CURRICULUM   VITAE

Leonid A. Gavrilov

July 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:
Ph.D. 1980 Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. Genetics.
M.Sc. 1976 Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. Chemistry, with specialization in
mathematical modeling and chemical kinetics.
 

Areas of Specialization:
Biodemography of Human Longevity/ Analysis of Human Mortality and Aging
Mathematical Modeling of Aging and Mortality
Genetics of Aging and Longevity
 

Professional Positions:


Current:
  Research Associate, Center on Aging, NORC and the University of Chicago
Current:   Faculty member, University of Chicago Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies  (CEERES)
1991-1997   Principal Research Scientist, A. N. Belozersky Institute, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
1993-1997   Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Systems Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
1987-1991   Senior Research Scientist, A. N. Belozersky Institute, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
1980-1987   Research Scientist, A. N. Belozersky Institute, Moscow State University



Research Support (as PI or Co-PI only):

Funding (last 10 years):

In the United States (since 1998):

In Russia (before 1998):


Professional Activities:

Member of Professional Societies:
-- Gerontological Society of America (GSA).
---- Member of the Gerontological Society of America Executive Committee (Biological Sciences).
---- Member of the Gerontological Society of America Task Force on Organizational Technology and Computers.
-- Population Association of America (PAA)
-- International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP),
-- Social Science and History Association (SSHA, 2001-2002)
-- European Association for Population Studies (EAPS, 1995-98),
-- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, 1994-95),
-- New York Academy of Science (NYAS, 1994-95)
-- Demographic Section of Moscow House of Scientists (Scientific Secretary, 1984-1991)
-- Moscow Society of Naturalists

Editorial Board Member:
Experimental Gerontology, Elsevier Science Inc.;
Gerontology (Experimental Section), Karger
Rejuvenation Research, Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Publishers, USA;
The ScientificWorldJOURNAL (http://www.thescientificworld.com/);
Advanced Science Letters, American Scientific Publishers
 Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, Associate Editor, BioMed Central
Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine (1998-2004), Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Publishers, USA; 
Health Care in Later Life, Arnold Publishers, UK (1996-1998);

Expert (Research Proposal Reviewer):
U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF),
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 
Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems Network of Centres of Excellence (MITACS-NCE), Canada

Referee for Scientific Journals:  AGE (Journal of the American Aging Association),  Ageing Research Reviews,  Annals of Human Genetics,  Biogerontology,  Biology Letters (Royal Society),  BioMed Central,  Demography,   European Journal of Population,  Evolutionary Ecology Research (ISSN 1522-0613),  Experimental Gerontology,  FEBS Letters, Genus, Gerontology,  International Journal of Epidemiology,  Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine,  Journal of Gerontology (Biological Sciences),  Journal of Gerontology (Medical Sciences),  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,  Journal of the American Statistical Association,  Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics In Society),  Journal of Theoretical Biology,  Mathematical Biosciences, Mathematical Population Studies,  Mechanisms of Ageing and Development,  Population, Population and Development Review,  Population Studies,  Rejuvenation Research,  Scandinavian Journal of Statistics,  Social Biology,  Social Science & Medicine, Sociological Methodology, The Scientific World Journal.

Book reviewer for journals The New England Journal of Medicine, Population and Development Review, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Society.

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.

Consultant (ad hoc reviewer) for the National Research Council at the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Supercentenarian Research Foundation

Senior Member of the Science Advisory Board of BioInformatics, LLC (http://www.scienceboard.net/)
-- (see Resume and Certificate) and http://scienceboard.net/members/gavrilov
-- Member of the Science Advisory Board Steering Committee (2004-2005)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Council for the TransVio Technology Ventures.

