The Terrie Fox Wetle Rising Star Award in Health Services and Aging Research

The award is named to honor Terrie Fox Wetle, PhD, who has devoted her professional career to improving the lives of older persons. She has been a tireless advocate for inclusion of aging-related health services research in Public Health. She has mentored hundreds of new investigators in a broad array of disciplines. As inaugural Dean, she built a thriving School of Public Health at Brown University, while leading efforts to improve aging-relevant content in public health curricula. A recipient of the prestigious Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal of Honor, the highest distinction that the Brown Faculty can award, Professor Wetle sets an example of visionary leadership, mentoring and administrative excellence.

In her honor, AFAR established the Terrie Fox Wetle Rising Star Award in HealthServices and Aging Research in 2019.

Award

The award is a framed citation and carries a cash prize of $5,000.
The winner will have an opportunity to present research findings at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

Criteria for Selection

The Fox Wetle awardee will be a health services researcher in an early or middle phase of his/her career.
The candidate should have already made important contributions with work that respects the value of multidisciplinary health services science and that is likely to be highly influential in shaping practice and research for decades to come.
Collaborative work with community partners will be given special consideration.
The typical candidate would be at the level of late Assistant Professor or early Associate Professor.
The selection committee should cite a series of published, scholarly papers that are influencing research and practice in the area of health services and aging.
The candidates' work should have acquired sufficient momentum to convince the selection committee that contributions of prominence and influence will continue for many years to come.

Nomination Instructions

A single nomination may not include multiple nomination letters, or a letter signed by more than two individuals.
Nominations should include: 1) A single letter of nomination signed by one or two people that describes the ways in which the person reflects the purpose of the award. 2) The nominee’s full CV.
Upload the nomination package as one PDF here.
Deadline: March 13, 2026