Scientific Director
National Institute on Aging
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Dr. Luigi Ferrucci is a geriatrician and an epidemiologist who conducts research on the biological and phenotypical pathways leading to progressive physical and cognitive decline in older persons. He has made major contributions in the design of many epidemiological studies conducted in the U.S. and in Europe, including the European Longitudinal Study on Aging, the AKEA study of Centenarians in Sardinia, the Women's Health and Aging Study and more recently the GESTALT study. He was also the Principal Investigator of the InCHIANTI study, a longitudinal study conducted in the Chianti Geographical area (Tuscany, Italy) looking at risk factors for mobility disability in older persons. Dr. Ferrucci received a Medical Degree and Board Certification in 1980, Board Certification in Geriatrics in 1982 and Ph.D. in Biology and Pathophysiology of Aging in 1998 at the University of Florence, Italy. For many years, he was an Associate Professor of Biology, Human Physiology and Statistics at the University of Florence. Between 1985 and 2002 he was the Director of the Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology at the Italian National Institute of Aging. In September 2002, he became the Chief of the Longitudinal Studies Section at NIA and redesigned the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging to create an interface between the rising field of Geroscience and study of age-related changes of phenotypes, as well as physical and cognitive function. He is a member of the Association of American Physicians and has received numerous awards including the “Enrico Greppi” award and the IPSEN Longevity award. Dr. Ferrucci collaborates extensively with many researchers in the US and Europe, has published more than 1500 peer-reviewed manuscripts on aging and age-related diseases and is considered as the most productive Italian Scientist in the area of medical science. Dr. Ferrucci is currently the Scientific Director of NIA, since May 2011.
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