Scientific Committees

AFAR's committees are comprised of experts in aging research and related areas of research, including many past AFAR grantees.

Our Scientific Committee members volunteer their time and expertise to the AFAR review processes. Their dedication, enthusiasm and commitment is crucial to the success of AFAR's grant programs.

AFAR grants are selected through a meticulous, scientifically rigorous review process to ensure that only the most promising science receives our support.

The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Awards in Aging
Program Advisory Board

Thomas Gill, MD, Chair
Yale University School of Medicine

Liana Apostolova, MD, MSc., FAAN
Indiana University School of Medicine

Malaz Boustani, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine

Cynthia M. Carlsson, MD, MS
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Wes Ely, MD, MPH, FCCP
Vanderbilt University

Alison Moore, MD, MPH
University of California, San Diego

Nicolas Musi, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Consuelo Wilkins, MD
Vanderbilt University

Kristine Yaffe, MD
University of California, San Francisco

The Irene Diamond Fund/AFAR Postdoctoral Transition Awards in Aging
Selection Committee

Jeremy Walston, MD, Chair
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Julie Glowacki, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

William Hu, MD, PhD
Emory University

Angela Jefferson, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

George Kuchel, MD
University of Connecticut

Sean Leng, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty
Selection Committee

Pinchas Cohen, MD, Chair
University of Southern California

Steve Austad, PhD
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Dena Dubal, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Henri Jasper, PhD
The Buck Institute/Genentech

Yousin Suh, PhD
Columbia University

Jonathan Wanagat, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Awards
Selection Committee

Charlotte Peterson, PhD, Chair
University of Kentucky

Judy Campisi, PhD
The Buck Institute

Veronica Galvan, PhD
UT Health San Antonio

David Marcinek, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center

Satchidananda Panda, MD
Salk Institute

Jan Van Deursen, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research
Selection Committee

Thomas Rando,MD, PhD, Chair
Stanford University

Shin-Ichiro Imai, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Marc Vermulst, PhD
University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology

Saul Villeda, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Meng Wang, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

Ashley Webb, PhD
Brown University

Diana Jacobs Kalman/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging Selection Committee

Paul Agris, PhD, Chair
Duke University School of Medicine

Todd Cohen, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Anna Csiszár MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Radoslaw Dobrowolski, PhD
Rutgers University

Paul Hasty, DVM
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Vyacheslav Labunskyy, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine

Scott Leiser, PhD
University of Michigan

National Scientific Advisory Council (NSAC)

Shawn Ahmed, PhD
University of North Carolina

Mikhail Alexeyev, PhD
University of South Alabama

Richard Altschuler, PhD
University of Michigan

Rozalyn Anderson, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Javier Apfeld, PhD
Northeastern University

Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD
Washington University

Robert Arking, PhD
Wayne State University

Nicole Ashpole, PhD
University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy

Kaveh Ashrafi, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Steven Austad, PhD
University of Alabama Birmingham

Brian Bacskai, PhD
MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Darren Baker, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Marcas Bamman, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Joseph Baur, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Narayan Bhat, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina

Paula Bickford, PhD
University of South Florida

Gal Bitan, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Rolf Bodmer, PhD
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

Andrea Bodnar, PhD
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute

Olivier Boutaud, PhD
Vanderbilt University

Robert Brosh, Jr, PhD
National Institute of Aging/NIH

Holly Brown-Borg, PhD
University of North Dakota, School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Christin Burd, PhD
Ohio State University

Dongsheng Cai MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Greg Cartee, PhD
University of Michigan

Christy Carter, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jane Cauley, DrPh

University of Pittsburgh

Yung Chang, PhD
Arizona State University

Zheng Chen, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Danica Chen, PhD
University of California, Berkeley

Zheng-Yi Chen, PhD
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

Wallace Chick, PhD
University of Colorado Denver

James Chrobak, PhD
University of Connecticut

Dennis Clegg, PhD
University of California, Santa Barbara

Harvey Jay Cohen, MD
Duke University Medical Center

Lucio Comai, PhD
University of Southern California

Cheryl Conover, PhD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Jon Corton, PhD
US Environmental Protection Agency

Anna Csiszar, MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma

Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Abbe de Vallejo, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Ferenc Deak, MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Lucian Del Priore, MD, PhD
Yale University

Fabio Demontis, PhD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Luisa DiPietro, DDS, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry

Vishwa Dixit, DVM, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine

Radoslaw Dobrowolski, PhD
Rutgers University

Peter Douglas, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Isabelle Draper, PhD
Tufts Medical Center, MCRI

Monica Driscoll PhD,
Rutgers University

Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD
University of Melbourne

Atanu Duttaroy, PhD
Howard University

Paul Eslinger, PhD
Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Anne Etgen, PhD
Albert Einstein Col. of Medicine

James Fadel, PhD
University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Roger Fielding, PhD
JMHNRC Tufts University

Els Fieremans, PhD
New York University School of Medicine

Mark Fisher, MD
University of California, Irvine

Alfred Fisher, MD, PhD
University of Nebraska

Tracy Fitzgerald, PhD
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders/NIH

Thomas Flatt, PhD
University of Fribourg

Jerome Fleg, MD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH

Bess Frost, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Sebastian Fugmann, PhD
Chang Gung University

David Gardiner, PhD
University of California, Irvine

Arjumand Ghazi, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

Jadwiga Giebultowicz, PhD
Oregon State University

Matthew Gill, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida

Thomas Gill, MD
Yale University School of Medicine

Julie Glowacki, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Todd Golde, MD, PhD
University of Florida

Scott Gordon, PhD
Kennesaw State University

Andrea Gore, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin

Jorg Goronzy, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine

Cheryl Grady, PhD
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest

Kim Green, PhD
University of California, Irvine

Eric Greer, PhD
Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital Boston

Lisbet Haglund, PhD
Montreal General Hospital

Marcia Haigis, PhD
Harvard Medical School

Malene Hansen, PhD
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Research Institute

Paul Hasty, DVM
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

Jeffrey Hausdorff, MSME, PhD
Rush University/Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Laura Haynes, PhD
University of Connecticut Health Center

Denise Head, PhD
Washington University

Janet Henderson, PhD
Research Institute- McGill University Health Centre

Jason Hinman, MD, PhD,
University of California, Los Angeles

Fuki Hisama, MD
University of Washington

Steve Horvath, PhD, ScD
University of California, Los Angeles

Eric Howard, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Ao-Lin Hsu, PhD
University of Michigan

Patrick Hu, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Ting-Ting Huang, PhD
Stanford University and VA Palo Alto

Xudong Huang, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Karen Hubbard, PhD
The City College of New York

Robert Hurst, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Yuji Ikeno, MD, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine

Kailiang Jia, MD, PhD
Florida Atlantic University

Leanne Jones, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Jan Karlseder, PhD
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Jason Karpac, PhD
Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Rajesh Khanna, PhD
University of Arizona

Konstantin Khrapko, PhD
Northeastern University

Mark Kindy, PhD
University of South Florida College of Pharmacy

Dalane Kitzman, MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Mark Kleinman, MD
Eastern Tennessee State University

Amos Korczyn, MD, MSc
Tel Aviv University

Deborah Kristan, PhD
California State University San Marcos

George Kuchel, MD
University of Connecticut Health Center

Albert La Spada, MD, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Vyacheslav Labunskyy, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine

Mary Jo LaDu, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago

Patrick Lajoie, PhD
The University of Western Ontario

Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Ashish Lal, PhD
National Cancer Institute, NIH

Dudley Lamming, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thomas Lang, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Ian Lanza, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Jan LaRocque, PhD
Georgetown University

Frank Lee, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

William Lee, PhD
The David Axelrod Institute

Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD
University of Florida

Scott Leiser, PhD
University of Washington

Sean Leng, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Elizabeth Leritz, PhD
Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System/Harvard University

Lisa Lesniewski, PhD
University of Utah

Rodney Levine, MD, PhD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/National Institutes of Health

Harry LeVine, III, PhD
University of Kentucky

Sergiy Libert, PhD
Calico

Jonathan Lin, MD, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Su-Ju Lin, PhD
University of California, Davis

Rui-Ming Liu, MD, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Richard Loeser, Jr, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jianyuan Luo, PhD
Peking University Health Science Center

Yao-Ying Ma, MD, PhD
Indiana University

Fernando Macian, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Kathy Magnusson, DVM, PhD
Oregon State University

William Mair, PhD
Harvard School of Public Health

Goldis Malek, PhD
Duke University, Albert Eye Research Institute

David Marcinek, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center

Ronen Marmorstein, PhD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Gad Marshall, MD
Harvard Medical School

