AFAR Research Grants for Junior Faculty

Christin Burd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University: Beyond cellular senescence: defining the meaning of p16INK4a expression in vivo

Jason Butler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College: Rejuvenation of aged vascular niches to enhance hematopoietic function

Fabio Demontis, PhD, Assistant Member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Translational Regulation of Selective Autophagy by 4E-BP during Muscle Aging in Drosophila

Ilya Finkelstein, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin: High-Throughput Studies of Protein Homeostasis in Aging Cells

Jason Held, PhD, Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine: Investigating the redox biology of aging in C. elegans

Jason Karpac, PhD, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University Health Science Center: Inter-organ communication in the systemic control of aging

Subhash Katewa, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging: Role of circadian clocks in mediating effects of Dietary Restriction on lifespan extension

Jason MacGurn, PhD, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Molecular Mechanisms of Ubiquitin Homeostasis During Cellular Stress

Alexander Soukas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital: Dietary modulation of lifespan by target of rapamycin complex 2

New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer's Disease

Michal Arbel, PhD, Instructor In Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital: Impaired drainage of solutes from the brain as a common mechanism of brain aging and amyloid deposition in Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer's disease

Roberto Fernandez-Romero, MD, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia: Mechanisms of Impaired Navigation in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

Catherine Kaczorowski, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Systems: Genetics of Cognitive Aging: The Use of the BXD Murine Reference Panel to Identify the Genetic Modifiers of Memory Function

Joshua Shulman, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine: CD2AP and the integration of synaptic structure with function in brain aging and Alzheimer's disease

Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Grantees

Stephen Helfand, MD, Professor of Biology, Brown University: Chromatin-regulated activation of retrotransposable elements - a novel molecular mechanism of aging

Heinrich Jasper, PhD, Professor, Buck Institue for Research on Aging: Host/Commensal interactions and the age-related decline of instestinal prolifereative homeostasis

Julie Martin Mid-career Awards in Aging Research

Malene Hansen, PhD, Associate Professor, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute: Elucidating the regulatory network of the transcription factor HLH-30/TFEB

Satchidananda Panda, PhD, Associate Professor, Salk Institute: The Role of Diurnal Eating Pattern in Determining Healthy Lifespan

Arthritis and Aging Research Grant

Nidhi Bhutani, PhD, Assistant Professor, Stanford University: The novel role of TET1 in the onset and development of Osteoarthritis

Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research

Kumar Dharmarajan, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Yale Univeristy School of Medicine: Geriatric Conditions and Readmission after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Anne Hiniker, MD, PhD, Clinical Instructor of Neuropathology, University of California, San Francisco: Chemical-Genetic Approaches to Define Lrrk2 Kinase Function in Parkinson Disease

Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco: Frailty and Functional Status in Older Liver Transplant Patients

Kasia Lipska, MD, Instructor, Yale University: Predicting Severe Hypoglycemia among Older Adults with Diabetes

Donovan Maust, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan: Preventable Hospitalization in Dementia: The Impact of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

John Newman, MD, PhD: Research Fellow, University of California San Francisco: Epigenetic regulation of healthspan and longevity by ketone bodies

Kelly Trevino, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychology In Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University: Anxiety With Cancer in the Elderly (ACE): A Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention

Kathleen Unroe, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Indiana University: Delivering Hospice and Palliative Care Services to Nursing Home Patients

Glenn/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Translational Research on Aging

Andrew Arrant, PhD, Postdoctoral Trainee, University of Alabama at Birmingham: Molecular Mechanisms of Aging-Related Neuronal Dysfunction in Progranulin-Deficient Mice

Tracy Brennan, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: Intrinsic cellular and microenvironmental effects of aging on MSC engraftment: Implications for transplantation as a therapeutic modality

Tyesha Burks, PhD, Postdoctoral Trainee, Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center: Long-term administration of losartan ameliorates pathologies associated with sarcopenia

Damien Callahan, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vermont: Acute Disuse Muscle Atrophy: Investigating Mechanisms and Countermeasures in Older Adults

Ying Ann Chiao, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington: Interventions to reverse cardiac aging

Simon Johnson, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Functional Characterization of Human Longevity-Associated IGF1R Variants in a Mouse Model

Chen-Yu Liao, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Buck Institute for Research on Aging: Autophagy in Cardiac Function and Aging

Christopher Martens, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Colorado at Boulder: Nicotinamide Riboside Supplementation for Improving Physiological Function in Older Adults

Hyejung Won, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles: Chromosomal disorganization in Down syndrome and its implication in aging

Ming Xu, PhD, Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic: The role of cellular senescence in age-related tissue dysfunction and diseases

Ellison/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research Program

Lin Guo, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania: Defining Therapeutic Mechanisms to Prevent and Reverse FUS Misfolding in Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders

Su Jeong Kim, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California: Humanin: A Mitochondrial Derived Peptide that Modulates Autophagy, Neurodegeneration and Aging

Lifen Wang, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Buck Institute for Research on Aging: The UPRer governs age-associated tissue homeostasis in the Drosophila intestine

Glenn/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging

Jacqueline Benthuysen, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine: Regulation of pancreatic beta-cell aging and proliferation

Peter Chisnell, Univeristy of California San Francisco: A Taste of Life: How Gustatory Neurons Modulate Lifespan

Alexandra Erwin, University of Kansas: Epigenetic Integrity of the Aging Germline in Drosophila melanogaster

Min-Dian Li, Yale University: The role of pro-longevity O'GlcNAc glycosylation in mitochondrial bioenergetics

Victor Lin, University of North Texas Health Science Center: Effects of Age on Urine-derived Stem Cell Pluripotency for Cell-based Therapies Against Neurodegenerative Disease

