association Newsletter,
April issue, pages 6 - 8.
Gavrilova,
N.S., Semyonova V.G., Evdokushkina G.N., Ivanova A.E. Problems
with mortality data in Russia.
Full Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America (Philadelphia, March 31 - April 2, 2005, oral
presentation), 22 pages. Abstract published in: Population Association
of America 2005 Annual Meeting. Final Program and Abstracts. p.
294.
Semyonova V.G., Dubrovina E.V., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov
L.A. Estimates of the real
levels of violent death rates in Russia. Public
Health
and Disease Prevention, 2005, 3: 14-23.
Semyonova V.G., Dubrovina E.V., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov
L.A. Potential for trauma mortality
in the Russian population of working age. Public
Health
and Disease Prevention, 2005, 2: 11-14.
2004
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. Why We
Fall Apart. Engineering's Reliability Theory Explains Human Aging. IEEE Spectrum, 2004, 41(9): 30-35.
Gavrilova NS, Gavrilov LA, Semyonova VG, Evdokushkina GN. Does
exceptional human longevity come with high cost of infertility? Testing
the evolutionary theories of aging. Annals of the New York Academy
of Sciences, 2004, 1019: 513-517.
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. Early-life
programming of aging and
longevity: The idea of high initial damage load (the HIDL
hypothesis). Annals of the
New York Academy of Sciences, 2004,
1019: 496-501.
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. The
reliability-engineering approach to the
problem of biological aging. Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences, 2004, 1019: 509-512.
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. Early-Life
Exposure, Season of Birth and Gender Differences in Human Life Span.
Science, 2004, 305(5691): 1739
(letter published in Science online
at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/eletters/305/5691/1736#1075).
Gavrilova N.S. Genetics
of Human Longevity: New Ideas and Findings
[Abstract of invited lecture]. 2004, p. 46. In: Inaugural
International Conference on Longevity. Final Programme and Abstracts.
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. Sydney, Australia, March
5-7, 2004, 94 pp.
Ivanova A.E., Semyonova V.G., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov L.A. Mortality trends: Role
of particular age groups and causes of death in their shaping. Public
Health
and Disease Prevention, 2004, 6: 3-9.
Semyonova V.G., Dubrovina E.V., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov
L.A. On the problems of trauma
mortality in Russia: Kirov region case. Public
Health
and Disease Prevention, 2004, 3: 3-9.
Semyonova V.G., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilov
L.A. Data quality of medical
statistics as a problem of modern
Russian health care. Public
Health
and Disease Prevention, 2004, 2: 11-18.
Ivanova A.E., Semyonova V.G., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Dubrovina E.V., Gavrilov L.A. Russian
mortality in
1965-2002 -- major problems and opportunities for decrease. Public Health and Disease Prevention,
2004, 1: 20-30.
2003
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova,
V.G. Early-life
predictors of human longevity: Analysis of the
19th Century birth cohorts. Annales
de Demographie Historique,
2003, 2:
177-198.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Early-life
factors modulating lifespan.
In: Rattan, S.I.S. (Ed.).Modulating
Aging and Longevity. Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2003, 27-50.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The quest
for a general theory of
aging and longevity. Science's
SAGE KE (Science of Aging Knowledge
Environment) for 16 July 2003; Vol 2003, No.28, 1-10.
http://sageke.sciencemag.org
Gavrilova NS, Gavrilov LA, Semyonova VG, Evdokushkina GN. Does
Exceptional Human Longevity Come With High Cost of Infertility? Testing
the Evolutionary Theories of Aging. Biogerontology.
4(Suppl.1): 35-35,
19 Sep 2003
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. Early-Life
Programming of Aging and
Longevity: The Idea of High Initial Damage Load (the HIDL Hypothesis).
Biogerontology.
4(Suppl. 1): 34-34, 19 Sep 2003
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. Reliability-Engineering
Approach to the
Problem of Biological Aging. Biogerontology.
