Ph.D., Univ of Chicago, 1984
     Sociology

MSO, Univ of Chicago, 1982
     Sociology

B.S., Michigan State Univ, 1975
     Psychology

Publications

Olshansky, S.J., Rattan, S.I.S. 2005. What determines longevity: metabolic rate or stability? Discovery Medicine 5(28):359-362.

Olshansky, S.J., Butler, R.N., Carnes, B.A. Re-engineering Humans. The Scientist 21(3):28-35.

Olshansky, S.J., Passaro, D., Hershow, R., Layden, J., Carnes, BA., Brody, J., Hayflick, L., Butler, RN., Allison, DB., Ludwig, DS. 2005. A Possible Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century. New England Journal of Medicine 352:1103-1110.

Olshansky, S.J., Perry, D., Miller, R.A., Butler, R.N. 2006. In pursuit of the Longevity Dividend. The Scientist 20(3):28-36.

Perls, T., Reisman, N.R., Olshansky, S.J. 2005. Provision or distribution of growth hormone for “anti-aging”: Clinical and legal issues JAMA 294(16):2086-2090.

Olshansky, S.J. 2005. Prescient visions of public health from Cornaro to Breslow. International Journal of Epidemiology doi:101093/ije/dyi283.

Carnes, B.A., Nakasata, Y.R., Olshansky, S.J. 2005. Medawar revisited: Unresolved issues in research on ageing. Ageing Horizons 3:22-27.

Olshansky, S.J., Grant, M., Brody, J., Carnes, B.A. 2005. Biodemographic perspectives for epidemiologists. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2:10 [http://www.ete-online.com/contents/2/1/10].

Olshansky, S.J. 2010. The Law of Mortality Revisited: Interspecies Comparisons of Mortality. Journal of Comparative Pathology 142:S4-S9.

Olshansky, S.J., Rattan, S.I.S. 2005. At the heart of aging: is it metabolic rate or stability? Biogerontology 6:1-5.

 Perls, T., Reisman, N.R., Olshansky, S.J. 2005. Provision or distribution of growth hormone for “anti-aging”: Clinical and legal issues JAMA 294(16):2086-2090.

Olshansky, S.J. 2005. Projecting the future of U.S. health and longevity. Health Affairs Sept. 26, 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.r86

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, BA, Hershow, R., Passaro, D., Layden, J., Brody, J., Hayflick, L., Butler, RN., Allison, DB., Ludwig, DS. 2005. Misdirection on the road to Shangri-La. Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2005/22/pe15.

Olshansky, S.J., Passaro, D., Hershow, R., Layden, J., Carnes, BA., Brody, J., Hayflick, L., Butler, RN., Allison, DB., Ludwig, DS. 2005. Peering into the future of American Longevity. Discovery Medicine 5(26):130-134.

 Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, B.A., Désesquelles, A. 2001. Prospects for Human Longevity. Science 291 (5508):1491-1492.

 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., Carnes, B.A. 2001. The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging, Norton Press: New York. .

 Olshansky, S.J., Passaro, D., Hershow, R., Layden, J., Carnes, BA., Brody, J., Hayflick, L., Butler, RN., Allison, DB., Ludwig, DS. 2005. A potential decline in life expectancy in the United States in the 21st century. New England Journal of Medicine 352:1103-1110.

Warner, H., Anderson, J., Austad, S.et al. 2005. Science fact and the SENS agenda. EMBO Reports 6(11):1106-1108.

Recent Honors and Awards

2010, National Fellows: Gerontological Society of America

Additional Websites / Affiliates

Personal Website: http://web.mac.com/sjayo/SJayOlshansky/Background.html