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Join our Research Team !
Leonid Gavrilov (gavrilov@AEIVEOS.UUCP.FREE.MSK.SU)
Sun, 1 May 1994 19:30:41 MSD
May 1, 1994
Dear all concerned,
European Community allocated funds for international scientific
collaboration of European scientists (program called COPERNICUS).
I am one of the coordinators of the research team of 5 scientists
from 5 different European countries that will work on the anthropological
project:
PARENTAL AGE AND OFFSPRING LONGEVITY
We have room in our research group for scientists from the following
countries:
Albania, Bulgaria, Checkia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
We are kindly inviting the scientists from the above mentioned
countries to join our research team and to send their CVs before
the COPERNICUS deadline (May 2) to my E-mail address:
aeiveos@glas.apc.org
Thank you in advance for your kindness.
Sincerely yours,
Dr.Leonid A.Gavrilov, Ph.D.
Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
P.S.: My CV is printed below for introduction.
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April 24, 1994
C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Dr. Leonid A. Gavrilov, Ph.D. Phone: 7 (095) 427 0047
Principal Research Scientist FAX: 7 (095) 939 0338 or
A.N.Belozersky Institute 7 (095) 939 3181
Moscow State University E-mail addresses:
Moscow 119899 libro@genebee.msu.su
Russia gavrilov@aeiveos.uucp.free.msk.su
aeiveos@glas.apc.org
Date of Birth: August 28, 1954
Place of Birth: USSR (Russia), town of Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg)
Research interests: Mechanisms of ageing, age-related mortality,
longevity.
Education:
Ph.D. - Moscow State University (1980) in mortality kinetics
in human populations and animal models, with emphasis
on mathematical models of mortality.
M.Sc. - Moscow State University (1976) in mechanisms of aging
with emphasis on mathematical models of aging
Professional Experience:
1991-Present Principal Research Scientist, A.N.Belozersky Institute,
Moscow State University.
1987-1991 Senior Research Scientist, A.N.Belozersky Institute,
Moscow State University.
1980-1987 Research Scientist, A.N.Belozersky Institute,
Moscow State University.
Professional Activities and Other Positions:
- Member of the New York Academy of Science (Member ID #364586)
- Principal Investigator of the International Science Foundation
Research Grant # M7E000.
- Chairman of the Subsection of the Biology of Life Span at
Moscow Society of Naturalists (1981-1992).
- Expert (book reviewer) for journals AGE AND AGEING, AGEING
AND SOCIETY, J.GENERAL BIOLOGY and Publishers "MIR".
- Expert (peer reviewer) for journals MATHEMATICAL POPULATION
STUDIES, J.GENERAL BIOLOGY.
- Chairperson of the Biological Session at the II European
Congress of Gerontology (Madrid, 1991). Certificate signed
by F.Guillen Llera, General Secretary of the Congress.
- Expert (book editor) for Institute of Scientific Information
(VINITI, Moscow).
- Fellow of Moscow Society of Naturalists.
- Senior Research Scientist at the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute for System Analysis.
- Scientific Secretary of Demographic Section of Moscow House
of Scientists (1984-1991).
- Fellow of the Moscow House of Scientists.
Awards:
- International Science Foundation (ISF) 1994 Research Grant #M7E000.
- International Science Foundation (ISF) 1993 Emergency Grant Award.
- International Science Foundation (ISF) 1994 Emergency Grant for
Russian Scientists of the Top Category.
- The Certificate from the International Association of Gerontology
(1993) signed by the President and the Secretary General of the
International Association of Gerontology.
- A.N.Belozersky Institute 1991 Award for the best scientific
research in the Institute in 1990-1991.
- Moscow Society of Naturalists 1989 Award for the best scientific
research in natural science in 1986-1988.
- Grant Award with invitation to European Population Conference
(Paris, October 1991).
- Financial Award with invitation of giving a lectures to Trinity
College, Cambridge University (December, 1991).
- Financial Award with invitation to the Annual Meeting of British
Biochemical Society (Southampton, April, 1992).
Publications:
65 publications, including 5 books. Selected publications in the most
prestigeous scientific peer reviewed journals are:
- "Sex and Longevity", Nature, 1994, vol.367, No.6463, p.520.
- "Fruit Fly Aging and Mortality", Science, 1993, vol.260, No.5114,
p.1565.
- "When Your Time's Up", British Medical Journal, 1993, vol.306,
No.6880, p.796.
- "Human Life Span Stopped Increasing: Why?", Gerontology, 1983,
vol.29, pp.176-180.
- "Life Span is Determined by Resting Metabolic Rate of Parents
Only!", Age, 1989, vol.12, p.113.
- "Human Species-Specific Life-Span: Its Estimation and
Interpretation", Age, 1985, vol.8, p.94.
- "A New Trend in Human Mortality Decline: Derectangularization
of the Survival Curve", Age, 1985, vol.8, p.93.
- "Biology of Aging (Book Review)", Age and Ageing, 1993, vol.22,
pp.233-234.
- "Evolutionary Biology of Aging (Book Review)", Ageing and
Society, 1992, vol.12, No.4, pp.539-541.
