Eileen Crimmins

Eileen Crimmins, PhD, is a University Professor and AARP Chair in Gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. She holds dual appointments in the USC Schaeffer Center and the Department of Preventive Medicine. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences, her research focuses on biological and demographic aspects of aging, health disparities, and population health trends. She co-directs the USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health and the NIA-sponsored Network on Biological Risk.

• Education: PhD and MA in Demography (University of Pennsylvania), BS in Mathematics (Chestnut Hill College)
• Affiliations: Co-director of the Multidisciplinary Training in Gerontology Program

Her research integrates biological indicators into population studies, addressing global aging challenges such as health expectancy, mortality trends, and socioeconomic health disparities. Key contributions include advancing epigenetic aging clocks and their clinical applications, as well as analyzing dietary impacts on longevity.

Recent work explores systemic aging heterogeneity via blood methylation tests, environmental influences on biological aging, and diet-based interventions. Over 248 publications span journals like PLoS Medicine, JAMA Network Open, and Nature Aging.

Awarded the Kleemeier Award (2014) and Irene B. Taeuber Award (2023), she has co-edited seminal texts including Human Longevity and Explaining Diverging Longevity. Active in policy advocacy, her work informs global health strategies on aging populations.