Announcing 2025 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Grants for Junior Faculty Recipients

AFAR and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research are pleased to announce the four recipients of the 2025 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Grants for Junior Faculty.

This grant provides an early-career investigator with up to $150,000 for one to two years to support research focused on aging processes and age-related diseases. Selected through a rigorous review process, this year’s recipients are exploring a range of topics at research institutions nationwide:

• Lina Marcela Carmona, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School: The Role of Neuronal Glycolysis in the Aging Motor Circuit
• Hanna Martens, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco: Targeting Thymic Involution: Novel Solutions for Age-Related Immune Decline
• Joe Nassour, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine: Probing Membrane Contact Sites as Drivers of Senescence-Associated Inflammation
• Jennifer Tuscher, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin: Identification and restoration of estradiol-mediated gene programs in the aging brain

AFAR is grateful to the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research for its support of this program.