St.Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology of the North-Western Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences 3, Dynamo prospect, 197110 St.Petersburg, Russia Tel/Fax: +7(812) 230-00-49; 235-18-32 e-mail: khavinson@gerontology.ru
Date of birth:
1946, November, 27
Place of birth:
Kottbus, Germany
Citizenship:
Russia
Education and Academic degree:
1971 – M.D., S.M. Kirov Medical Military Academy (Leningrad) 1978 – Ph.D. Cand. of Med. Sci. 1987 – D.Sc., Doctor of Medical Sciences 1990 – Professor 1996 – Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences 2000 – Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Occupation:
since 2007 – Main gerontologist of the Health Committee of the Government of St.Petersburg 2002 - 2005 Professor, Chair of Gerontology and Geriatrics of the St.Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Study of the Russian Ministry of Health 1992 - now: Director, St.Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology of the North Western Dpt. of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences 1998 - 2001 Deputy Director, Clinical Centre of the Advanced Medical Technologies of the Russian Ministry of Health, St.Petersburg 1988-1993 Chief, Bioregulators Research and Development Laboratory, S.M.Kirov Medical Military Academy 1977-1988 Researcher, S.M. Kirov Medical Military Academy 1971-1977 Doctor in different military subdivisions
Military rank:
Colonel of medical service (retired)
Supervising Ph.D. and Dr.Sci. applicants:
59
Societies:
Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1994 Vice-President)
Italian Academy of Economics and Social Sciences, active member, 1996
The Gerontological Society of America, active member, 1996
Member of the Expert Council of the Russian Federation Public Chamber, since 2006
Chairman of the Biological Section of the European Executive Committee of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Honors and awards:
Honorary title " Honoured Inventor of the Russian Federation", 1988
"The USSR Council of Ministers' Prize" for the introduction and promotion of new highly efficient peptide bioregulators in health care and veterinary practice, 1990
The Russian Academy of Sciences Prize, 1991
The State Scientific Grants of the Russian Academy of Sciences for outstanding scientists, 1994, 1997
Nobel Prize Winner P.Kapitsa' Memorial medal "Author of Scientific Discovery", 1996
The Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences Prize, 2003
P.Ehrlich Silver Medal for outstanding achievements in preventive and social medicine, Europaische Akademie der Naturwissenschaften, Hannover, 2006
Award of the State Duma of the Russian Federation for the best project represented at the Economy Forum in 2007
Honorary title "Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation", 2007
Fields of interest:
Anti-ageing technologies; development, experimental and clinical studies of new classes of peptide bioregulators (Cytomedins, Cytamins, Cytogenes). Development of bioregulating therapy. The inventor of 6 pharmaceuticals, authorized by the Russian Ministry of Health for clinical application: Thymalin (from thymus for correction of immune system function), Cortexin (from the brain cortex for correction of cerebral functions), Epithalamin (from the pineal gland for correction of endocrine system function), Samprost (from the prostatic gland for correction of urogenital system function), Retinalamin (from the eye retina for restoration of vision functions), Thymogen (dipeptide for correction of immune functions). The inventor of 30 biologically active food supplements, which are authorized by the Russian Ministry of Health and introduced into the Register of Biologilly active Food Supplements.
Member of Editorial Boards of the Journals:
"Advances in Gerontology" (St.Petersburg)
"Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine" (Moscow)
"Clinical Gerontology" (Moscow)
"Cytokines and Inflammation" (St.Petersburg)
"Geronto-Geriatrics" (Mexico)
"Herald of Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences"(St.Petersburg)
"Medical Academy Journal" (St.Petersburg)
"Neuroendocrinology Letters" (Stockholm) – Honorary Director
Publications:
Over 600 scientific publications, including 26 monographs; 165 patents and inventions (63 foreign ones among them) in the field of biotechnology, immunology, biochemistry, pharmacology, oncology, gerontology.
