Vera Erdman, PhD, is a Senior Scientist of the Laboratory of Physiological Genetics of Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa, Russia. Erdman graduated from the Bashkir State Paedagogical University in 1999 with a diploma of higher education in Psychology and Biology; conducted the population-based studies of genetic predictors of longevity since 2003; formed and supervised the collection of DNA and RNA samples of long-livers belonging to the largest ethnic groups of Volga-Ural region, Russia; authored more than 80 scientific publications; participated in national and international scientific events. Erdman's research interests are related to the genetic background of human longevity and age-associated diseases. At present, their scientific research focused on the study of the key genes and gene networks involved in the development of the highly adaptive phenotype of the longevity. Erdman has also achieved the following: member of the Russian Society of Medical Genetics since 2005; received the Award of The Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2007; Grant of the International Society of Hypertension in 2016; Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia in 2019 and 2020; Award of Russian Society of the Medical Genetics in 2021.