AFAR Research Grant Program

Edward Bartlett, PhD, Assistant Professor, Purdue University: A Comparison of Auditory Temporal Processing Assessed Non-Invasively in Aged vs. Young Rats

Nancy A. Dennis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University: Age-related Changes in Neural Recruitment Associated with Cognitive Control of Memory Processes

James R. Edwards, PhD, Research Instructor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Regulation of Bone Mass by Aging-related Genes

Troy Ghashghaei, PhD, Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University: Aging of the Adult Neural Stem Cell Niche

Andreana P. Haley, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Texas: A Pilot Study of the Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Neuronal Integrity in Middle-aged and Older Adults with Hypertension

Malene Hansen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Burnham Institute for Medical Research: Identification of Autophagy Reglators Important For the Response To Dietary Restriction in C. Elegans

Sangwon F. Kim, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania: The Role of Phosphoinositides in Cellular Growth and Aging

Agnes Lacreuse, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts: Effects of Testosterone on Cognition, Emotion and Motor Function in Aged Male Macaques

Brian K. Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health: Effects of Midlife Blood Pressure, Anti-hypertensive Medication Use, and Genetic Risk Factors on White Matter Health in Aging

David Lombard, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan: SIR-2.4 Regulation of DAF-16 Function in C. Elegans

Jamie Maguire, PhD, Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine: GABAergic Control of the HPA Axis in the Pathophysiology of Anxiety and Depression in Aging

Shane L. Rea, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio: Nuclear Checkpoint Signaling Connects Ribosomal Translation with Longevity Specification in the C. Elegans Mitochondrial Mutants

Cynthia Reinhart-King, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cornell University: Age-related Blood Vessel Stiffening and Atheroslerosis Progression

Bradley P. Sutton, PhD, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois: Age-related Demyelination in Motor Pathways Predicts Reductions in Fine Motor Control

AFAR Affiliate Research Grant Program

Lina A. Shehadeh, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine: Role of miR-30e in the Collagen-osteogenic Transition in Senescent Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Noel Marysa Ziebarth, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Miami: Atomic Force Microscopy to Elucidate Age-related Changes in Structure and Mechanics of the Ocular Lens

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

Christopher J. Ackerson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University: Probing and Disrupting Actin/Cofilin Rods

Fenghua Hu, PhD, Research Scientist, Cornell University: Progranulin Function and Signaling in Microglia Cells

Vinay Parikh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Temple University: Interactions Between TrkA Signaling and APP Processing in Aging: Impact on Forebrain Cholinergic Circuits and Cognition

Nikki Stricker, PhD, Neuropsychologist, Boston VA Healthcare System: Does Retrogenesis Explain Regional White Matter Integrity in MCI?

Qi Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University: A Mechanistic Study of Presynaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease

Julie Martin Mid-Career Awards in Aging Research

Kenneth Poss, PhD, Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Center: Cardiac Aging and Regeneration in Zebrafish

Joanne Turner, PhD, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University: Divergent Macrophage-Pathogen Interactions in Old Age

Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award

Daniel Promislow, PhD, Professor, University of Georgia: Causes and Consequences of Aging in Metabolomic Networks

Peter S. Rabinovitch, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Washington: Next Generation Discovery of MTOR Effects on Mrna Translation and the Proteome in Aging

Paul Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research

Jeffrey Caterino, MD, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University: Expanding Antimicrobial Stewardship for Long Term Care Facility Patients

Anna Csiszar, MD,PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: Resveratrol Confers Endothelial protection via induction of NF-E2–Related Factor-2-driven antioxidant genes: implications for microvascular aging

Leora Horwitz, MD, Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine: Heart Failure Readmissions in Older Adults: A Systems Perspective

Amy Kind, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison: The Hospital Discharge Summary’s Impact on Sub-Acute Care Patient Outcomes

Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine, Harvard Medical School: Reforming Medicare: Beneficiary Choice, Plan Payment, and Accountable Care

Timothy Miller, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine: Changing tau Protein Levels and tau Protein Isoforms in Mouse Models of Dementia

Thomas Robinson, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center: A Placebo Controlled Trial of L-Tryptophan in Post-Operative Delirium

Stephen Thielke, MD, MSPH, MA, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington: Development and Evaluation of a Depression Risk Calculator

Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows

Marcelo S. Caetano, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, John B. Pierce Laboratory: Effect of Aging on Temporal Processing by the Prefrontal Cortex

Della C. David, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco: Understanding the Molecular Basis of Age-related Disruption of Protein Homeostasis

Fabio Demontis, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School: Regulation of Muscle Aging by FOXO Transcriptional Activity in Drosophila Melanogaster

Hinco J. Gierman, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine: Testing the Damage Accumulation Theory of Aging: Can Aging Be Reversed?