4(Suppl. 1): 34-35, 19 Sep
2003
Ivanova A.E., Semyonova V.G., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov L.A., Devichenskaya M.N. Age
patterns of mortality in urban
and rural population of Russia in the 1990s.
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, 2003, 1: 17-26.
Semenova V.G., Ivanova A.E., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov L.A. Regional variation of mortality as an indicator of health
decline in the Russian population. Disease
Prevention and Health
Promotion, 2003, 4: 9-14.
Gavrilova N., Gavrilov L., Evdokushkina G., Semyonova V.
Are long-lived women more prone to infertility?: Testing the
prediction of evolutionary theories of aging. Gerontologist, 2003, 43
(Sp. issue): 9-9.
Gavrilov L., Gavrilova N., Semyonova V., Evdokushkina G.
Early-life seasonal programming of human longevity.
Gerontologist, 2003, 43 (Sp.
issue): 582-582.
2002
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Evolutionary
theories of aging and
longevity. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL,
2002, 2: 339-356.
Available: http://www.thescientificworld.com/
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Olshansky S.J., Carnes B.A. Genealogical
data and biodemography of human longevity. Social Biology, 2002,
49(3-4): 160-173.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. Evolution of Aging. In: David J. Ekerdt
(eds.) Encyclopedia of Aging,
New York, Macmillan Reference USA, 2002,
vol. 2, 458-467.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. Genetics:
Ethnicity. In: David J.
Ekerdt et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of
Aging, New York, Macmillan
Reference USA, 2002, vol.2, 538-539.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Genetics.
In: David J. Ekerdt et
al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Aging,
New York, Macmillan Reference USA,
2002, vol. 2, 536-538.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The quest
for the theory of human
longevity. The Actuary,
2002, 36(5): 10-13.
Carnes, B.A., Gavrilova, N. and Grahn D. Pathology effects at
radiation doses below those causing increased mortality. Radiation
Research, 2002, 158: 187-194.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Mechanism of inheritance of human
longevity: Paradox resolved. Gerontologist,
2002, 42 (Sp. issue): 7-7.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Bio-reliability theory of aging and
longevity. Gerontologist,
2002, 42 (Sp. issue): 7-7.
Ivanova A.E., Semyonova V.G., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov L.A., Demchenko T.A. Mortality in
Russia in the 1990s and reserves of its reduction: Trends and
forecasting. Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, 2002, 3: 9-19.
Semyonova V.G., Ivanova A.E., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov L.A. Regional mortality variation
as an indicator of health deterioration in the Russian population. Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, 2002, 4: 9-14.
Semyonova V.G., Ivanova A.E., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov L.A., Devichenskaya M.N. The
medico-demographic situation
in urban and rural areas: similarity and differences. Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, 2002, 5: 8-14.
2001
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The reliability
theory of aging and
longevity. Journal of
Theoretical Biology, 2001, 213(4): 527-545.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. When does human
longevity start?:
Demarcation of the boundaries for human longevity. Journal of
Anti-Aging Medicine, 2001, 4(2): 115-124.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Epidemiology of human
longevity: The
search for appropriate methodology. Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine,
2001, 4(1): 13-30.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Biodemographic
study of familial
determinants of human longevity. Population:
An English Selection,
2001, 13(1): 197-222.
Carnes, B.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Risk
analysis: Divergent models and
convergent interpretations. Radiation
Research, 2001, 156: 628-630.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Etude biodemographique des determinants
familiaux de la longevite humaine. Population,
2001, 56(1-2): 225-252
(in French).
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova, V.G.
Parental age effects on human longevity. Abstract. Gerontology,
2001,47(Suppl.1): 611-611.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova, V.G.
Study of the inheritance of human longevity. Abstract. Gerontology,
2001, 47(Suppl.1): 611-611.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. Consanguinity
and human longevity:
Findings from the International Centenarian Study. Gerontologist,
2001,
41 (Sp. issue): 87-87.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The effects of early-life events on adult
lifespan are sex-specific. Gerontologist,
2001, 41 (Sp. issue):
163-163..
