About Howard S. Friedman
Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D., author of The Longevity Project:
Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark
Eight-Decade Study, graduated from Yale and was awarded the
National Science Foundation graduate fellowship for his doctoral work
at Harvard. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Psychology
at the
University of California, Riverside, and has been honored with major
awards by the
American Psychological Association and the Association for
Psychological Science.
Dr. Friedman has edited and written a dozen books and 150 scientific
articles and has been named a "most-cited psychologist" by the
Institute of Scientific Information. His health and longevity
research has been featured in publications worldwide. He lives
near San Diego, California
Leslie R. Martin, Ph.D., co-author of The Longevity
Project:
Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark
Eight-Decade Study, graduated summa cum laude from California State
University, San Bernadino, and received her Ph.D. from the University
of California, Riverside. Currently, she is a professor of
psychology at La Sierra University, where she received the
Distinguished Researcher Award and the Anderson Award for Excellence in
Teaching. Dr. Martin is also a research psychologist at the
University of California, Riverside, and a key associate in Professor
Friedman's longevity studies.
An avid traveler, Dr. Martin climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2005, and
recently completed the 151-mile Marathon des Sables across the Moroccan
Sahara. She lives in Riverside, California.
For more information, view Howard Friedman's Web site.