Dr. Natalia S. Gavrilova, Ph.D., is an expert in epidemiology of human aging, mortality and longevity.  Her current research interests are focused on heritability of human longevity, effects of early-life conditions on human longevity, factors of exceptional longevity, as well as mortality trends in Russia and the United States.  As a researcher with more than 20 years of experience, Natalia Gavrilova has published over fifty publications on human longevity and related topics.  Her research projects were funded by international funding agencies, including the International Science Foundation and the European Union, as well as by the U.S. National Institute on Aging.

Natalia Gavrilova is a co-author (with Dr. Leonid Gavrilov) of internationally known monograph “The Biology of Life Span: A Quantitative Approach” published by Harwood Academic in 1991.  This book is selected and cited by Encyclopedia Britannica as recommended reference. It was also favorably reviewed by dozens of scientific journals, including the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, Nature and British Medical Journal.

Natalia Gavrilova is an invited author in a number of publication projects, including the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Aging (forthcoming), the Springer book “Sex and Longevity”, special issue of ‘Population’ journal on biodemography of aging, and special issue of the Journal of Theoretical Biology on aging theories.  She is an expert (peer reviewer) for 7 scientific journals, including Journal of Gerontology, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Population, and European Journal of Population.  She is a member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Population Association of America (PAA), Gerontological Society of America (GSA), and Social Science and History Association (SSHA).

Dr. Natalia Gavrilova is currently working at the Center on Economics and Demography of Aging, National Opinion Research Center, affiliated with the University of Chicago.  More information about her current research activities could be found at her scientific website “Longevity Science: Unraveling the Secrets of Human Aging and Longevity” at: http://longevity-science.org/.

Selected Publications:

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The Biology of Life Span: A Quantitative Approach, NY: Harwood Academic Publisher, 1991, 385p.

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.

Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova, V.G. et al.  Evolution, mutations and human longevity. Human Biology, 1998, 70: 799-804.

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. The reliability theory of aging and longevity. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2001, 213(4): 527-545.

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Biodemographic study of familial determinants of human longevity. Population: An English Selection, 2001, 13(1): 197-222.