GRG present at the “Map of Longevity in Romania” conference 2024
On 9 October 2024, Director of the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), Wacław Jan Kroczek was present in Bucharest, Romania, where at the Academia Română the conference was held to present the project of Longevity Map of Romania.
The top of the longest-lived localities includes: Pardoși commune, Buzău, Cireșu commune, Mehedinți, Murgești commune, Buzău, Seaca de Pădure commune, Dolj and Glăvile commune, Vâlce – areas remarkable for the presence of a large number of long-lived seniors.
Wacław Jan Kroczek, international longevity expert and Director of the Gerontology Research Group, an organization dedicated to the study of extreme longevity and the scientific validation of supercentenarians at the global level, was present at the event, who emphasized the importance of scientific validation of the age of supercentenarians – people over 110 – and highlighted the need for rigorous evidence to confirm these cases.
He also highlighted Romania’s potential in longevity research, giving the example of Ilie Ciocan from Vâlcea County, aged 111, validated as a supercentenarian by the Gerontology Research Group. Another example of a long-lived senior was Dumitru Comănescu (1908–2020), who was recognized as the oldest living man in Europe in 2020.