Mitch McVey, PhD
Tufts University

Alicia Melendez, PhD
Queens College-CUNY

Dana Miller, PhD
University of Washington

Benjamin Miller, PhD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Anthony Molina, PhD
University of California, San Diego

David Morgan, PhD
Michigan State University

Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD
The Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Shin Murakami, PhD
Touro University-California

M. Paul Murphy, PhD
University of Kentucky

Radhika Muzumdar, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Tim Nagy, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

James Nelson, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

John Newman, MD, PhD
Buck Institute and University of California at San Francisco

Laura Niedernhofer, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota

Kristy Nielson, PhD
Marquette University

Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian, PhD
University of Kentucky

David Orren, PhD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Mary Ann Ottinger, PhD
University of Houston

Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD
University of Southern California

Linda Partridge, DPhil
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

Amy Pasquinelli, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Hemal Patel, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Viviana Perez, PhD
Oregon State University

Daniel Perl, MD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Robert Petersen, PhD
Central Michigan University

Daniel Peterson, PhD
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science

Charlotte Peterson, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Michael Petrascheck, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute

Scott Pletcher, PhD
University of Michigan

Daniel Promislow, DPhil
University of Washington

Jacob Raber, PhD, ONPRC
Oregon Health & Science University

Peter Rabinovitch, MD, PhD
University of Washington

Jon Ramsey, PhD
University of California, Davis

Qitao Ran, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

P. Hemachandra Reddy, PhD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center

May Reed, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine

Michael Rich, MD
Washington University School of Medicine

Arlan Richardson, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Russell Richardson, PhD
University of Utah

Paul Robbins, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida

Jack Rogers, PhD
Harvard Medical School

Edwin Rubel, PhD
University of Washington

Olav Rueppell, PhD
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Martin Sadowski, MD, PhD
New York University School of Medicine

Hiroshi Saito, PhD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Adam Salmon, PhD
Barshop Institute

Paul Salvaterra, PhD
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope

Kumar Sambamurti, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina

Andrew Samuelson, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center

Nanette Santoro, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Deepa Sathyaseelan, PhD
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Steven Schreiber, MD
University of California, Irvine

Michael Seidman, PhD
Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology/National Insitute on Aging/NIH

Colin Selman, PhD
University of Glasgow

Sudha Sharma, PhD
Howard University

Zelton Sharp, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

Eric Shelden, PhD
Washington State University

Barbara Shukitt-Hale, PhD
USDA, HNRCA at Tufts University

Josh Shulman, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

Einar Sigurdsson, PhD
New York University School of Medicine

Meharavan Singh, PhD
University of North Texas Health Science Center

Frank Slack, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School

Inna Slutsky, PhD
Tel Aviv University

Erik Snapp, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

William Sontag, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Farzaneh Sorond, MD, PhD
Northwestern University

Alexander Soukas, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Joseph Starnes, PhD
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Yousin Suh, PhD
Columbia University

Patrick Sullivan, PhD
The University of Kentucky Chandler College of Medicine

Nathalie Sumien, PhD
University of North Texas Health Science Center

Mark Supiano, MD
University of Utah

Karen Swisshelm, PhD
University of Colorado Denver

George Taffet, MD
Baylor College of Medicine

Nektarios Tavernarakis, PhD
Hellas Med. Sch., Univ. of Crete

J. Andrew Taylor, PhD
Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Hospital Cambridge

Qiang Tong, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

John Tower, PhD
University of Southern California

Kelly Tremblay, PhD
University of Washington

R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD
Georgetown University Medical Center

Dennis Turner, MD
Duke University Medical Center

Zoltan Ungvari, MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Dario Riccardo Valenzano, PhD
Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing

Jan van Deursen, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Linda Van Eldik, PhD
University of Kentucky

Holly Van Remmen, PhD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Ruben Vidal, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine

Amy Wagers, PhD
Harvard University

Xin Wang, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Meng Wang, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

Huber Warner, PhD

Gordon Warren, PhD
Georgia State University

Ashley Webb, PhD
Brown University

Noah Weisleder, PhD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Edward Weiss, MSEd, PhD
Saint Louis University

Fletcher White, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine

John Woodard, PhD
Wayne State University

Andrew Yoo, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine

Yixian Zheng, PhD
Carnegie Institution for Science

Shuanhu Zhou, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Nicholas Ziats, PhD
Case Western Reserve University

Driss Zoukhri, PhD
Tufts University

Past Scientific Committees