- "How Many Cell Divisions in 'Old' Cells?", International Journal
of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1993, vol.8, No.6, p.528.
- "Common Sense and the Limits to Life", International Journal of
Geriatric Psychiatry, 1993, vol.8, No.8, p.695.
- "Historically Stable Indices of Mortality and their Use for
Medical Geography", Geographia Medica, 1984, vol.14,
pp.305-306.
- "Epidemiologic Approach to the Biology of Human Life Span",
Geographia Medica, 1985, vol.15, pp.40-64.
The key publication where the main results of the previous studies
are summarised is:
THE BIOLOGY OF LIFE SPAN: A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH.
By Leonid A.Gavrilov and Natalia S.Gavrilova. Harwood Academic
Publishers: 1991. Pp. 385, $ 120, ISBN 3-7186-4983-7.
Positive reviews of this book were published by the following
journals:
1. AGE AND AGEING, 1992, vol.21, No.5, pp.386-387.
2. AGEING AND SOCIETY, 1991, vol.11, No.4, pp.509-510.
3. ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS, 1992, vol.15, No.2, pp.192-194.
4. ARGOMENTI DI GERONTOLOGIA, 1993, vol.5, No.2, p.91.
5. BIOESSAYS, 1993, vol.15, No.5, pp.359-362.
6. BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI GERONTOLOGIA E GERIATRIA, 1992,
No.7, p.1.
7. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1992, vol.305, No.6850, p.431.
8. EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY, 1993, vol.19, No.1, pp.92-93.
9. EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY, 1992, vol.27, pp.251-253.
10. FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE, 1992, vol.12, pp.331-332.
11. GERONTOLOGIST, 1991, vol.31, No.5, p.707.
12. HUMAN BIOLOGY, 1992, vol.64, No.4, pp.630-632.
13. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY, 1992, vol.7, No.8, p.614.
14. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL GERONTOLOGY, 1993, vol.8, No.3, pp.281-290.
15. JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY & COMMUNITY HEALTH, 1992, vol.46, No.6, p.630.
16. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES, 1992, vol.119, Part II,
pp.379-381.
17. JOURNAL OF ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE, 1993, vol.8, No.1, pp.59-60.
18. NATURE, 1991, vol.352, 29 August, pp.767-768.
19. POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, 1992, vol.18, No.3, pp.555-558.
20. POPULATION STUDIES, 1992, vol.46, No.2, pp.366-367.
21. QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY, 1993, vol.68, p.92.
22. STATISZTIKAI SZEMLE (STATISTICAL REVIEW, In Hungarian),
1992,vol.70,No.6,pp.546-547.
Response of the Leading Scientists to the Scientific Research and
the Book by L.A.Gavrilov:
"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.
"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.
"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.
"... 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.
"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.
"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.
"EIN AKTUELLES BUCH, DAS SICHERLICH DIE INTERNATIONALE
DISKUSSION DES PROBLEMS BEFORDERN KANN."
- Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Falck, Berlin, Germany.
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR 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 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.
"... 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.
"GAVRILOV MAKES THE BEST ATTEMPT I KNOW OF TO DISTINGUISH HOW LONG
PEOPLE COULD LIVE FROM HOW LONG THEY ACTUALLY LIVE - ONE OF THE
MORE DIFFICULT TASKS FOR BOTH BIOLOGY AND STATISTICS... GAVRILOV'S
SCHOLARSHIP IS IMPRESSIVE". - Professor Nathan Keyfitz,
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,
Laxenburg, Austria.
MATHEMATICAL POPULATION STUDIES, 1991, vol.3, No.2, p.161.
"LEONID GAVRILOV IS A TOP-FLIGHT STATISTICAL POPULATION
BIOLOGIST... THE AREA IS IMPORTANT WELL BEYOND THE CONFINES OF
BIOLOGICAL GERONTOLOGY AND EXTENDS INTO POLITICS AND SOCIAL
PLANNING. GAVRILOV IS VERY GOOD ON JUST THIS SORT OF THING. HE HAS
A FRESH APPROACH, NEW IDEAS, A GREAT DEAL OF DATA NOT READILY
AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE." - Roy. L. Walford, Professor of Pathology,
UCLA School of Medicine, USA.
MATHEMATICAL POPULATION STUDIES, 1991, vol.3, No.2, p.161.
"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.
"... 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. M. Michael Akiyama,
University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA.
HUMAN BIOLOGY, 1992, vol.64, No.4, pp.630-632.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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 ... 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.
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-- Dr. Leonid A. Gavrilov, Ph.D. Phone: 7 (095) 427 0047
Principal Research Scientist FAX: 7 (095) 939 0338 or
A.N.Belozersky Institute 7 (095) 939 3181
Moscow State University E-mail addresses:
Moscow 119899 gavrilov@aeiveos.uucp.free.msk.su
Russia libro@genebee.msu.su
aeiveos@glas.apc.org
Please send your answer to my most reliable E-mail address:
aeiveos@glas.apc.org
if you wish to be sure to reach me. Thank you !
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