Yuko Hara, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Relationships Between Dentate Gyrus Synaptic Subtypes and Age-related Memory Impairment in Rhesus Monkesy

Tadafumi Hashimoto, PhD, Research Fellow in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital: Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanisms of Apolipoprotein E's Effects on Amyloid Beta Peptide Oligomers

Hadise Kabil, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan: Modulation of Lifespan by the Transsulfuration Pathway

Luv Kashyap, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Pittsburgh: Investigating the Correlation Between Reduction in Mevalonate Kinase Levels and Onset of Sarcopenia Using the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans

Sathish Kasina, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan School of Medicine: CXCL12/CXCR4 Axis Promotion of Bph in the Aging Prostate

William Mair, PhD, Research Assocociate, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies: Characterizing CRTC-1, A Novel AMPK and Calcineurin Target For Lifespan Extension in C. Elegans

Haakon B. Nygaard, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine: The Role of Cellular Prion Protein in Beta-Amyloid-Induced Epilepsy and Early Death in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model

Jing Qu, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Burnham Institute for Medical Research: S-Nitrosylation of Cdk5 in Alzheimer's Disease: Cause or Outcome?

Aric Rogers, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Buck Institute for Age Research: Post Transcriptional Remodeling of the Stress Response by Eif4G in C. Elegans

Sarah Marie Ronnebaum, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina: The Role of the Cochaperone/E3 Ubiquitin Ligase CHIP in Nuclear Stress Response and Aging

Guido Stadler, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: Telomere Position Effect in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

Cagdas Tazearslan, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Insulin/IGF-1 Signaling and Human Longevity

Dario Riccardo Valenzano, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University: Genetic Mapping of the Genes Involved in Longevity Differences Among Populations of the Short-Lived Fish Nothobranchius Furzeri

Victor S. VanLaar, PhD, Associate Scholar, University of Pittsburgh: The Role of Parkin in Neuronal Mitochondrial Dynamics and Neurodegeneration

Jason Wood, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University: The Role of Sirt4 in Regulating Lifespan and Metabolism in Drosophila Melanogaster

Yang Yang, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University: Nicotinic Restoration of Prefrontal Cortex Physiology in Aged Monkeys

Medical Student Training in Aginig Research Training Program

Grant Aaker, Weill Cornell Medical College

Josie Acuna, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Daniel Agarwal, Weill Cornell Medical College

Salman Ahmed, Baylor College of Medicine

Jennifer Andahl, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Savina Aneja, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

George Asaad, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Le Aye, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ - School of Osteopathic Medicine

Hassan Azimi, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Maria Badaracco, Boston University School of Medicine

Jayshiv Badlani, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Timothy Beutler, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Elizabeth Birkenfeld, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Christopher Blunden, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Christopher Bogan, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Carley Bria, Temple University School of Medicine

Kristen Buono, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Daniel Butler, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Tiffany Cao, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Christopher Carlos, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Siobhan Case, Yale University School of Medicine

Chi Nga Chan, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Julia Chang, University of California, Los Angeles - David Geffen School of Medicine

Zsu-Zsu Chen, University of Alabama School of Medicine

Emanuela Christati, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Jennifer Christie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kimberly Churbock, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Rachel-Rose Cohen, Duke University School of Medicine

Andrea M. Corujo Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Orion Courtin, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Nida Degesys, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Alyssa DeSocio, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Andre Dev, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

Christine Dierker, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Anne Dunbar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kathryn Engelhardt, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Adrian France, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Benjamin George, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Jennifer Gibson Chambers, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Anshuli Gupta, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Sara Harris, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Asma Hasan, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Muay Hernandez-Pons, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Natasha Holt, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Lu Hong, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mohammed Hoque, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Li-Wen Huang, Duke University School of Medicine

Li-Chi Hung, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Sangeeta Kalsi, University of California, Los Angeles - David Geffen School of Medicine

Lee Kaplowitz, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Science

Jill Kaspar, Dartmouth Medical School

Victoria King, University of California, Los Angeles - David Geffen School of Medicine

Krista Kiyosaki, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Ashwin Kotwal, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Jeffrey Krauss, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Jason Liebowitz, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Gregory Lisse, University of Arizona in Partnership with Arizona State University- College of Medicine Phoenix Campus

Jia Liu, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Bittu Majmudar, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Lauren Malaspina, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

David Melton, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Constantinos Michaelidis, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Gabriela Montes-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Caitlyn Nguyen, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Rebecca Omlor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Lorimar Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Antoinette Otoo-Boameh, Meharry Medical College

Neel Parekh, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Daniel Parker, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Akshar Patel, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Deliamille Perez Santiago, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Michele Pham, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Sophia Estella Philippopoulos, Drexel University College of Medicine

Robert Scooter Plowman, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Alexander Port, Weill Cornell Medical College

Keith Primeau, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Ata Rahman, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Crystal Reyelts, University of Nebraska Medical Center-College of Medicine

Kelcie Rodriguez, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Ami Saraiya, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Aaron Saunders, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Kosal Seng, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Atef Shaikh, Western University of Health Sciences

Neal Sharma, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

LIla Sheikhi, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Ryan Smith, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Charles Snyder, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Isaac Solaimanzadeh, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Malini Soundarrajan, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Lauren Stephens, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

James Steward, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Vivien Sun, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Sarah Velten, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Danielle Victor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Linda Wang, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Sinny Wang, University of California, Los Angeles - David Geffen School of Medicine

Yvette Wang, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ - School of Osteopathic Medicine

Robert White, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bryan Wilson, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Lauren Wolchok, University of California, Los Angeles - David Geffen School of Medicine

Kraig Young, University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine

Kevin Yuen, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Sonia Zaveri, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ - School of Osteopathic Medicine

Han Zhu, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine