Jay Olshansky

Jay Olshansky received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago. He is currently a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, a research associate at the University of Chicago Center on Aging and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and chief scientist at Lapetus Solutions, Inc.

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, forecasting of population size, survival, and age structure, searching for the scientific means to slow aging in people (The Longevity Dividend), and the global implications of the resurgence of infectious and parasitic diseases. He is on the Board of Directors of the American Federation for Research on Aging.