Announcing AFAR's 2024 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 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 prominent research institutions nationwide:

• Aidan Gilchrist, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California Davis: Microenvironmental regulation of metabolism in hematopoietic stem cell aging
• Longhua Guo, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of extreme longevity and global tissue rejuvenation
• Changyang Linghu, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan: Spatiotemporally scalable recording of single-cell gene expression histories across aging brain
• Ayshwarya Subramanian, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cornell University: Macrophage niches in aging

Learn more in a related press release here.

Learn more about the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Grants for Junior Faculty program here.