Calogero Caruso, formerly full professor of General Pathology, is Professor Emeritus of the University of Palermo. He was Coordinator of the PhD course in Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology. He directed the Immunopathology Laboratory and the Transfusion Medicine Unit of the Paolo Giaccone University Hospital.

He is the author of 381 scientific papers with a total of 12995 citations, mainly on topics of immunogenetics and immunopathology, immunosenescence, aging and longevity. Founder and Editor of Immunity & Aging from 2004 to 2018; he is currently Academic Editor of PlosOne, Mediators of Inflammation, International Journal of Molecular Sciences. He recently edited the book “Centenarians. An example of Positive Biology" for Springer Nature, and with Prof. Giuseppina Candore he edited for Elsevier the book "Human Aging: From Cellular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies."