AFAR is proud to announce the recipient of our 2022 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research, Jamie N. Justice, PhD.
The award is named in honor of the late Dr. Cristofalo, who dedicated his career to aging research and to encouraging young scientists to investigate important problems in the biology of aging. Established in 2008, the award is a framed citation and carries a cash prize of $5,000.
A translational scientist, Dr. Justice's research aims to evaluate the functional role of biological processes underlying human aging, and to move interventions targeting these processes from animal models to clinical trials. This includes: 1) developing frameworks for biomarkers and aging outcomes in clinical trials of lifestyle interventions and gerotherapeutics, and 2) establishing functional consequences of cellular senescence in human aging and obesity.
She has co-authored a range of leading publications with senior researchers in major journals, and she serves on the leadership team of the new NIA-supported Geroscience Education and Training Network. In doing so, she is an influential advocate for the advancement of geroscience, which seeks to target biological aging processes to prevent or delay functional decline and age-related chronic diseases collectively, rather than one at a time.
Dr. Justice is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, the Jarrahi Research Scholar in Geroscience Innovation at Wake Forest, and co-leads the Integrative Biology Core of the Wake Forest Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.
Dr. Justice is also an AFAR 2016 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research recipient.
The awards will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in November 2022, where Dr. Justice will present a lecture.
Learn more about Dr. Justice's research and the Cristofalo Award here.
Explore past Cristofalo Award winners here.