2000
Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilov, L.A. The
response of violent mortality to economic crisis in Russia.
Population
Research and Policy Review, 2000, 19: 397-419.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Human
longevity and parental age
at conception. In: J.-M.Robine et al. (eds.) Sex and Longevity:
Sexuality, Gender, Reproduction, Parenthood, Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer-Verlag, 2000, 7-31.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov L.A., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina, G.N.
Mechanisms of familial transmission of human
longevity. Abstract. Am.
J. Phys. Anthropol., 2000, Suppl.30: 156-157.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova, V.G.
Mutations, parental age, and offspring longevity:
New ideas and
findings. Abstract. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol., 2000, Suppl.30: 156.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Validation of
exceptional longevity.
Book Review. Population and
Development Review, 2000, 26(2): 40-41.
Semyonova V.G., Gavrilova N.S., Varavikova Ye.A., Gavrilov L.A.,
Yevdokushkina G.N. Rise in violent death
rates in Russia as a
consequence of the economic crisis. Diseases Prevention
and
Health Promotion, 2000, 4: 3-10.
Semyonova V.G., Varavikova Ye.A., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilov L.A., Evolution of female
mortality due to
injuries and intoxications in some regions of Russia in the period of
economic reforms. Diseases
Prevention and Health
Promotion,
2000, 3: 29-31.
1999
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. Data
resources for biodemographic
studies on familial clustering of human longevity. Demographic
Research
[Online], 1999, vol.1(4): 1-48. Available:
http://www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol1/4/
Ermakov, S.P., Antonyuk, V.V., Gavrilova, N.S., Evdokushkina, G.N.
Factographic Automated Information Reference
System
(FAISS-"Potential"). In: K. Peter (ed.). Proceedings of the
International Collaborative Effort on Automating Mortality Statistics,
Volume 1. Hyattsville, MD: NCHS, 1999. DHHS Publication No.(PHS)
99-1252. 19-1-19-2.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Season
of birth and human longevity.
Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine,
1999, 2(4): 365-366.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Is
there a reproductive cost for human
longevity? Journal of Anti-Aging
Medicine, 1999, 2(2): 121-123.
Carnes, B.A., Olshansky, S.J., Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., Grahn,
D. Human longevity: Nature vs. Nurture
- fact or fiction. Perspectives
in Biology and Medicine, 1999, 42(3): 422-441.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. How human
longevity and species
survival could be compatible with high mutation rates. Journal of
Anti-Aging Medicine, 1999, 2(2): 153-154.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova, V.G.
Familial transmission of human longevity is a function of parental age
at reproduction. Abstract. The
Gerontologist, 1999. 39(1): 146.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova, V.G.
Demarcation of the boundaries for human longevity. Abstract. The
Gerontologist, 1999. 39(1): 146-147.
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova,
V.G. The future of human longevity: A more realistic approach for
life expectancy forecasting. Abstract. AGE (Journal of the
American Aging Association), 1999. 22(3): 22-22.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova,
V.G. Children born to older mothers do not inherit maternal
lifespan. Abstract. AGE
(Journal of the American Aging
Association), 1999. 22(3): 22-23.
1998
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova, V.G.,
Gavrilova, A.L., Evdokushkina, N.N., Kushnareva, Yu.E., Kroutko, V.N.,
Andreyev, A.Yu. Evolution, mutations and
human longevity. Human
Biology, 1998, 70(4): 799-804.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Kroutko V.N., Gavrilova A.L., Evdokushkina N.N., Lapshin E.V.
Evolutionary theory, mutations and human life span. Proc. Russian Acad.
Sci. [Doklady Akademii Nauk], 1998, 359(3): 426-427. English
translation published in Doklady Biological Sciences, 1998, 359(3):
159-160.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Kroutko V.N., Gavrilova A.L., Evdokushkina N.N., Kushnareva Yu.E. The
regularities of inheritance of human life span: contribution of
paternal and maternal longevity to the offspring life span. Proc.