Jonathan Lin, Washington University School of Medicine: The Aging Retina: Role of Inflammation in Photoreceptor Neuron Survival

Tara Mader, University of Minnesota: Effects of Estrogen on Antioxidant Regulation in Aged Skeletal Muscle

Ayumi Nakamura, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: miR-29 as a novel biomarker and regulator of aging

Caroline Park, Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Role of proteostasis in human longevity

Jennifer Ro, University of Michigan: The role of serotonin in dietary protein perception and diet-dependent longevity

Xiao-Wen Yu, Northwestern University: Reversing age-related learning deficits by genetically manipulating the CREB pathway

Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program

Blessing Amune, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Yajie An, Northeast Ohio Medical University

Daniel Ayala, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Molly Booy, Northeast Ohio Medical University

Jenna Borok, University of California, Los Angeles

Hanna Braden, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Sruti Brahmandam, Northeast Ohio Medical University

Holly Bream, University of Washington

Jennifer Brekke, University of North Texas Health Science Center

Jessica Buford-Blair, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Monica Bullock, University of North Texas Health Science Center

Lydia Bunker, New York Medical College

Arthika Chandramohan, Duke University School of Medicine

Mark Chen, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ivan Chik, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine

Maggie Chung, Brown University Medical School

Theora Cimino, University of California, San Francisco

Kristin Constantine, University of Michigan

Craig Cook, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

James Cuvillier, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Brian De, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

James Deardorff, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Samuel Dotson, University of North Carolina

Kendall Downer, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

James Ebot, University of North Texas Health Science Center

Rocco Ferrandino, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mark Finkelstein, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Wesley Godfrey, University of Utah School of Medicine

Brittaney-Belle Gordon, University of North Carolina

Joseph Gotesman, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Radhika Grandhi, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Brett Grieb, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Jasmin Harpe, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Kimystian Harrison, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Kaveh Hemati, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Adam Henderson, Brown University Medical School

Hannah Hill, University of Michigan

Kelsi Hirai, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Sarah Hirata, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Arielle Hirschfeld, University of Chicago

Kristy Hwang, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Alex Jepsen, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Olympia Kabobel, Western University of Health Sciences

Steven Kapeles, University of Michigan

Shradha Khadge, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Olivia Killeen, University of Michigan

Samer Kirmiz, Michigan State University

Jennifer Kodela, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Rikki Koehler, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Darif Krasnow, Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine - California

Monica Krause, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Nandini Kumar, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Erica Lash, University of Rochester

Eric Lau, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Andrea Lee, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jiwen Li, Baylor College of Medicine

Joseph Liao, University of Arizona Colllege of Medicine (Phoenix)

Anthony Liccini, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Victor Lin, University of Southern California

Yuxin Liu, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Tiffany Loh, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Riccardo Lozano, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Ronald Luu, University of California, Los Angeles

Hannah Major-Monfried, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Maria Maldonado, Baylor College of Medicine

Neeta Malviya, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Hedieh Matinrad, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Megan Meade, University of North Carolina

Joanna Mergeche, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Amanda Mesa, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Gabrielle Mock, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Stephanie Mokashi, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Bernard Morris, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Quynh-Phuong Ngo, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Andy Nguyen, University of California, Los Angeles

Elaine Nguyen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Tijana Nikolich-Zugich, University of Arizona Colllege of Medicine (Phoenix)

Hannah Noah, University of North Carolina

Sara Noble, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Gianna O'Hara, Western University of Health Sciences

Oben Ojong-Egbe, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Tanya Orellana, SUNY Buffalo

John Ostrominski, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Jeremy Oulton, University of Arizona Colllege of Medicine

Sarah Pan, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Brian Park, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Julia Celeste Peay, Boston University School of Medicine

Destiny Pegram, University of Texas Medical Branch

Sara Phillips, Rush Medical College

Brock Polnaszek, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Andrew Portuguese, University of Rochester

Anthony Radosevich, Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Amanda Randolph, University of Texas Medical Branch

Christopher Reisig, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Abigail Richison, University of Texas Medical Branch

Steven Rogers, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Eryn Royer, University of Colorado Denver

William Rubenstein, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

William Runge, University of North Carolina

Deborah Saddington, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Marissa Sakoda, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Omid Salaami, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Parsa Salehi, Drexel University College of Medicine

Daniel Santos, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Mina Sardashti, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Matthew Schelke, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Benjamin Scherban, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Daniella Schocken, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Manoj Sekar, Duke University School of Medicine

Connie Rong Shi, Harvard Medical School

Lauren Shih, University of Utah School of Medicine

Allen Shih, Yale University School of Medicine

Mariko Shimizu, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Jennifer Dawn, Smith Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Samantha Spilman, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Anupama Sundaram, Northeast Ohio Medical University

Julie Sung, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alain Kiyoe Takane, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Radhika Takiar, Northeast Ohio Medical University

Abigail Talley, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Liyang Tang, Johns Hopkins University

Michio Taya, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Travis Urban, University of Texas Medical Branch

Sri Ramya Vajapeyajula, Northeast Ohio Medical University

Renae Van Wyhe, Baylor College of Medicine

Judith Vick, Johns Hopkins University

Dana Walker, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Jessica Lynn, Wallace University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Stephanie Wang, Johns Hopkins University

Roxanne Weiss, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Kathleen Wilcox, Medical College of Wisconsin

Eric Woods, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Sijia Wu, University of Utah School of Medicine

Jeffrey Wyss, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Justin Yamamoto, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Elizabeth Yates, University of Michigan

Cindi Yim, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jeannie Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles