AGE Early Career Scholar Awards

2026 Early Career Scholar Award

Hannah Ampofo, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Jorge Ivan Castillo-Quan, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
Robert Castro, University of Utah
Celso Catumbela, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Katherine Chin, King’s College London
Gretchen Clark, The Jackson Laboratory
Pedro Del Cioppo Vasques, Mayo Clinic
Shweta Dipali, Columbia University
Adele Finch, Brown University, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Stephany Flores Ramos, University of California San Diego
Caitlin Francis, Yale University
Lexi-Amber Hassell, Brown University
In Hwa Jang, University of Minnesota
Minchae (Chloe) Kang, Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity, Texas A&M University
Xiao Ma, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Amara Martin, Stanford University
Helene Martini, Mayo Clinic
Nunaya Polycarp, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Laura Quijano Sarraga, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF)
Eleanor Sheekey, RIKEN Biosystems Dynamics Research
Yulong Tang, University of Rochester
Andy Tsai, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Michaela Vance, University of Oklahoma Health Campus
Piper Wilburn, University School of Medicine
Alberto Williams-Medina, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rola Zeidan, University of Florida

 

2025 Early Career Scholar Award

Manuel Alvarez, University of Wisconsin
Jessica Halle, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Alison Kochersberger, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Jasmine Liu, University of California, Berkeley - NST
Sophia Mahoney, University of Colorado, Boulder
Thi Thanh My Nguyen, University of Houston
Cristian Ponce, University of California, Los Angeles
Jessica Proulx, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Rahagir Salekeen, University of Minnesota

 

2025 AGE / AFAR Diversity Early Career Scholar Award

Nitya Jain, Lifespan Research Institute
Melisa Matonsi, University of Maine
Joshua Senior, University of Southern California

 

2024 Early Career Scholar Award

Tatiana Rodriguez, National Institute on Aging
Robrielle Pierce, The Ohio State University
Jennifer Alexander, University of Pennsylvania
Heeun Jang, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Sophie Allen, University of Birmingham
Daniel Gray, University of California, Los Angeles

Cynthia Siebrand, Buck Institute for Research on Aging / USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Ana Clara da C. P. Langley, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Marcos Garcia Teneche, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Clara Scher, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

 

2024 AGE / AFAR Diversity Award

Ada Okereke, NIH- NIA Postbaccalaurete
Ines Fernandez Maestre, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hui Xin Ng, University of California, San Diego
Paulo Mesquita, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Adaeze Gbufor, Southern Methodist University

 

2023 Early Career Scholar Award

Anner Harris, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Amanjot Yadev, University of Wisconsin - Madison Hospital
Edward Anderton, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Erica Lorenzo, UConn Health Center on Aging
Faria Athar, University of Victoria
Isabel Yannatos, University of Pennsylvania
Lindsay (Na Yeon) Park, University of California, Berkeley
Nyssa Morgan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Rene Solano Fonseca, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Stella Victorelli, Mayo Clinic
Zoe Reich, Rutgers University New Brunswick