Announcing the 2022 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty recipients

AFAR and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty.

This grant provides an early career investigator with up to $125,000 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 vital topics at prominent research institutions nationwide:

• Albert Almada, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
• Ying Ann Chiao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
• Carlos Manlio Díaz-García, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Ilia Droujinine, PhD, Scripps Research Fellow and Principal Investigator, Scripps Research
• Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
• Kevin Murach, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas
• Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD, Assistant Professor, UT Health San Antonio
• Daniel Roh, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
• Judith Simcox, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison

Learn more about this year’s junior faculty grant recipients in a related press release here.

Learn more about the grant program here.

Find more of AFAR’s 2022 grant recipients here.