AFAR Research Grant Program

Joseph A. Baur, PhD, Instructor, University of Pennsylvania: Does Mitochondrial Biogenesis Regulate Longevity?

Stephanie J. Bryant, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado: Elucidating the Role of Biomechanical Factors in Age-Related Changes in Cartilage: A Possible Risk Factor For Developing Osteoarthritis

Xin Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University: Histone Turnover during Stem Cell Homeostasis and Aging

Heng-Jie Cheng, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University Health Sciences: Upregulation of Beta3-Adrenoceptors: A New Mechanism For Age-Dependent Decline in Cardiac Function and Beta-Adrenergic Reserve

Audrey Duarte, PhD, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology: The Effects of Aging on Associative Memory

Jeffry L. Dudycha, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina: The Genetic Basis For the Evolutionary Divergence of Aging

Martin L. Duennwald, PhD, Scientist, Boston Biomedical Research Institute: The Systems Biology of Age-Dependent Protein Misfolding

Susan Krum, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles: Gene Regulation by Estrogen in Adipose of Aging Bone

Jonathan H. Lin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego: Cellular Responses to Chronic Protein Misfolding

Goldis Malek, PhD, Assistant Professor, Albert Eye Research Institute: Osteopontin Regulation of Choroidal Neovascular Fibrosis through Macrophages

Jay R. Mitchell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Harvard University: Testing Small Molecule Inhibitors of GH/IGF-1 Receptor Signaling as Dietary Restriction Mimetics against Acute Stress in Vivo

Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital: SIRT6, A Chromatin Regulator of Glucose Homeostasis and Genomic Stability

Nicolas Rohleder, PhD, Assistant Professor, Brandeis University: Determinants and Consequences of the Acute Stress-induced Inflammatory Response in Human Aging

David W. Walker, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles: Investigating the Life-extending Mechanisms of Apolipoprotein D: An Evolutionary Conserved Modulator of Oxidative Stress and Aging.

Shuanhu (Joe) Zhou, PhD, Instructor, Brigham and Women's Hospital: The Effects of Niche on Mesenchymal Stem Cells during Human Skeletal Aging

AFAR Affiliate Research Grant Program

Yongjie Zhang, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine: Generation and Characterization of M337V TDP-43 Transgenic Mice: A Possible Model For TDP-43 Proteinopathy

Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation/AFAR New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer's Disease

Ehud Cohen, PhD, Lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Roles of Peptidylprolyl Cis/Trans Isomerases in the Regulation of Aging and Countering Alzheimer's Disease

Raquel L. Lieberman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech: Crystal Structure of an Intramembrane Asparyl Protease

Gad A. Marshall, MD, Instructor in Neurology, Associate Neurologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital: Amyloid Deposition and Frontally Mediated Symptoms in MCI

Esther Oh, MD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University: Oral Glucose Tolerance Test For Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker Development

Lucia Pastorino, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Role of the Prolyl Isomerase Pin1 in the Modulation of PS1 Activity

Julie Martin Mid-Career Awards in Aging Research

Charleen T. Chu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh: Lysosomal Basis of Age-Dependence in Neurodegeneration

David M. Sabatini, MD, PhD, Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Signaling in Health and Longevity

Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award

Rochelle Buffenstein, PhD, Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: Mechanisms of Aging in the Longest-lived Rodent: the Role of Nrf2 Mediated Detoxification Processes

Luigi Fontana, MD, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine: Calorie Restriction and Gene Expression in Humans

Paul Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research

Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Treatment Burden in Older Adults with Diabetes and Multimorbidity

Dena B. Dubal, MD, PhD, Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California, San Francisco: Collagen VI: Novel Mechanisms and Functions in Alzheimer's Disease

Christiane Reitz, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons: Mapping Causative Factors in the Sortilin-related Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease

Mara Schonberg, MD, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Benefits and Burdens of Screening Oldest-old Women: The Case of Mammography

Dorry Segev, MD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Access to Kidney Transplantation in Elderly Patients

Edmond Teng, MD, PhD, Clinical Instructor, University of California, Los Angeles: Assessment of Biomarkers and Behavior in a Transgenic Rat Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Heidi L. Wald, MD, MSPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver: Reducing Urinary Tract Infections in the Hospitalized Older Patient

Jonathan Wanagat, MD, PhD, Acting Instructor, University of Washington: Mitochondrial Genetics in Skeletal Muscle Aging

Paul Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research Program for the Island of Ireland

Chie Wei (Mimi) Fan, MD, RCPI, Clinical Director of Technology Research for Independent Living (TRIL), St. James's Hospital: Age-related Autonomic Dysfunction and its Impact on Cognition, Gait and Falls

Ronan R. Mullan, PhD, Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, University College Dublin: Acute Phase Serum Amyloid-A (A-SAA) in Ageing, Arthritis and Obesity - Potential Common Mechanism for Cardiovascular Disease

Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows

Maximiliano D'Angelo, PhD, Research Associate, Salk Institute for Biological Studies: Nuclear Pore Deterioration during Aging and Its Consequences for Cellular Function

Kristian Doyle, PhD, Post-Doctoral Scholar, Stanford University: Does Increased TGF-Beta Signaling in the Elderly Increase Astrogliosis and Impair Functional Recovery Following Stroke?

