Chercheurs

Médecine / OLSHANSKY, S.JAY

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Position

Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Public Health,
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Chicago,
Chicago, USA.

Research Associate at the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Thèmes de recherche

Biodemography, aging, mortality, and longevity

The focus of his research to date has been on estimates of the upper limits to human longevity, exploring the health and public policy implications associated with individual and population aging, and global implications of the re-emergence of infectious and parasitic diseases.

During the last ten years, Dr. Olshansky has been working with colleagues in the biological sciences to develop the modern "biodemographic paradigm" of mortality – an effort to understand the biological nature of the dying out process of living organisms.

Prix et récompenses

In 1992 Dr. Olshansky was the recipient of a five-year Special Emphasis Research Career Award from the National Institute on Aging. This award permitted Dr. Olshansky the opportunity to obtain training in the fields of evolutionary biology, molecular biology, and epidemiology as each field relates to aging.

In 1998 Dr. Olshansky was the recipient of a five-year Independent Scientist Award from the National Institute on Aging to continue with his interdisciplinary research and training.

Publications

Carnes, B.A., Olshansky, S.J., Grahn, D. 2002. Biological Evidence for Limits to the Duration of Life. Biogerontology (in press).

Butler, R.N., Fossel., M., Harman, S.M., Heward, C.B., Olshansky, S.J., Perls, T., Rothman, J., Rothman, S.M., Warner, H.R., West, M.D., Wright, W.E. 2002. Is There an Antiaging Medicine? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2002 57: B333-B338.

de Grey, A., Gavrilov, L., Olshansky, S.J., Coles, L.S., Cutler, R.G., Fossel, M., Harman, S.M. 2002. Anti-aging: One term, two worlds. Science 296(5568):655.

Olshansky, S.J., Hayflick, L., Carnes, B.A. 2002. No Truth to the Fountain of Youth. Scientific American, pp. 92-95 (June).

Olshansky, S.J., Hayflick, L., Carnes, B.A., et al. 2002. Position Statement on Human Aging. Scientific American (June), . Also published in the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 57A(8): B1-B6, 2002.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A. 2002. A Biodemographic Interpretation of Lifespan. Population and Development Review (in press).

Olshansky, S.J. 2002. Aging. World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A., Butler, R. 2001. If Humans Were Built to Last. Scientific American (March).

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A., Désesquelles, A. 2001. Prospects for Human Longevity in an Aging World. Science (Feb. 23).

Carnes, B.A., Olshansky, S.J., Gavrilov, L., Gavrilova, N., Grahn, D. 1999. Human Longevity: Nature vs Nurture – Fact or Fiction. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 42(3):422-441.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A., and D. Grahn. 1998. Confronting the Boundaries of Human Longevity. American Scientist 86(1):52-61.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A. 1997. Ever Since Gompertz. Demography 34(1):1-15.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A., Rogers, R.A., Smith, L. 1997. Infectious Diseases: New and Ancient Threats to World Health. Population Bulletin 52(2):1-58.

Carnes, B.A., Olshansky, S.J., Grahn, D. 1996. Continuing the Search for a Law of Mortality. Population and Development Review 22(2):231-264.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A. 1994. Demographic Perspectives on Human Senescence. Population and Development Review 20(1):57-80.

Carnes, B.A., Olshansky, S.J. 1993. Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Senescence. Population and Development Review 19(4):793-806.

Olshansky, S.J., Rudberg, M.A., Carnes, B.A., Cassel, C., Brody, J. 1991. Trading Off Longer Life for Worsening Health: The Expansion of Morbidity Hypothesis. Journal of Aging and Health 3(2):194-216.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A., Cassel, C. 1990. In Search of Methuselah: Estimating the Upper Limits to Human Longevity. Science 250:634-640.

Olshansky, S.J. 1988. On Forecasting Mortality. The Milbank Quarterly 66(3):482-530.

Olshansky, S.J., Ault, B. 1986. The Fourth Stage of the Epidemiologic Transition: The Age of Delayed Degenerative Diseases. The Milbank Quarterly 64(3):355-391.

Olshansky, S.J. 1985. Pursuing Longevity: Delay vs Elimination of Degenerative Diseases. American Journal of Public Health 75(7):754-757.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A. 2001. A Journey Through the Interdisciplinary Landscape of Biodemography. Social Science Research Council (Oxford University Press).

Carnes, B.A., Olshansky, S.J. 2001. Interspecies Patterns of Age-Related Mortality. Pathobiology of the Aging Dog, ILSI Press: Lafayette, Indiana, pp.

Olshansky, S.J. 2001. The Demography of Aging. Geriatric Medicine. Cassel, C.K., H.J. Cohen, E.B. Larson, D.E. Meier, N.M. Resnick, L.Z. Rubenstein, and L.B. Sorensen (Eds.). New York: Springer, (Chapter 2), (revision of 1997 chapter).

Olshansky, S.J., Rudberg, M.A. 1997. Postponing Disability: Identifying Points of Decline and Potential Intervention. Public Health and Aging, T. Hickey, M. Speers, and T.R. Prohaska (Eds.), Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 237-251.

Olshansky, S.J., Cassel, C. 1997. Implications of the Accrual of Chronic Non-fatal Conditions in Very Elderly People. Osteoarthritis and the Aging Population. D. Hammerman (Ed.), Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, (Chapter 2, pp. 15-29).

Olshansky, S.J. 1997. Practical Limits to Life Expectancy in France. In: Longevity: To the Limits and Beyond. J.M. Robine et al., Eds., Springer-Verlag: Berlin, pp. 1-10.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A. 1996. Prospects for Extended Survival: A Critical Review of the Biological Evidence. In: Health and Mortality Among Elderly Populations, G. Caselli and A. Lopez (Eds.) (Chapter 3, pp. 39-58), Clarendon Press: Oxford.

Olshansky, S.J. 1996. Mortality. Encyclopedia of Human Biology. Academic Press (revision of 1991 chapter).

Olshansky, S.J. 1994. Aging and the Aged II. Life Expectancy and the Life Span. Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Macmillan Publishing Company: New York.

Olshansky, S.J., Ault, B. 1987. The Fourth Stage of the Epidemiologic Transition: The Age of Delayed Degenerative Diseases. In: Should Medical Care be Rationed by Age?, T. Smeeding et al., (Eds.), Roman and Littlefield: Totawa, New Jersey.

Books

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A. 2001. The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging, Norton Press: New York. ISBN: 0393323277
Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B., Cassel, C. 1993. The Aging of the Human Species. Scientific American, April, pp. 46-52. ISBN: 159176341X