2018 Scientific Committees

Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty Selection Committee

Pinchas Cohen, MD, Chair
University of Southern California

Steve Austad, PhD
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Dena Dubal, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Henri Jasper, PhD
The Buck Institute/Genentech

Yousin Suh, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Jonathan Wanagat, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Glenn Foundation for Medical Research BIG Selection Committee

Charlotte Peterson, PhD, Chair
University of Kentucky

Judy Campisi, PhD
The Buck Institute

Veronica Galvan, PhD
UT Health San Antonio

David Marcinek, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center

Satchidananda Panda, MD
Salk Institute

Jan Van Deursen, PhD
Mayo Clinic


The Irene Diamond Fund/AFAR Postdoctoral Transition Awards in Aging Selection Committee

Jeremy Walston, MD, Chair
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Julie Glowacki, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

William Hu, MD, PhD
Emory University

Angela Jefferson, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

George Kuchel, MD
University of Connecticut

Sean Leng, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine


Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Aging Research Selection Committee

Thomas Rando, Chair
Stanford University

Shin-Ichiro Imai, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Marc Vermulst, PhD
University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology

Saul Villeda, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Meng Wang, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

Ashley Webb, PhD
Brown University

Program Advisory Committee for the Beeson Career Development Award

Thomas Gill, MD, Chair
Yale University School of Medicine

Liana Apostolova, MD, MSc, FAAN
Indiana University School of Medicine

Malaz Boustani, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine

Cynthia M. Carlsson, MD, MS
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Wes Ely, MD, MPH, FCCP
Vanderbilt University

Alison Moore, MD, MPH
University of California, San Diego

Nicolas Musi, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Consuelo Wilkins, MD
Vanderbilt University

Kristine Yaffe, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Kalman/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging Selection Committee

Paul Agris, PhD, Chair
Duke University School of Medicine

Todd Cohen, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Anna Csiszár MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Radoslaw Dobrowolski, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Vyacheslav Labunskyy, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine

Scott Leiser, PhD
University of Michigan

Paul Hasty, DVM
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

National Scientific Advisory Council (NSAC)