Jeremy Herskowitz, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University School of Medicine: The Role of LR11 in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis

Maria Lehtinen, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, HHMI/Children's Hospital Boston: Regulation of the Neural Stem Cell Niche by the Aging Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Proteome

Lingbo Li, PhD, Stanford University: Understanding the Role of RNA-editing Enzyme ADAR in Aging Neurons

Daijun Ling, PhD, Research Fellow, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope: Autophagic-Lysosomal Storage of Amyloid Beta and Its Connection to Development of Senile Plaques

Brian Onken, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Molecular Mechanisms by which Metformin Promotes Healthspan Extension in Middle-Aged C. Elegans

Theresa N. Operana, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc.: The Role of SKN-1 in Promoting Longevity and Oxidative Stress Resistance

Neha Parikh, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Baylor College of Medicine: Effects of Aging on Tumorigenesis Induced by P53 Deletion and Ras Activation in Mice

Jared F. Purton, PhD, Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute: Boosting Immunization in the Aged Using Cytokine/mAb Complexes

Celine Silva Lages, PhD, Research Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Role of Peripheral Conversion in Regulatory T Cell Accumulation in Aging

James W. Smyth, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco: Age-Related Oxidative Stress on Cardiac Cell-Cell Coupling

Monique N. Stanfel, PhD, Senior Fellow, University of Washington: Ribosome Function and Aging

Monika Suchanek, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Francisco: Exploring the Role of Wnt Signaling in the Reproductive Longevity of C. Elegans

Christopher D. Wiley, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Buck Institute for Age Research: The Role of Chromatin in the Regulation of Cell Senescence Phenotypes

Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program

Kathleen Abalos, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Jose Abreu, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Rishi Agarwal, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Cristina Alvarado, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicne

Ganiyu Amusa, State University of New York, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Katherine Andersen, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Cody Andrews, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Alyssa Baker, University of Texas Medical Branch

Ankit Bansal, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Ashley Becker, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Sana Bhatti, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Schafer Boeder, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Sharica Brookins, Meharry Medical College

Jessica Brown, Indiana University School of Medicine

Tangel Chang, Western University of Health Sciences

David Chang, UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine

Lindsey Charo, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Khawar Chaudhry, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Alisa Ching, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii

Joshua Choi, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Sharon Chow, Medical College of Wisconsin

Melanie Clemenz, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Mackenzie Coffin, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Shirley Cohen, University of Michigan

Zarna Dahya, Florida State University College of Medicine

Laura DalSanto, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Angelica Davila Esquivel, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Peter DeRosa, Penn State College of Medicine

Ashley Devonshire, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Katherine Dodd, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

William Dukes, University of Texas Medical Branch

Vanda Farahmand, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Wendy Feng, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Sara Flores, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Sierra Ford, Touro University-CA College of Osteopathic Medicine

Leah Fow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Katherine Garlo, Rush University

Jennifer Gonik, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

John Graham, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Heather Greenberg, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Eleni Greenwood, Weill Cornell Medical College

Tamara Halaweh, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Schuyler Halverson, University of Michigan

Katie Harmoney, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Rachel Hart, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Justin Hayase, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles

Grant Hochstein, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Rebekka Hom, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy

Heather Hopkins, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Calvin Hwang, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Teresa Ingram, Medical College of Georgia

Karina Janicka, Temple University School of Medicine

Michael Jin, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Jamuna Kesavan, University of Michigan

Alia Khalil, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

Namir Khandker, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Iris Kim, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii

Aaron Kirsch, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Anita Kohli, University of Maryland School of Medicine

May Kong, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Emily Kraus, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Richard Lam, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles

David Landy, Miller School of Medicine

Conrad Li, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Andrew Liu, Rosalind Franklin University

Robert Love, University of Michigan

Theodora Lukman, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles

Jennifer Luo, UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine

Elizabeth Lycett, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Lena Makaroun, Weill Cornell Medical College

Janeen Marshall, Morehouse School of Medicine

Christine Martinek, University of Michigan

Allison Mays, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Susan McMahon, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Alex Means, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Alexandra Meier, University of Utah School of Medicine

Christina Metzler, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles

Jerry Michael, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Brita Mittal, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles

Heather Motonaga, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii

Justine Nasr, University of Michigan

Bac Nguyen, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Ken Nguyen, Boston University School of Medicine

Eva Nyaggah, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles

Esther Pak, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Chang Park, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Monica Payne, Weill Cornell Medical College

Fernando Luis Pena Cruz, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Carol Pham, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii

Raul Poulsen, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Hiro Rahbar, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Renil Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Jonathan Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Matthew Rogers, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Tori Rollins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Andrew Rosko, University of Michigan

Lynne Saito, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii

Stephanie Samuels, Weill Cornell Medical College

Chase Shutak, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Nathan Smith, Medical College of Georgia

Cynthia So, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

David Tran, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles

Jessica Trevino, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Lisa Tseng, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Bobby Tullos, The University of Mississippi Medical Center

Nitin Ubhayakar, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Amy Unterman, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Chau Uong, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Devesh Upadhya, Thomas Jefferson University

Vandana Vangimalla, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Yevgeniy Vayntrub, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Vindhya Veerula, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Guadalupe Villarreal Jr., Harvard Medical School

Chad Vogeler, Jefferson Medical College

Lindsey Vogelman, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealtH

Tony Vullo, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Siu-Hin Wan, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Annie Wang, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Donald Warren, University of Texas Medical Branch

Yvonne Watkins, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Stephanie Weiss, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine/Case Western Reserve University

Andrew West, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Victoria Weston, University of Michigan

Sara Wilson, University of Utah School of Medicine

Cordelie Witt, University of Michigan

Tyler Woodell, University of Washington School of Medicine

Hanna Xu, Temple University School of Medicine

James Yeh, Boston University School of Medicine

Karlyn Young, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii

Anne Yu, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Brittany Zadek, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Kaveh Zakeri, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

John Zampella, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Nicole Zanin, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Angelica Zen, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles

Mary Zhang, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

AFAR-GE Healthcare Junior Investigator Award for Excellence in Aging-Heart Research

Dao-Fu Dai, MD, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle

Jewell Jessup, PhD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Guadalupe Villarreal, Jr., Harvard Medical School