Invited presentations:  International Symposium "Living to 100 and Beyond: Survival at Advanced Ages" sponsored by Society of Actuaries, Orlando, FL (2008); 2007 National Conference on Ageing in Selangor, Malaysia "Building on the Past, Looking to the Future (plenary lecture);" Institute of Gerontology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Science, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia (2007); International Conference on Mathematical Sciences "Integrating Mathematical Sciences within Society" (keynote lecture), Bangi-Putrajaya, Malaysia (2007); International Workshop on Human Longevity, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia (2007); International Conference on Aging & Longevity Studies "From Homo sapiens to Homo sapiens discatenatus," Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (2007); VI European Congress of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, St. Petersburg, Russia (2007); 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 at Santa Cruz, Applied Mathematics & Statistics (AMS) and CSTAR Research Seminars (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, 2006, 2007, 2008);   Inaugural International Conference on Longevity, Sydney, Australia (2004);   International Seminar "Projecting Future Mortality" Sponsored by Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau and the Government Actuary's Department, Edinburgh, UK (2003);  Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany (2002);   IPSEN Foundation, Paris, France (1999, 1995);   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);   Department of Biology, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium (1997);   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);   Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (1995).

Teaching Experience:
Courses Taught at the Department of Sociology (University of Chicago):
--  "Biodemography of Human Mortality and Longevity" (219/319), Spring 2000 and Spring 2001
--  "Demography of Russia and the Former Soviet Union" (SOCI 20182), Spring 2008

Training Experience:
NIH online course on Human Participants Protection Education (NIH Completion Certificate issued on 01/12/2002):

Awards and Honors:

Cited by:
“Who’sWho in America” in Marquis Who’sWho, 2002 and 2003 Editions:
"Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare," Marquis Who's Who, 4th Edition, 2002-2003
"Who's Who in Science and Engineering," Marquis Who's Who, 7th Edition, 2003-2004

Cited by Encyclopedia Britannica as the author of recommended book "The Biology of Life Span." http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=128852

Featured in The New York Times (October 20, 2005), Washington Post (November 20, 2006 and November 19, 2007), Forbes (April 18, 2006), Los Angeles Times (November 25, 2006), Chicago Sun-Times (November 22, 2006),  The Telegraph (November 14, 2007), The Sun (November 23, 2006), Daily Mail (June 26, 2006 and November 22, 2006), Daily Telegraph (November 18, 2006),  New Scientist (November 25, 2006),  Science  (6 June 1997, p.1503), The Scientist (May 13, 2002, p.20), Sunday Times London (June 15, 1997), Bild der Wissenschaft (11/2002, Germany),  IEEE Spectrum (September 2004 issue, cover story), and other public resourses.

Invited author for Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development (Gale Cengage), Encyclopedia of Aging (Macmillan Reference USA, 3 articles), Population Encyclopedia (Macmillan Reference USA), Handbook of the Biology of Aging (Academic Press), Handbook of Models for Human Aging (Elsevier Academic Press), Journal of Theoretical Biology special issue (2001, vol. 213), Population special issue (2001, vol.13), and Springer-Verlag monograph "Sex and Longevity" (2000).

Independent Scientist Award (K02 award) from the National Institute on Aging (2001).

Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging. Travel awards from the Organizing Committee (Il Ciocco, Italy, 10-15 May, 1998 and Ventura, CA, 5-10 January, 1997).

REVES10 International Meeting on Health Expectancy (Tokyo, October 9-12, 1997). Travel award from the Organizing Committee.

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 his entry to the 1993 Sandoz Prize for the Gerontological Research: "This work testifies to his 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.

European Population Conference (Paris, October 1991). Travel award from the Organizing Committee.

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.
 

PUBLICATIONS
Books:
1. 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 also 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), 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).

2. Gavrilov, L. A. (1990). Podra Prolongarse la Vida del Hombre? (In Spanish). Moscow: Mir, 200p.


Other Publications:

2008


Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Genetic Influences in Later Life. In: D. Carr (Editor), Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, Gale Cengage, Macmillan Reference USA, December 5, 2008 (In Press).

Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Aging Populations: Russia/Eastern Europe. In: P. Uhlenberg (Editor), International Handbook of the Demography of Aging, New York:  Springer-Verlag,  December 4, 2008 (In Press).

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Mortality Measurement at Advanced Ages: A Study of the Social Security Administration Death Master File. Living to 100 and Beyond: Survival at Advanced Ages  [online monograph]. The Society of Actuaries, 2008, 32 pages

Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Can exceptional longevity be predicted? Contingencies [Journal of the American Academy of Actuaries], 2008, July/August issue, pp. 82-88.

Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Dubrovina E., Evdokushkina G.N., Ivanova A.E., Gavrilov, L.A.  Russian Mortality Crisis and the Quality of Vital Statistics. Population Research and Policy Review, 2008. Published online: 29 May 2008 (DOI 10.1007/s11113-008-9085-6).

Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A.  Physical and Socioeconomic Characteristics at Young Age as Predictors of Survival to 100: A Study of a New Historical Data Resource (U.S. WWI Draft Cards). Living to 100 and Beyond: Survival at Advanced Ages  [online monograph]. The Society of Actuaries, 2008, 23 pages.

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life [Book Review]. The New England Journal of Medicine, 2008, 358(20): 2187-2188.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.  Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, NJ,  USA, 2005, 59-80.

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.

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.

Herzog T., Gavrilov L., Robine J-M., Kestenbaun B., Yue C-S., Olshansky J., Husted E., Johansen R., Rappaport A. Data Sources, Quality and Analysis [Discussion]. In: “Living to 100 and Beyond” Monograph. The Society of Actuaries, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, 2005, pp. 1-6.

Gavrilov LA.  Life Extension, Caloric Restriction and Scientific Philanthropy The Science Advisory Board, 2005, 144, July 11 issue.

Olshansky SJ., Gleeson RK., Siegel JS., Gavrilova NS., Stallard PJE., Leng C-C., Andrews D., Rappaport A., Sharma V., Brown R., Harper J., Gavrilov L., Edwalds T. Theories of Longevity [Discussion].  In: “Living to 100 and Beyond”  Monograph. The Society of Actuaries, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, 2005, pp. 1-6.

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., 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.

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).

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.

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.

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. 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).

Gavrilov L.A.  Coping with Methuselah:  The impact of molecular biology on medicine and society [Book Review]. The New England Journal of  Medicine, 2004, 351(25): 2663-2664.

Gavrilov L.A. Biodemography of Human Longevity [Abstract of keynote lecture]. 2004, p. 42.  In: Inaugural International Conference on Longevity. Final Programme and Abstracts. Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. Sydney, Australia, March 5-7, 2004, 94 pp.

Gavrilov L.A. The Future of Human Health and Longevity. The Science Advisory Board, 2004, 125, published online at: http://www.scienceboard.net/community/perspectives.125.html

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. 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2003, 27-50.

Arking R, Butler R, Chiko B, Fossel M, Gavrilov LA, Morley JE, Olshansky SJ, Perls T, Walker RF. Anti-aging teleconference: What is anti-aging medicine?  Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine [Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.]. 6(2): 91-106, 2003

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

Gavrilov L.A., Heuveline P. Aging of Population.  In: Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Population. New York, Macmillan Reference USA, 2003, vol.1, 32-37.

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 the urban and rural population of Russia in the 90s years of the 20th century. Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2003.

Gavrilov L., Gavrilova N., Semyonova V., Evdokushkina G.  Early-life seasonal programming of human longevity. Gerontologist, 2003, 43 (Sp. issue): 582-582.

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.
 

2002
 
Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A.  Evolution of Aging.  In: David J. Ekerdt (ed.)Encyclopedia of Aging, New York, Macmillan Reference USA, 2002, vol.2, 458-467.


Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S.  Evolutionary theories of aging and longevity.  TheScientificWorldJOURNAL, 2002, 2: 339-356.  Available: http://www.thescientificworld.com/

Glaser V., Gavrilov L.A.   An interview with Leonid A. Gavrilov, Ph.D.  Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine, 2002, 5(3): 255-263.

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.

De Grey, Aubrey D. N., Leonid Gavrilov, S. Jay Olshansky, L. Stephen Coles, Richard G. Cutler, Michael Fossel, and S. Mitchell Harman.  Antiaging technology and pseudoscience. Letter.  Science, 2002, 296: 656-656.  Available:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/296/5568/656a

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The quest for the theory of human longevity. The Actuary, 2002, 36(5): 10-13.