Russian Acad. Sci. [Doklady Akademii Nauk], 1998, 360(2):
281-283.
English translation published in Doklady Biological Sciences, 1998,
360: 250-252.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova, V.G.
Human longevity, spontaneous mutations and paternal age. Abstract. The
Gerontologist, 1998, 38(1): 8.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G.
Non-linear transmission of human longevity from mother to daughter.
Abstract. The Gerontologist,
1998, 38(1): 8.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. The future of long life. Letter.
Science, 1998, 281(5383):
1611-1612.
1997
Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Ermakov, S.P., Gavrilov L.A. An
analysis of the health and mortality data for the provinces of Russia.
In: International Population
Conference. Beijing, 1997. Liege: IUSSP,
1997, vol.3, 1245-1257.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Parental
age at conception and
offspring longevity. Reviews in
Clinical Gerontology, 1997, 7: 5-12.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., Kroutko, V.N., Evdokushkina, G.N.,
Semyonova, V.G., Gavrilova, A.L., Lapshin, E.V., Evdokushkina N.N.,
Kushnareva, Yu.E. Mutation load and
human longevity. Mutation
Research,
1997, 377(1): 61-62.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Kroutko V.N., Gavrilova A.L., Evdokushkina N.N., Lapshin E.V. Maternal
age and offspring longevity, Proc.
Russian Acad. Sci. [Doklady
Akademii
Nauk], 1997, 354(4): 569-572. English translation published in Doklady
Biological Sciences, 1997, 354(4): 287-289.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Human reproduction in later life: a
research project. Health Care in
Later Life, 1997, 2(4): 275-276.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. When
Fatherhood Should Stop? Letter.
Science, 1997, 277(5322):
17-18.
1995
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Snarskaya N.P., Semyonova V.G.,
Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilova A.L., Lapshin E.V., Evdokushkina N.N.
Paternal age and the life span of descendants. Proc. Russian Acad. Sci.
[Doklady Akademii Nauk], 1995, 341(4): 566-568. English translation
published in Doklady Biological Sciences, 1995, 341(4): 196-198.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilova A.L., Evdokushkina N.N., Lapshin E.V. (1995b). Human
longevity genes are located in X-chromosome. In: Knook D.L.,
Dittman-Kohli F., Duursma S.A. et al. (eds.) Ageing in a Changing
Europe. III European Congress of Gerontology: 30 August 30 - September
1, 1995. Utrecht: Netherlands Institute of Gerontology, Abstract No.
020.0027.
Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Gavrilov L.A., Evdokushkina G.N.,
Gavrilova A.L., Lapshin E.V., Evdokushkina N.N. (1995). Biomedical
basis of sex differential in human life span. In: Knook D.L.,
Dittman-Kohli F., Duursma S.A. et al. (eds.) Ageing in a Changing
Europe. III European Congress of Gerontology: August 30 - September 1,
1995. Utrecht: Netherlands Institute of Gerontology, Abstract No.
020.0028.
1994
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. A
question of history. From Leonid A.Gavrilov and Natalia
S.Gavrilova. BioEssays,
1994,
16(8): 591-593.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Sex and
longevity. Letter. Nature,
1994, 367(6463): 520.
1993
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Fruit fly
aging and mortality. Letter,
Science, 1993, 260(5114):
1565-1565.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. When your time's up. Letter. British
Medical Journal, 1993, 306(6880): 796-796.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. How
many cell divisions in 'old' cells?
Int. J. Geriatric Psychiatry,
1993, 8(6): 528-528.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Common
sense and the limits to life.
Int. J. Geriatric Psychiatry,
1993, 8(8): 695-695.
1991
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. The Biology of
Life Span [Biologia prodolzhitel'nosti zhizni]. Monograph. 2nd
edition. Moscow: Nauka, 1991.
1989
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Life span is determined by resting
metabolic rate of parents only! AGE
(Journal of the American Aging
Association), 1989, 12: 113-113.
