Awards Ceremony and Lecture

2026 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

1:00 – 2:00 pm MDT

54rd Annual AGE Meeting

Utah Valley Convention Center - Ballroom A (Level 2)

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Join AFAR at the AGE 54rd Annual Meeting on June 3rd for an awards ceremony for the 2026 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research honoring Marianna Sadagurski, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, IBio (Integrative Biosciences Center) at Wayne State University.

The ceremony will start at 1:00 pm GMT, and Dr. Sadagurski will present the lecture, “Pharmacological rejuvenation of the aging hypothalamus.”

Learn more about Dr. Sadagurski’s research and lab here.

Learn more about the Cristofalo Award and past winners here.

Register for the AGE Annual Meeting here

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