Shawn Ahmed ,PhD
University of North Carolina
Mikhail Alexeyev, PhD
University of South Alabama
Richard Altschuler, PhD
University of Michigan
Rozalyn Anderson, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Javier Apfeld, PhD
Northeastern University
Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD
Washington University
Robert Arking, PhD
Wayne State University
Nicole Ashpole, PhD
University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy
Kaveh Ashrafi, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Steven Austad, PhD
University of Alabama Birmingham
Brian Bacskai, PhD
MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Darren Baker, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Marcas Bamman, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joseph Baur, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Narayan Bhat, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
Paula Bickford, PhD
University of South Florida
Gal Bitan, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles
Rolf Bodmer, PhD
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Andrea Bodnar, PhD
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute
Olivier Boutaud, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Robert Brosh, Jr, PhD
National Insitute of Aging/NIH
Holly Brown-Borg, PhD
University of North Dakota, School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Christin Burd, PhD
Ohio State University
Dongsheng Cai, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD
Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles
Greg Cartee, PhD
University of Michigan
Christy Carter, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jane Cauley, DrPH
University of Pittsburgh
Yung Chang, PhD
Arizona State University
Zheng Chen, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Danica Chen, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Zheng-Yi Chen, PhD
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Wallace Chick, PhD
University of Colorado Denver
James Chrobak, PhD
University of Connecticut
Dennis Clegg, PhD
University of California at Santa Barbara
Harvey Jay Cohen, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Lucio Comai, PhD
University of Southern California
Cheryl Conover, PhD
Mayo Clinic College of Med.
Jon Corton, PhD
US Environmental Protection Agency
Anna Csiszar, MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma
Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Abbe de Vallejo, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Ferenc Deak, MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Lucian Del Priore, MD, PhD
Yale University
Fabio Demontis, PhD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Luisa DiPietro, DDS, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry
Vishwa Dixit, DVM, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
Radoslaw Dobrowolski, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Peter Douglas, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Isabelle Draper, PhD
Tufts Medical Center, MCRI
Monica Driscoll, PhD
Rutgers University
Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD
University of Melbourne
Atanu Duttaroy, PhD
Howard University
Paul Eslinger, PhD
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Anne Etgen, PhD
Albert Einstein Col. of Med.
James Fadel, PhD
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Roger Fielding, PhD
JMHNRC Tufts University
Els Fieremans, PhD
New York University School of Medicine
Mark Fisher, MD
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Alfred Fisher, MD, PhD
University of Nebraska
Tracy Fitzgerald, PhD
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders/NIH
Thomas Flatt, PhD
University of Fribourg
Jerome Fleg, MD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH
Bess Frost, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Sebastian Fugmann, PhD
Chang Gung University
David Gardiner, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Arjumand Ghazi, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Jadwiga Giebultowicz, PhD
Oregon State University
Matthew Gill, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute - Scripps Florida
Thomas Gill, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Julie Glowacki, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Todd Golde, MD, PhD
University of Florida
Scott Gordon, PhD
Kennesaw State University
Andrea Gore, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin
Jorg Goronzy, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Cheryl Grady, PhD
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
Kim Green, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Eric Greer, PhD
Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital Boston
Lisbet Haglund, PhD
Montreal General Hospital
Marcia Haigis, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Malene Hansen, PhD
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Research Institute
Paul Hasty, DVM
University of Texas Health Sscience Center, San Antonio
Jeffrey Hausdorff, MSME, PhD
Rush University/Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Laura Haynes, PhD
University of Connecticut Health Center
Denise Head, PhD
Washington University
Janet Henderson, PhD
Research Institute- McGill University Health Centre
Jason Hinman, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Fuki Hisama, MD
University of Washington
Steve Horvath, PhD, ScD
University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Howard, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Ao-Lin Hsu, PhD
University of Michigan
Patrick Hu, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Ting-Ting Huang, PhD
Stanford Univ. and VA Palo Alto
Xudong Huang, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Karen Hubbard, PhD
The City College of New York
Robert Hurst, PhD
Oklahoma Univ. Health Sciences Center
Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Yuji Ikeno, MD, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Kailiang Jia, MD, PhD
Florida Atlantic University
Leanne Jones, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Jan Karlseder PhD
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jason Karpac, PhD
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Rajesh Khanna, PhD
University of Arizona
Konstantin Khrapko, PhD
Northeastern University
Mark Kindy, PhD
University of South Florida College of Pharmacy
Dalane Kitzman, MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Mark Kleinman, MD
Eastern Tennessee State University
Amos Korczyn, MD, MSc
Tel Aviv University
Deborah Kristan, PhD
California State University San Marcos
George Kuchel, MD
University of Connecticut Health Center
Albert La Spada, MD, PhD
University of California at San Diego
Vyacheslav Labunskyy, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine
Mary Jo LaDu, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Patrick Lajoie, PhD
The University of Western Ontario
Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Ashish Lal, PhD
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Dudley Lamming, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thomas Lang, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Ian Lanza, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Jan LaRocque, PhD
Georgetown University
Frank Lee, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
William Lee, PhD
The David Axelrod Institute
