José Viña,
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Term Expiration:
12/31/2025
Affiliation(s):
University of Valencia
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Areas of Interest:
activities of daily living, AD biomarkers
Biography & Research:
Professor José Viña was born in Valencia, 1953. He studied medicine at the University of Valencia and did his doctoral work with Prof. Hans Krebs at Oxford. He is Professor of Physiology at the University of Valencia.
José Viña leads a successful research group called FRESHAGE that works on different aspects of aging, including healthy aging and its application to Alzheimer's disease.
His main contributions have been:
• First determination that mitochondria are key targets for aging;
• Identification of molecular mechanisms to explain why females live longer than males
• Identification of new longevity-associated genes, particularly those involved in p53 pathways, telomerase, RAS/GRF1, and antioxidants (G6PD)
• Identification of the genetic profile of centenarians (control of apoptosis) that gives them special resilience and resistance to frailty.
• Generation of a new experimental model for frailty in animals
• Determination of a clinical intervention to effectively delay frailty in humans.
• Identification of a new treatment (genistein) to significantly delay the onset of dementia in animals and very recently demonstration that the treatment is effective in humans (published in 2022).
Supervision of postgraduate students 50 doctoral works directed
Academic awards and recognitions
• Past President of the Society for Free Radical Research (Europe) and of the Society for Free Radical Research International (2020- 2022)
• Honorary award for best translational research. University of Valencia 2018
• Albert Struyvenberg Medal of the European Society for Clinical Research (ESCI) 2017;
• Science and humanity award. The Oxygen Club of California. 2012
• Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Rennes2, 2012, France and Buenos Aires 2008
• Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine (Valencia) and Honorary member of the Academy of Medicine of Piamonte (Torino)
• Alberto Sols Award for the best research career in the Valencian Community 2005
• National Award for the best research development in Nutrition 1998
Acknowledgement by peers: citation analysis
Dr Viña’s work has been acknowledged by his peers. Dr Viña’s papers (including book chapters) have been quoted over 25,400 times, yielding an h-Index of 78.
Dr Viña was the author of the most cited paper in the Biochemical Journal 1978, also in the Free Radical Biology and Medicine in 2003 and the Journal of Gerontology in 2013. He was the most cited author in Free Radical Research 2008. He wrote the second most cited paper in IUBMB Life in 2000, in the Biochemical Journal in 1980 and in Free Radical Biology and Medicine in 2019 (data from https://exaly.com/author/2255005/jose-vina/rankings )
