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Nir Barzilai, MD Director, Institute for Aging Research, and Professor of Medicine and Molecular Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Israeli born, Dr. Barzilai was the chief medic of the Israeli army before enrolling in the Israel Institute of Technology Medical School (M.D. 1985). As a medical student he provided medical assistance at third world locations, such as at a refugee camp in Cambodia (1979-80) and at a clinic of the Kwazulu homeland in Africa (1983), and conducted biomedical research at Baylor College, NIH, and The Royal Free Hospital in London. His residency was in Medicine and Geriatrics at Hadassah Hospital (Hebrew University) and at Yale University. His residency was in Medicine and Geriatrics at Hadassah Hospital (Hebrew University) and at Yale University. Dr. Barzilai then trained in Endocrinology and Molecular Biology at Cornell University Medical College and at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Barzilai is the Director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Diabetes Research Center and is a member of the Divisions of Endocrinology and Geriatrics. He is also the Director of the Montefiore Hospital Diabetes Clinic. Dr. Barzilai's interests focus on the basic mechanisms on the biology of aging. He was the recipient of the prestigious Beeson Fellow for Aging Research and the Senior Ellison Foundation award. He is supported by numerous grants (NIH, American Federation of Aging Research, The Ellison Medical Foundation, and The Albert Einstein College of Medicine) to investigate the reasons for the deterioration of glucose homeostasis with aging and to search for human longevity genes. Dr. Barzilai has published nearly 80 peer-reviewed papers, reviews and chapters in textbooks. He participated in the National Institutes of Health Workshops and Advisory Panel on Centenerians Cell/DNA Bank and Genotyping, Genetic Epidemiology of Age-Related Survival Outcomes, Metabolic regulation and Aging, Exceptional Longevity (APEL)., Diabetes and Aging, and. He serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology and is a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Biological Chemistry, American Journal of Physiology, Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and the International Journal of Obesity. In addition, Dr. Barzilai volunteers at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) where he serves on a task force for Development of Regional Postgraduate Education Initiative and is the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Eastern Region of the ADA.

Primary Research (for Beeson Program): Offspring Of Centenarians Have A Favorable Lipid Profile.