About · Niko Hems · Hamburg

Prevention, data,
system change.

Longevity expert focused on prevention, data, and a needed shift in the health system. I cut through exaggerated claims, clarify complex topics, and push for solutions that improve long-term health.

Niko Hems
Niko Hems
House line
"Prevention over prescription. Data over hype."
— N. Hems
Short bio
Based · Hamburg
Role · Head of Growth, YEARS
Co-founder · Alphora Health
Host · Return on Health
Member · HLMS

Studies
Nova SBE · MSc
UC Berkeley · exchange
GCLS Geneva · ExMSc Longevity
Studienstiftung · scholar

I work at the intersection of health, technology, and longevity. My day job is Head of Growth at YEARS, a Berlin-based healthspan clinic decoding aging — advanced diagnostics paired with data-driven health programs.

My background is business and data science — Nova SBE in Lisbon with an exchange at UC Berkeley. I'm now studying the Executive Master in Longevity at the Geneva College of Longevity Sciences, while writing and speaking publicly about the science that actually holds up.

On the side, I co-founded Alphora Health and host Return on Health, a German-language podcast with long-form conversations on preventive medicine, biomarkers, and where the health system is quietly broken.

Favikon ranks me as the #2 Aging & Longevity voice in Germany. I've been featured as a health expert across t3n, longevity.technology, and start-up insider. I hold scholarships from the German National Scholarship and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung), and I'm an associate member of the Healthy Longevity Medicine Society.

The premise is simple: prevention over prescription, data over hype, system over silver bullets. Everything I build or publish tries to compress the gap between what the evidence supports and what the internet believes.

What I do

Four surfaces, one thesis.

01 · Operator
Head of Growth · YEARS

Berlin healthspan clinic decoding aging. Advanced diagnostics combined with data-driven programs. The place I'd send my own family.

02 · Founder
Co-founder · Alphora Health

Building at the intersection of preventive medicine and data. Quiet work — no launch theatre until the product earns it.

03 · Publisher
Return on Health · podcast

Long-form conversations in German on prevention, biomarkers, and where the health system is quietly broken. Available on Spotify and YouTube.

04 · Student
ExMSc Longevity · GCLS Geneva

After Nova SBE and UC Berkeley, the Geneva College of Longevity Sciences is where the operating knowledge gets updated in public.

Recognition

Ranked, cited, credentialed.

No sponsorships, no affiliate deals. The only things on my CV are the things I actually earned.

Favikon · #2 Aging & Longevity voice, Germany
Independent ranking of the most influential longevity voices in the DACH region.
Rank
German National Scholarship
Deutschlandstipendium for academic achievement and civic engagement.
Award
German Academic Scholarship Foundation
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes — Germany's largest merit-based scholarship body.
Scholar
Healthy Longevity Medicine Society
Associate member of the global society defining clinical longevity practice.
Member

Featured in
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t3n — health & tech interview
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longevity.technology
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start-up insider
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+ further German trade press
Speaking

On stage, plainly.

Keynotes, panels, and long-form conversations on prevention, diagnostics, and system change in health. German and English. No brand keynotes. Topics I'll speak on:

  • 01 — The longevity hype cycle: what the evidence actually says
  • 02 — Diagnostics-first health: an operator's case
  • 03 — Prevention over prescription: rewiring the health system
  • 04 — Running an open N=1 experiment in public
Speaking enquiries
Topic areas
Longevity
Healthspan, biomarkers, epidemiology of aging.
Preventive medicine
Diagnostics, early detection, data-driven programs.
Health systems
Why the current system treats, not prevents — and how that changes.
Health tech
Machine learning, cognitive performance, human performance.
Cutting through hype
What the evidence actually supports vs. what the internet believes.
Open N=1
Running a personal experiment in public — Project Peakspan.
Get in touch

Serious about prevention?
Let's talk.

Podcast guests, research collaborations, speaking enquiries, and honest disagreements welcome. Brand sponsorships and supplement samples: please don't.

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