Aging & Longevity Science
Investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms that govern lifespan across species, from companion animals to exotic wildlife and livestock.
An Emerging Scientific Platform
Extending Healthy Life for Every Animal
Veterinary Longevity is an emerging scientific and educational platform founded in Lisbon, dedicated to advancing the understanding of aging, healthspan, and preventive veterinary care in animals.
Currently in development, we are building a global network of clinicians, researchers, and partners committed to advancing animal healthspan.
Scientific Pillars
Four Core Disciplines
Our work spans comparative gerontology, clinical veterinary medicine, population genetics, and disease epidemiology. These four disciplines inform and strengthen one another.
Clinical Veterinary Support
We develop longevity protocols, clinical tools, and educational resources to help veterinarians and clinic teams extend animal healthspan.
Disease Biomarkers
Identifying early biological indicators of disease in aging animals, enabling earlier clinical intervention and meaningfully better health outcomes.
Population Health
We aggregate longitudinal health data from partner clinics to surface trends in animal aging, mortality, and chronic disease.
A Clinical Observation
Dr. Soheyl Simaei
Clinical Background
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Comparative Gerontology
Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Principal Investigator
20+ Years in Clinical Practice
Lisbon, Portugal
Over more than twenty years in veterinary practice, the same question kept returning. Pet owners wanted to know not just how to manage illness, but how to give their animals genuinely longer and healthier lives. It is a simple question. Sitting with it seriously reveals how much it asks.
Answering it well requires moving beyond disease treatment toward the biology of aging itself. Prevention, early detection, and the factors that shape healthspan over a lifetime. These are areas where science has advanced considerably, and where veterinary medicine is only beginning to catch up.
A second observation also shaped this work. The people who care for animals carry significant clinical and emotional weight over long careers. The sustainability of veterinary professionals and the health of the animals they treat are more closely connected than the profession often acknowledges. Veterinary Longevity is an attempt to address both.
Our Vision
Two Dimensions of Longevity
Veterinary Longevity begins with animal healthspan. But lasting veterinary care also depends on the healthspan of the professionals who deliver it. Our broader vision connects animal longevity with the long-term sustainability and resilience of veterinary teams.
Animal Healthspan
The science of helping animals live longer, healthier lives. From aging biology to preventive clinical protocols, this is the scientific and clinical core of veterinary longevity.
Explore Animal HealthspanVeterinary Team Healthspan
Sustainable professionals deliver sustainable care. Veterinary medicine cannot extend animal lives without also protecting the careers and resilience of the teams delivering that care.
Explore Team Healthspan
Platform Status
Veterinary Longevity is an emerging discipline. This platform is in active development, building toward the standards, tools, and protocols this field will require.