1987
Ermakov, S.P., Gavrilova, N.S. Statistical
analysis of the
organisms' survival data. In E.B.Burlakova and L.A.Gavrilov (eds.)
Population Gerontology
[Populatsionnaya Gerontologia]. vol. 6. Moscow:
VINITI, 1987, 155-189.
1986
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. The
Biology of Life Span. Monograph.
Moscow: Nauka, 1986.
Gavrilov, L.A., Semyonova, V.G., Gavrilova, N.S. Methods of analysis of
the life tables. In: A.G. Vishnevskii (ed.) Research Methods [Metody
issledovaniya], Moscow: Mysl', 1986, 96-110.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., and Semyonova, V.G. The life span. A
system analysis. In: Demographic
processes and their regularities,
Moscow: Mysl', 1986, 89-109.
1985
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Human species-specific life-span: Its
estimation and interpretation. Age,
1985, 8(3): 94-94.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G. Epidemiologic approach to
the biology of human life span. Geographia
Medica, 1985, 15: 40-64.
1984
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Historically stable indices of
mortality and their use for medical geography. Geographia medica, 1984,
14: 305-306.
Gavrilov, L.A., Mazurkevich, Z.B. and Gavrilova, N.S. Testing
aging hypotheses on the basis of long-livers' survival data. In:
Long-livers [Dolgozhiteli]. Metzniereba, Tbilisi, 1984, 67-68.
1983
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., Nosov, V.N. Human life span stopped
increasing: Why? Gerontology,
1983, 29(3): 176-180.
Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G. and Gavrilov, L.A. The
Card-Index of data on human life span. In: Problems in the
Biology of Aging, 1983, Moscow: Nauka, 71-76.
1982
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Aging in cell cultures. In: Biology of
Aging [Biologia starenia], 1982, 236-246. Leningrad: Nauka.
Gavrilova, N.S. Study of the biological characteristics for the human
life span. Ph.D. Dissertation. Moscow: Moscow State University, 1982..
Gavrilov, L.A., Semyonova, V.G., Gavrilova, N.S. On the feasibility of
mortality forecasting by the methods of biological kinetics. In: Issues
on population reproduction and demographic policy, Moscow: Institute of
Sociological Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1982, 108-123.
Gavrilova, N.S. and Gavrilov, L.A. A new method of evaluating the
prospects of influence, which extend life-duration. Rejuvenation, 1982,
310: 14-15.
Gavrilova, N.S. and Gavrilov, L.A. Kinetic studies of survival in the
elderly. In: Current issues in gerontology and geriatrics. Metsniereba,
Tbilisi, 1982.
1979
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Historical
perspective on kinetic of human mortality. Proc. Acad.
Sci. USSR [Doklady Akademii Nauk
SSSR], 1979, 245(4): 1017-1020. English translation by Plenum Publ
Corp: pp. 776-778.
Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Gavrilov, L.A. A new principle for
testing the mathematical theories of aging, mortality and lifespan. In
Gerontology and Geriatrics. Life extension: forecasts, mechanisms,
control, Kiev: Institute of Gerontology, 1979, 30-34.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Determination
of species length of life. Proc.
Acad. Sci.
USSR [Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR],
1979, 246(2): 465-469. English translation by Plenum Publ Corp: pp.
905-908.
1978
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., Yaguzhinsky, L.S. The main
regularities of animal aging and death viewed in terms of reliability
theory. J. General Biology
[Zhurnal Obschey Biologii], 1978, 39(5):
734-742.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. The culture of diploid cells as an
object for studying the molecular mechanisms of aging. Achievements in
Modern Biology [Uspekhi Sovremennoy Biologii], 1978, 85(2):
267-283.
Papers
Presented
at Professional Meetings
within the Last Seven Years
2003
Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilov L.A.,
Ivanova A.E.Recent mortality trends in Russia: Differences between
younger and older generations.Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, May 2003.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. " Is
fertility impaired among the longevous women? Testing the evolutionary
theories of aging." Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Population Association of America, Minneapolis, May 2003.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Reliability theory & mortality.
