Linda Partridge

Linda Partridge works on the biology of ageing. Her research is directed to understanding both how the rate of ageing evolves in nature and the mechanisms by which healthy lifespan can be extended in laboratory model organisms. Her work has focussed in particular on the role of nutrient-sensing pathways, such as the insulin/insulin-like growth factor signalling pathway, and on dietary restriction. Her current work is directed to developing pharmacological treatments that ameliorate the human ageing process to produce a broad-spectrum improvement in health during ageing.

She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Royal Society Croonian Lecture and a DBE for services to Science. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the Director of the UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, as well as the founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne.

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