David J. Waters
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Contact Information Email: dwaters@gpmcf.org Phone: 765-775-1007 Homepage: Homepage |
Director, Center for Exceptional Longevity Studies, Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation PubMed Listing  Google Scholar Listing  View Vita
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Education
PhD University of Minnesota 1992
DVM Cornell University 1984
Research Interests
- Aging - Cancer Connection
- Comparative Aspects of Biogerontology
- Sex Differences in Biology & Medicine
- U-Shaped Dose Responses & Health Promotion
- Pet Dogs as a Model for Human Healthspan
- Personalized Cancer Prevention
- Cancer Resistance in Centenarians
Teaching Interests
- Biology of Aging
- Lifestyle & Age-Related Disease in the News
- Tocandtocs: Skills & Attitudes of Personal Performance
- Endocrinology of Aging
- Cancer and Aging
- Gerontology Training for DVMs
Awards and Honors
| 1997 - | Consultant, National Cancer Institute Prostate Cancer Progress Review Group to Formulate the Prostate Cancer Research Agenda of the U.S. |
| 1999 - | Brookdale National Fellowship for Leadership in Gerontology and Geriatrics |
| 2005 - | Great Teacher Award for Exceptional Interdisciplinary Teaching, Purdue University - Center on Aging and the Life Course |
| 2007 - | Invited Scientist, Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program IMPACT (Innovative Minds in Prostate Cancer Today) - Top researchers of the decade |
| 2007 - | Invited Scientist, National Academies of Sciences - Keck Future Initiatives: "The Future of Human Healthspan" |
| 2009 - | Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, Glenn Foundation for Medical Research |