Invited presentation at the Chicago Actuarial Association Workshop,
Chicago, March 25, 2003.
2002
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. "Mechanism of inheritance of human
longevity: Paradox resolved". Poster presented at the Annual meeting of
the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, November 22-26, 2002.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Bio-reliability theory of aging and
longevity. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the
Gerontological Society of America, Boston, November 22-26, 2002.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. "The quest for the general theory of
aging and longevity." National Institutes of Health Meeting "The
Dynamic and Energetic Bases of Health and Aging." Bethesda, November
11-13, 2002.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. "Early-life seasonal programming of adult
lifespan: Evidence from the 19th century birth cohorts." Poster
presented at the Annual Meeting of Social Science and History
Association." St. Louis, October 24-27, 2002.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. "Is there a trade-off between the costs
of reproduction and longevity?" Invited paper presented and the
International meeting "Grandmothers: The psychological, social, and
reproductive significance of the second half of life." Delmenhorst,
Germany, September 19-21, 2002. Organized by Hanse Institute for
Advanced Science.
Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. "Mortality crisis in
Russia: New health threats". Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Population Association of America, Atlanta, May 9-11,
2002. Abstract published in: Population
Association of America. 2002 Annual Meeting. Final Program and
Abstracts, p.170.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. "Early
life conditions and later sex differences in adult lifespan."
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America, Atlanta, May 9-11, 2002. Abstract published in: Population
Association of America. 2002 Annual Meeting. Final Program and
Abstracts, p.288.
2001
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. "The
effects of early-life events on adult lifespan are sex-specific." Paper
presented at the Annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of
America, Chicago, November 15-18, 2001.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. “Early-life predictors of human
longevity.” Paper presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Social
Science History Association, Chicago, November 15-18, 2001.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. "Consanguinity and human longevity:
Findings from the International Centenarian Study."
Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of
America, Chicago, November 15-18, 2001.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. 2001.
"Parental age effects on human longevity". Paper presented at the 17th
Congress of the International Association of Gerontology, Vancouver,
Canada, July 1-6, 2001.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A., Semyonova V.G., Evdokushkina G.N. 2001.
"Study of the inheritance of human longevity". Paper presented at the
17th Congress of the International Association of Gerontology,
Vancouver, Canada, July 1-6, 2001.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. 2001.
"Inbreeding and human longevity: first findings from the International
Centenarian Study." Paper presented at the 13th Meeting of the
International Network on Health Expectancy (REVES-13), Vancouver,
Canada.
Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina, G.N., Gavrilov, L.A.
2001. "Mortality crisis in Russia: New health threats". Paper presented
at the 13th Meeting of the International Network on Health Expectancy
(REVES-13), Vancouver, Canada.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. 2001.
"Gender-specific effects of early life events on adult lifespan". Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (Washington, DC, March 23-25, 2001). Abstract published in:
Population Association of America. 2001 Annual Meeting. Final Program
and Abstracts. p.233.
Gavrilova, N.S., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova, V.G., Gavrilov, L.A.
2001. "Economic crises, stress and mortality in Russia". Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (Washington, DC, March 23-25, 2001). Abstract published in:
Population Association of America. 2001 Annual Meeting. Final Program
and Abstracts. p.220-221.
2000
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. 2000.
"Biodemographic study of the boundaries for human longevity". Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (Los Angeles, CA, March 23-25, 2000). Abstract published in:
Population Association of America. 2000 Annual Meeting. Final Program
and Abstracts. p.187.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. 2000.
"Heritability of human lifespan is affected by parental age at
childbirth". Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America (Los Angeles, CA, March 23-25, 2000). Abstract
published in: Population Association of America. 2000 Annual Meeting.
Final Program and Abstracts. p.220.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. 2000. "Life expectancy and the month of
birth." Paper presented at the 12th Meeting of the International
Network on Health Expectancy (REVES-12), Los Angeles, CA.
Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina, G.N., Gavrilov, L.A.
