New England Centenarian Study
Welcome to the largest and most comprehensive study of centenarians and their families in the world!
To Discover the Secrets of A Long Healthy and Happy Life…
We have two major studies for which we are seeking participants and we greatly appreciate your interest. If you think you might qualify for either, please call us toll free at 888-333-6327 or email Dr. Perls.
The Long Life Family Study also has a separate contact page that you can use as well (see below in the following box)
The Long Life Family Study is a National Institutes of Health funded study of families with exceptional longevity.
We are looking for famlies with at least two living siblings, age 90 and older.
To learn more about the Long Life Family Study please click here.
- CENTENARIANS (living males age 100 and older; living females 102 and older)
- SIBLINGS of enrolled centenarians.
- CHILDREN of enrolled centenarians
- SPOUSES of the children of centenarians
…TO DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL AGING.
Do You Qualify For Our Study? (click here)
**RECENT PUBLICATIONS**
New Developments in the illegal provision of growth hormone for “anti-aging” and bodybuilding
S. Jay Olshansky PhD, Thomas T. Perls MD; Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol 299 (23); pp. 2792-2794.
Disentangling the Roles of Disability and Morbidity in Survival to Exceptional Old Age
Terry, D.F., Sebastiani, P., Andersen, S.L., & Perls, T.T., 2008. Disentangling the Roles of Disability and Morbidity in Survival to Exceptional Old Age. Archives of Internal Medicine. 168(3), 277-283.
Characteristics of 32 Supercentenarians
Schoenhofen, E., Wyszynski, D.F., Andersen, S., Pennington, J., Young, R., Terry, D.F., & Perls, T.T., 2006. Characteristics of 32 Supercentenarians. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54, 1237-1240.
Survival of Parents and Siblings of Supercentenarians
Perls, T.T., Kohler, I., Andersen, S., Schoenhofen, E., Pennington, J., Young, R., Terry, D., Elo, I.T., 2007. Survival of Parents and Siblings of Supercentenarians. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 62, 1028-1034.
Provision or Distribution of Growth Hormone for “Antiaging”-Clinical and Legal Issues
Thomas T. Perls MD, MPH; Neal R. Reisman MD, JD, FACS; S. Jay Olshansky PhD; Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol 294 (16); pp. 2086-2090.
For materials related to Doctor Perls’ article appearing in JAMA on HGH please click here.
(This paper is unrelated to the research conducted in the New England Centenarian Study.)
Past NECS articles are available on our PUBLICATIONS page.
Members of the New England Centenarian Study research group:
Back row from left to right: Cherrell Wilson, Stacy Andersen, Craig Clement, JaeMi Pennington, and Thomas Perls.
Front row: Stephanie Baldwin, Paola Sebastiani, Lara Terry, and Kirsten McLaughlin.
To speak to someone about our study, please call our toll free number: 1-888-333-NECS (6327)