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD
University of Florida
Scott Leiser, PhD
University of Washington
Sean Leng, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth Leritz, PhD
Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System/Harvard University
Lisa Lesniewski, PhD
University of Utah
Rodney Levine, MD, PhD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Harry LeVine, III, PhD
University of Kentucky
Sergiy Libert, PhD
Calico
Jonathan Lin, MD, PhD
University of California t San Diego
Su-Ju Lin, PhD
University of California, Davis
Rui-Ming Liu, MD, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Richard Loeser, Jr, M.D
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jianyuan Luo, PhD
Peking University Health Science Center
Yao-Ying Ma, MD, PhD
Indiana University
Fernando Macian, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Kathy Magnusson, DVM, PhD
Oregon State University
William Mair, PhD
Harvard School of Public Health
Goldis Malek, PhD
Duke University, Albert Eye Research Institute
David Marcinek, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center
Ronen Marmorstein, PhD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Gad Marshall, MD
Harvard Medical School
Mitch McVey, PhD
Tufts University
Alicia Melendez, PhD
Queens College-CUNY
Dana Miller, PhD
University of Washington
Benjamin Miller, PhD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Anthony Molina, PhD
University of California, San Diego
David Morgan, PhD
Michigan State University
Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD
The Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Shin Murakami, PhD
Touro University-California
M. Paul Murphy, PhD
University of Kentucky
Radhika Muzumdar, MD
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Tim Nagy, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
James Nelson, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
John Newman, MD, PhD
Buck Institute and UCSF
Laura Niedernhofer, MD, PhD
University of Minnsota
Kristy Nielson, PhD
Marquette University
Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian, PhD
University of Kentucky
David Orren, PhD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Mary Ann Ottinger, PhD
University of Houston
Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD
University of Southern California
Linda Partridge, DPhil
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
Amy Pasquinelli, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Hemal Patel, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Viviana Perez, PhD
Oregon State University
Daniel Perl, MD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Robert Petersen, PhD
Central Michigan University
Daniel Peterson, PhD
Rosalind Franklin University of Med. & Science
Charlotte Peterson, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Michael Petrascheck, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute
Scott Pletcher, PhD
University of Michigan
Daniel Promislow, DPhil
University of Washington
Jacob Raber, PhD, ONPRC
Oregon Health & Science Univ.
Peter Rabinovitch, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Jon Ramsey, PhD
University of California, Davis
Qitao Ran, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
P. Hemachandra Reddy, PhD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
May Reed, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Michael Rich, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
Arlan Richardson, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Russell Richardson, PhD
University of Utah
Paul Robbins, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida
Jack Rogers, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Edwin Rubel, PhD
University of Washington
Olav Rueppell, PhD
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Martin Sadowski, MD, PhD
New York University School of Medicine
Hiroshi Saito, PhD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Adam Salmon, PhD
Barshop Institute
Paul Salvaterra, PhD
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Kumar Sambamurti, PhD
Medical Univ. of South Carolina
Andrew Samuelson, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Nanette Santoro, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Deepa Sathyaseelan, PhD
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Steven Schreiber, MD
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Michael Seidman, PhD
Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology/National Insitute on Aging/NIH
Colin Selman, PhD
University of Glasgow
Sudha Sharma, PhD
Howard University
Zelton Sharp, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Eric Shelden, PhD
Washington State University
Barbara Shukitt-Hale, PhD
USDA, HNRCA at Tufts Univ.
Josh Shulman, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Einar Sigurdsson, PhD
New York University School of Medicine
Meharavan Singh, PhD
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Frank Slack, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Inna Slutsky, PhD
Tel Aviv University
Erik Snapp, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
William Sonntag, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Farzaneh Sorond, MD, PhD
Northwestern University
Alexander Soukas, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Joseph Starnes, PhD
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Yousin Suh, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Patrick Sullivan, PhD
The University of Kentucky Chandler College of Medicine
Nathalie Sumien, PhD
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Mark Supiano, MD
University of Utah
Karen Swisshelm, PhD
University of Colorado Denver
George Taffet, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Nektarios Tavernarakis, PhD
Hellas Med. Sch., Univ. of Crete
J. Andrew Taylor, PhD
Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Hospital Cambridge
Qiang Tong, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
John Tower, PhD
University of Southern California
Kelly Tremblay, PhD
University of Washington
R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD
Georgetown University Medical Center
Dennis Turner, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Zoltan Ungvari, MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Dario Riccardo Valenzano, PhD
Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing
Jan van Deursen, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Linda Van Eldik, PhD
University of Kentucky
Holly Van Remmen, PhD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Ruben Vidal, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Amy Wagers, PhD
Harvard University
Xin Wang, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Meng Wang, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Huber Warner, PhD
Gordon Warren, PhD
Georgia State University
Ashley Webb, PhD
Brown University
Noah Weisleder, PhD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Edward Weiss, MSEd, PhD
Saint Louis University
Fletcher White, PhD
Indiana University Sch. of Med.
John Woodard, PhD
Wayne State University
Andrew Yoo, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Yixian Zheng, PhD
Carnegie Institution for Science
Shuanhu Zhou, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Med. Sch.
Nicholas Ziats, PhD
Case Western Reserve University
Driss Zoukhri, PhD
Tufts University