Join AFAR at the GSA 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting on November 13th for an awards ceremony and lectures for the 2025 George M. Martin Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, the 2025 Terrie Fox Wetle Rising Star Award in Health Services and Aging Research, and the 2025 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction.

The ceremony will start at 6:30pm with the presentation of awards to the honored experts. Dr. Allison will present the lecture, "The Quest for Trustworthy, Probative, and Creative Research in Geroscience"; Dr. Hunt will present the lecture, "Dying with Dementia: Is Hospice the Answer?"; and Dr. Richardson will also share remarks.

Please join AFAR in celebrating:

2025 George M. Martin Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award:
Arlan Richardson, PhD
Professor, Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair of Aging Research, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences

2025 Terrie Fox Wetle Rising Star Award in Health Services and Aging Research:
Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP
Associate Professor, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies in the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

2025 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction:
David B. Allison, PhD
Chief of Nutrition and Director, Children's Nutrition Research Center, at Baylor College of Medicine.