Who We Are
About the Project
A multidisciplinary initiative at the intersection of veterinary medicine, comparative biology, and the emerging science of longevity.
A Clinical Observation
Dr. Soheyl Simaei
Clinical Background
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.
Scientific Direction
The Foundation
Mission
Advancing Longevity Science
To generate and translate the science of animal aging, connecting researchers with clinicians to extend the healthy lifespan of animals everywhere.
Vision
Making Healthy Aging Measurable
A future in which the biological determinants of aging in animals are well characterised and clinically actionable, enabling veterinary medicine to intervene earlier, with greater precision, across the full lifespan.
Deep Dive
Research Areas
Our work spans four interconnected disciplines, each informing and strengthening the others.
We study the fundamental biology of aging at the molecular, cellular, and organismal level. Our research explores epigenetic clocks in dogs and cats, comparative genomics across species with exceptional lifespans, senescent cell dynamics, and the role of inflammation in the decline that comes with aging. This work provides the foundational science that all other research areas build upon.
Translating research into clinical practice is a core mission. We are developing longevity assessment tools, continuing education programs for veterinarians, standardised health screening protocols for senior animals, and practice management resources to help clinics build robust preventive medicine programs focused on extending healthspan.
Early detection changes outcomes. We aim to build partnerships with diagnostic labs and biotech companies to validate circulating biomarkers for cancer, kidney disease, cognitive dysfunction, and cardiovascular aging in animals. As the clinic network develops, it will enable clinical validation of novel diagnostic tests at a meaningful scale.
Our aim is to aggregate anonymised health records from participating clinics, building a meaningful longitudinal dataset on companion animal aging over time. We intend to apply machine learning, survival analysis, and causal inference methods to understand what environmental, genetic, and behavioural factors most strongly predict healthy aging, and share findings directly with clinic partners.