Gavrilov L.A. Scientific legitimacy of the term "Anti-Aging." Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine, 2002, 5(2): 239-240.

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S.  Genetics.  In: David J. Ekerdt (ed.) Encyclopedia of Aging, New York, Macmillan Reference USA, 2002, vol.2, 536-538.

Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A.  Genetics: Ethnicity.  In: David J. Ekerdt (ed.)Encyclopedia of Aging, New York, Macmillan Reference USA, 2002, vol.2, 538-539.

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Bio-reliability theory of aging and longevity. Gerontologist, 2002, 42 (Sp. issue): 7-7.

Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Mechanism of inheritance of human longevity: Paradox resolved. Gerontologist, 2002, 42 (Sp. issue): 7-7.

Semyonova V.G., Ivanova A.E., Gavrilova N.S., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilov L.A., Devichenskaya M.N.  Medico-demographic conditions in urban and rural areas – similarity and differences. Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2002, 5: 8-14.

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.

2001

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. 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.

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. 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

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S.  Human longevity and parental age at conception.  In: J.-M.Robine, T.B.L. Kirkwood, M. Allard (eds.) Sex and Longevity: Sexuality, Gender, Reproduction, Parenthood, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2000, 7-31.

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Validation of exceptional longevity. Book Review. Population and Development Review, 2000, 26(2): 40-41.

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., 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.

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.

Semenova 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.

Semenova 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

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Season of birth and human longevity. Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine, 1999, 2(4): 365-366.

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/

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

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.

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.  When Fatherhood Should Stop? Letter. Science, 1997, 277(5322): 17-18.

1995

Izsak, J. and Gavrilov, L.A. A typical interdisciplinary topic: questions of the mortality dynamics. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 1995, 20: 283-293.

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): 520-520.

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.

1992

Gavrilov, L.A.  On the prospects of radical extension of life span.  Aging and Longevity [Starenie i Dolgoletie], 1992, 1: 3-4.

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, 1989, 12: 113-113.

Gavrilov, L.A.  5th  All Union Congress of Gerontologists and Geriatricians. Letter. Problems of Medical Chemistry [Vop.Med.Khim.], 1989, 35(4): 137-138.

Gavrilov, L.A. “The paradox of superfluous causes of death” and its significance for the biology of life span.  In: Proceedings of the Moscow Society of Naturalists. General Biology [Doklady MOIP. Obshchaya Biologiya 1987]. Nauka, Moscow, 1989, 116-119.

1988

Gavrilov, L. A. Biodemographic aspects of life span studies. In: Demographic Studies,  Moscow: Moscow State Univ. Press, 1988, 105-121.

Gavrilov, L.A.  Reliability and aging of biological systems. Book review.  Journal of General Biology [Zhurn.Obshch.Biol.], 1988, 49: 571-572.

Gavrilov, L.A. The biology of life span: the subject, methods and prospects for research.  In:  Biological problems of aging and life extension. Nauka, Moscow, 1988, 106-110.

Gavrilov, L.A.  Bio-demographic aspects of life span research.  In:  Demographic Studies. Moscow State University Press, Moscow, 1988, 105-121.

Gavrilov, L.A.  What determines the rate of human aging?  In: Proc. 5th All-Union Congress of Gerontologists and Geriatricians. Institute of Gerontology, Kiev, 1988, 136-136.
 
 

1987

Gavrilov, L.A. Critical analysis of mathematical models of aging, mortality and life span. In E.B.Burlakova and L.A.Gavrilov (eds.) Population Gerontology [Populatsionnaya Gerontologia]. vol. 26. Moscow: VINITI, 1987, 155-189.

1986

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. The Biology of Life Span [Biologia prodolzhitel'nosti zhizni]. 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, 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.  Can humans live longer?, Moscow: Mysl, 1985.

Gavrilov, L.A., Nosov, V.N.  A new trend in human mortality decline: derectangularization of the survival curve. Age, 1985, 8(3): 93-93.

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G.  Epidemiologic approach to the biology of human life span. Geographia Medica, 1985, 15: 40-64.

