Valter Longo Phd

Valter Longo is the director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and of the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM (Molecular Oncology FIRC Institute) in Milan. His studies focus on the fundaental mechanisms of aging in simple organisms and mice, and on translating the results to benefit humans. Dr. Longo received the 2010 Nathan Shock Lecture Award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA/NIH), the 2013 Vincent Cristofalo "Rising Star" Award in Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), and the 2016 Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging from the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research. Coincidentally, Longo is from a town in Italy that is home to some of the longest-lived people in the world.