AFAR is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2022 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction, Thomas M. Gill, MD.
This award is named in honor of AFAR’s founder and recognizes exceptional contributions to basic or clinical research in the field of aging. Established in 1982, the award is a framed citation and carries a cash prize of $5,000.
A practicing geriatrician and clinical epidemiologist, Dr. Gill is a leading international authority on the epidemiology and prevention of disability among older persons. His nomination for the Wright Award lauded his groundbreaking research on the mechanisms underlying and interventions targeting functional decline and disability among community-living older persons. He collaborates with investigators throughout the country, is a leader of multisite clinical trials, and is a devoted mentor. He has published more than 350 original reports and has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and multiple foundations since 1997.
Dr. Gill is the Humana Foundation Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine; Director, Yale Program on Aging; Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center; Director, Yale Center for Disability and Disabling Disorders; and Director, Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research.
He is also an AFAR 1997 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging scholar and a co-PI of the AFAR-managed Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research (Clin-STAR) Coordinating Center.
The award will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in November 2022, where Dr. Gill will present a lecture.
Learn more about Dr. Gill's research and the Wright Award here.
Explore past recipients of the Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction here.
