Robert Kay interviewed world-renowned longevity scientist and author Dr Bradley Willcox in Hawaii. Wilcox is the principal investigator of the National Institute on Aging-funded Kuakini Hawaii Lifespan Study and Kuakini Hawaii Healthspan Study. He is also a professor and director of research in the Department of Geriatric Medicine at the John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii.
A New York Times best-selling author of the Okinawan Program, he is the co-principal investigator of the Okinawa Centenarian Study, as part of which he has been investigating mechanisms of aging for almost two decades.
Willcox’s research teams have identified numerous important genetic and environmental risk factors for aging and aging-related chronic diseases. Indeed, his research team in Okinawa identified the first longevity-associated
