Leonard Hayflick
Leonard Hayflick was an American anatomist who was Professor of Anatomy at the UCSF School of Medicine, and was Professor of Medical Microbiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He was also past president of the Gerontological Society of America and was a founding member of the council of the National Institute on Aging (NIA). The recipient of a number of research prizes and awards, including the 1991 Sandoz Prize for Gerontological Research, he studied the ageing process for more than fifty years.
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- Born in
- Philadelphia
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania
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- 🏆 John Scott Award🏆 Lord Cohen Medal🏆 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction
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1928
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