2000. "Health responses to economic changes in Russia". Paper presented
at the 12th Meeting of the International Network on Health Expectancy
(REVES-12), Los Angeles, CA.
1999
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova, V.G.
1999. "The future of human longevity: a more realistic approach for
life expectancy forecasting". Paper presented at the 28th Annual
Meeting of the American Aging Association (AGE). June 4-8, 1999,
Seattle, WA.
Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina, G.N., Gavrilov, L.A.
1999. "The response of violent mortality to economic crisis in Russia".
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (New York, March 25-27, 1999). Abstract published in:
Population Association of America. 1999 Annual Meeting. Final Program
and Abstracts. 1999, p.169.
1998
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. 1998.
"Biodemographic study of parental age effects on human longevity".
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (Chicago, IL, April 2-4, 1998). Abstract published in:
Population Association of America. 1998 Annual Meeting. Final Program
and Abstracts. p.142.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. 1998.
"Mechanisms of familial transmission of human longevity: comparison of
maternal and paternal contributions into offspring lifespan". Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (Chicago, IL, April 2-4, 1998). Abstract published in:
Population Association of America. 1998 Annual Meeting. Final Program
and Abstracts. p.142.
1997
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. 1997. "Paternal age at reproduction as a
predictor of human life expectancy", Paper presented at the Tenth
Meeting of the International Network on Health Expectancy (REVES-10),
Nihon University, Population Research Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. 1997. "New estimates for the heritability
of human life expectancy", Paper presented at the Tenth Meeting of the
International Network on Health Expectancy (REVES-10), Nihon
University, Population Research Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Response of the Scientific Community
to the Scientific Research and the
Book by L.A.Gavrilov and N.S.Gavrilova:
"Highly recommended for stimulating fresh approaches ... " - Professor
Roy L. Walford, M.D., UCLA School of Medicine, USA. The Gerontologist,
1991, vol.31, No.5, p.707.
"... Many will find an excursion into it stimulating". - Dr. Emily
Grundy, Lecturer in Gerontology, Age Concern Institute of Gerontology,
King's College, London, UK. British Medical Journal, 1992, vol.305,
No.6850, p.431.
"The Gavrilovs have made a valuable contribution to the study of life
span, and any future work on the subject will have to take account of
the rich contents of this book". - Dr. Vaino Kannisto, Former United
Nations Adviser on Demography. Population Studies, 1992, vol.46, No.2,
pp. 366-367.
"This book should be read by all members of the profession interested
in mortality - which should be all members of the profession" - Dr.
H.A.R.Barnett, Institute of Actuaries, UK. J.of The Institute of
Actuaries, 1992, vol.119, Part II, pp.379-381.
"Good new book on ageing". - Dr. Thomas B.L.Kirkwood, Ph.D. Head of the
Laboratory of Mathematical Biology, National Institute for Medical
Research, London, United Kingdom. Nature, 1991, vol.352, 29 August,
pp.767-768.
"... The reader will benefit enormously from the broadening of
perspective as a result of exposure to the Gavrilovs' theories on the
biology of life span" - Dr. Michael Akiyama, University of Michigan,
Dearborn, USA. Human Biology, 1992, vol.64, No.4, pp.630-632.
"The book features quite a bit of demographic theory and analysis. It
is refreshing" - Professor Michael R.Rose, University of California,
Irvine, USA. Annals of Human Biology, 1992, vol.19, No.3, pp.320-321.
"A general theory of lifespan is thus created." - Dr. Norman Vetter,
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK. J. of Epidemiology &
Community Health, 1992, vol.46, No.6, p.630.
"I found it to be highly rewarding reading." - Dr. Edward J.Masoro,
University of Texas Health Science Center.Quarterly Review of Biology,
1993, vol.68, p.92.
"... This book is a highly valuable contribution to the discipline.
...This book should make scientists take notice of research on aging
and longevity ... in the former Soviet Union" - Dr. S. Jay Olshansky,
Ph.D., University of Chicago, USA. Population and Development Review,
1992, vol.18, No.3, pp.555-558.
