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Press kit.

Bios, high-resolution photos, key facts, and booking info — everything you need for an article, podcast intro, or event listing. Free to use with credit. Updated June 2026.

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niko@nikohems.de

Usually replies within 48h

Languages

German · English

Native DE · fluent EN

Based in

Hamburg · Berlin

Available across EU + remote

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Niko Hems is Head of Growth at YEARS, a Berlin healthspan clinic, and host of the Return on Health podcast. He writes and speaks on longevity, prevention, and digital health misinformation — Favikon's #2 Aging & Longevity Voice in Germany.

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Niko Hems is a Hamburg-based longevity expert and Head of Growth at YEARS, the Berlin healthspan clinic decoding aging through advanced diagnostics and data-driven programs. He hosts the Return on Health podcast and authored Überinformiert und fehlgeleitet (Springer essentials, 2026) — a field guide to digital health misinformation for healthcare professionals. His writing and speaking cut through industry hype to focus on what actually moves biomarkers, healthspan, and prevention.

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Niko Hems is a longevity expert and Head of Growth at YEARS, a Berlin healthspan clinic combining advanced diagnostics with data-driven health programs. He hosts the Return on Health podcast and authored Überinformiert und fehlgeleitet: Digitale Fehlinformation im Gesundheitsbereich (Springer essentials, 2026), a field guide to digital health misinformation for healthcare professionals.

He holds an MSc in Management with Data Science from Nova School of Business and Economics, studied at UC Berkeley, and is pursuing an Executive Master of Science in Longevity at Geneva College of Longevity Sciences. He is a member of the Healthy Longevity Medicine Society and a recipient of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).

His writing and speaking — in English and German — focus on prevention, biomarkers, and the broken incentives inside the health system. Favikon ranks him as the #2 Aging & Longevity Voice in Germany. Through Project Peakspan, he documents an open N=1 experiment on what actually moves long-term health markers.

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Niko Hems — main portrait, white t-shirt, Hamburg

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Niko Hems — environmental portrait, plants

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Niko Hems speaking on a longevity panel — 2026

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Niko Hems on a longevity conference panel

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Niko Hems being interviewed on a longevity podcast

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USAGE: free for editorial, press, podcast, and event-programme use with credit "Niko Hems / nikohems.de". No edits beyond standard crops. For commercial use, paid promotion, or AI training, contact niko@nikohems.de in advance. © 2026 Niko Hems.

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Key facts for the fact-check.

Full name: Niko Hems
Title: Head of Growth at YEARS
Based: Hamburg, Germany
Languages: German (native) · English (fluent)
Company: YEARS — Berlin healthspan clinic
Podcast: Return on Health — host
Book (2026): Überinformiert und fehlgeleitet · Springer essentials · ISBN 978-3-662-73363-9
Ranking: Favikon #2 Aging & Longevity Voice (Germany)
Education: MSc Nova SBE (Data Science) · UC Berkeley · Executive MSc Longevity (Geneva)
Awards: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes · German National Scholarship
Member of: Healthy Longevity Medicine Society
ORCID: 0009-0000-3603-1034
Wikidata: Q135936791
Booking: niko@nikohems.de · usually replies within 48h

Speaking · topics & formats

What I cover on stage.

Keynote Panel Podcast Workshop English German

01

Why most "longevity" is noise.

The five pillars that move the needle vs. the supplement-industrial complex.

02

Biomarkers worth tracking.

What ApoB, VO₂max, and Lp(a) actually predict — and why most dashboards make you worse.

03

Prevention vs. prescription.

Why the system rewards late-stage care — and how diagnostics-first clinics shift the model.

04

Inside an N=1 experiment.

Lessons from Project Peakspan — what 87 biomarkers and 14 interventions actually moved.

Recently on stage · selection 2025/26

Überinformiert und fehlgeleitet — Niko Hems, Springer essentials

Book · Springer essentials · 2026

A field guide to digital health misinformation.

Überinformiert und fehlgeleitet: Digitale Fehlinformation im Gesundheitsbereich — written in German for healthcare professionals navigating the digital noise.

Springer essentials German ISBN 978-3-662-73363-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-73363-9

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ON AIR

THE PODCAST

Return on
Health.

Est. 2024

Podcast · Return on Health

Long-form conversations on what actually works.

Hosted by Niko Hems and Miguel Medina Stanivukovic. Guests include Harvard MDs, Karolinska researchers, and the people actually moving longevity science forward.

returnonhealth.de ↗ Spotify YouTube Apple Podcasts

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