Born in Zara (Dalmatia) on 21 October 1937. His parents were
Umberto Senin and Caterina Zurich.
Director of the Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics - Department
of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia.
Director of the School of Specialization in Geriatrics, University
of Perugia.
Past President of the Italian Association of Neurogeriatrics.
Past President of the Italian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics.
Vice President of the Italian Association of Psychogeriatrics.
Former member of the scientific committee CUF for the "Monitoring
Protocol of Drug Treatment Schedules in Alzheimer's Disease"
- Project Chronos.
Director of the Department of Medical Sciences of the Ageing Society
- Observatory of Old Age (Rome).
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
He has authored over 600 publications edited by the most certified
national and international reviews, monographs, special columns
and books.
Recent publications:
Umberto Senin - Paziente anziano e paziente geriatrico. Fondamenti
di gerontologia e geriatria, Edises, Naples, 1999;
Antonio Cherubini, Patrizia Mecocci, Umberto Senin - Ipertensione
arteriosa e funzioni cognitive nell'anziano. EdiSes, Naples, 2000;
Patrizia Mecocci, Antonio Cherubini, Umberto Senin - Invecchiamento
cerebrale, declino cognitivo, demenza: un continuum? Critical
Medicine Publishing, Rome, 2002.
Antonio Cherubini, Ruggero Rossi, Umberto Senin - Attività
fisica ed invecchiamento:
una guida per la promozione della salute nell'anziano. EdiSes,
Naples, 2002.
His main sectors of scientific interest are: biological markers
of aging and frailty in the elderly, cerebral senescence and dementia,
aging of the skeletal system and osteoporosis, geriatric methodology
and models of care in geriatrics.