"... The birth of modern biodemography in a book published by Gavrilov
and Gavrilova (1991) …" - Dr. S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D., University of
Chicago, USA. Population and Development Review, 1998, vol.24, No.2,
p.384.
"It raises lots of interesting questions, … clarifies many
methodological issues, and lays the groundwork in an entertaining way
for future research." - Dr. Kenneth Hill, The Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, USA. American Journal
of Epidemiology., 1994, vol.139, No.2, p.231-232.
"Clearly, this is a very interesting, provocative and thought-provoking
book" - Dr. Ward Dean, M.D., The Center for Bio-Gerontology, Pencasola,
Florida, USA. Experimental Gerontology, 1992, vol.27, No.2, pp.251-253.
"This is an interesting book, full of tables and data and polemical in
its approach." - Professor William A.Pryor, Director of Biodynamic
Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,USA. Free
Radical Biology & Medicine, 1992, vol.12, pp.331-332.
"It brings to bear a fresh approach whose ideas are logically presented
and developed". - Dr. Brian Merry, Ph.D., Institute of Human Aging,
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. Ageing and Society, 1991,
vol.11, No.4, pp.509-510.
"... Should be read by anyone seriously interested in ageing. ... You
will find this a surprisingly good 'read', and a must for every
library". - Dr.D.Sebastian Fairweather, Physician, Department of
Geriatric Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom. Age and Ageing, 1992,
vol.21, No.5, pp.386-387.
"Ein aktuelles buch, das sicherlich die internationale diskussion des
problems befordern kann." - Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Falck, Berlin, Germany.
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 1991, Band 25, Heft 1, S.56.
"The book is well written, easy to read, and should be of interest to a
wide spectrum of readers including physicians, biologists, biochemists,
gerontologists..." - Prof. Robert W.Gracy, University of North Texas,
USA. Educational Gerontology, 1993, vol.19, No.1, pp.92-93.
"This book is directed toward researchers interested in statistical
patterns and mathematical models of human life span. For students
within this defined area of research, this text offers a good
historical perspective, insight into the Russian literature, and
insight into the quantitative analysis of life span" - Dr. Deborah A.
Roach, Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, USA. Ecology,
1992, vol.73, No.1, pp.379-381.
"This book is in essence a biostatistical analysis of the problems of
lifespan, human and animal. ... The literature in many languages had
clearly been well covered, and much has been made of national and other
mortality statistics in this century. ... A useful source book." - Dr.
F.I.Caird, D.M., F.R.C.P., Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Southern
General Hospital, Glasgow, UK. J.of Clinical and Experimental
Gerontology, 1992, vol.14, No. 3 & 4, p.309.
"This intelligent and thought provoking book should be read widely" -
Dr. Suresh I.S.Rattan, Ph.D., Laboratory of Cellular Ageing, Aarhus
University, Denmark. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 1993,
vol.31, p.499-500.
"This is a provocative and refreshing book" - Dr.Alan R.Hipkiss, Age
Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College London, UK.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1992, vol.7, No.8, p.614.
"To sum up, the book is substantial, interesting and brings fresh air.
We can confidently commend its study to all scientists ... " - Dr.
Janos Izsak, Department of Zoology, Berzsenyi Teachers' College,
Szombathely, Hungary. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 1992,
vol.15, No.2,pp.192-194.
"This ... is an excellent book. ... Nobody interested in aging should
fail to read". - Dr. C. S. Downes, Department of Zoology, University of
Cambridge, UK. BioEssays, 1993, vol.15, No.5, pp.359-362.
"...Provocative and entertaining reading and can be recommended to
anyone with an interest in biological aging." - Dr. Douglas E.Crews,
Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, USA. Journal of
Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 1993, vol.8, No.3, pp.281-290.
"It deserves to be read widely. Scientists and physicians who are
interested in the aging of populations or of individuals will be much
more effective in their work if they become familiar with the subject
matter of this book." - Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 1993,
vol.8, No.1, pp.59-60.