Semyonova, V.G., Gavrilov, L.A. and Gofman, A.M.  Investigation of the age dynamics of human mortality: Analysis of deviations from the Gompertz-Makeham equation. In: Investigation of the primary mechanisms of biological systems. Moscow: Nauka, 1985, 57-60.

1984

Gavrilov L.A. Does a limit of the life span really exist? Biophysics [Biofizika], 1984, 29(5): 908-911.

Gavrilov, L.A. Population-statistical approaches to the study of life span. In Biological problems of aging [Biologicheskije problemy starenija], Moscow: VINITI, 1984, 135-171.

Gavrilov, L.A. Quantitative regularities of the human and laboratory animals' life span [Kolichestvennye zakonomernosti prodolzhitel'nosti zhizni cheloveka i laboratornych zhivotnykh]. Puschino, Scientific Center for Biological Studies, USSR Academy of Sciences, 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.

Kozlovsky, V.S., Gavrilov, L.A.  The multistage nature of destruction as the basis of aging (the hypothesis of random sequential transitions). In: Problems of the Biology of Aging [Problemy biologii stareniya], 1983, Moscow: Nauka, 19-23.

Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G. and Gavrilov, L.A.  The Card-Index of data on human life span. In:  Problems of the Biology of Aging [Problemy biologii stareniya], 1983, Moscow: Nauka, 71-76.

1982

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Aging in cell cultures. In Biology of Aging [Biologia starenia], Leningrad: Nauka, 1982, 236-246.

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.

1980

Gavrilov, L.A.  Investigation of life span genetics using kinetic analysis. Ph.D. Dissertation. Moscow State University, Moscow, 1980.

1979

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S.  Historical perspective on kinetics 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.  A mathematical model of the aging of animals. Proc. Acad. Sci. USSR [Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR], 1978, 238(2): 490-492. English translation by Plenum Publ Corp: pp.53-55.

Gavrilov, L.A., Yaguzhinsky, L.S. The kinetics of the growth of a human fibroblast culture. Biophysics [Biofizika], 1978, 23(6): 1041-1045.

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

2005

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. 2005. 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). Abstract published in: Population Association of America 2005 Annual Meeting. Final Program and Abstracts. p. 183.

N.S. Gavrilova,  V.G. Semyonova,  G.N. Evdokushkina, A.E. Ivanova, L.A. Gavrilov.  "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). Abstract published in: Population Association of America 2005 Annual Meeting. Final Program and Abstracts.

International Symposium "Living to 100 and Beyond: Survival at Advanced Ages"
Orlando, Florida,  January 12-14, 2005, The Society of Actuaries.

2004

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. "Using survival data as a predictive factor for survival or other outcomes", May 11, 2004.  The National Institute on Aging, NIH, Washington, DC, USA
Workshop on Uses of Survival Data in Research on Factors Affecting Aging.

Gavrilov LA. "Biodemography of Human Longevity." Plenary Lecture. Inaugural International Conference on Longevity. Sydney, Australia, March 5-7,  2004.

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Bio-Actuarial Studies of Human Longevity. Chicago Actuarial Association Workshop, Chicago, USA, March 18, 2004.


2003

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Evdokushkina G.N.  Early-life seasonal programming of human longevity.  Symposium  organized at the Annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, November 21-25, 2003.

Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova V.G. Are long-lived women more prone to infertility? Testing the prediction of evolutionary theories of aging.  Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, November 21-25, 2003.

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Testing biological ideas on evolution, ageing and longevity
with demographic and genealogical data. Invited presentation. University of  Edinburgh, Biological Department.  Population Genetics Seminar. 8 October, 2003.

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S.  Session 3. Limits on Human Lifespan and Molecular Effects on Ageing. Invited presentation. International Seminar "Projecting Future Mortality." Sponsored by Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau and the Government Actuary's Department.  October 5, 2003.

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Early-Life Programming of Aging and Longevity: The Idea of High Initial Damage Load (the HIDL Hypothesis). Invited presentation. 10th Congress of the International Association of Biomedical Gerontology. Cambridge, UK, September 19-23, 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."  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.