Award Recipients
Award Cycle 1

Zachary Fennel, PhD
Age-related alterations in immunometabolism in skeletal muscle health and recovery
Weindruch Scholar Award
University of Utah

Mariana Pehar, PhD
Linking lipid signaling and metabolism in astrocytes to neuroinflammation during aging
Pilot Award, Shared (ADRC/Gerontology)
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Elebeoba May, PhD
Intersecting Effects of Aging and Vitamin D3 on Immune Response to Mycobacterium Infection
Idea Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Devin Schweppe, PhD
Mapping lipidomics changes of anti-inflammatory adaptation to aging in the spleen
Pilot Award
University of Washington

Andrea Galmozzi, PhD
Dissecting the Role of Adipose Heme Biosynthesis in Age-Related Metabolic Dysfunction
Pilot Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Akihiro Ikeda, PhD
Lipid dysregulation–driven microglial activation as a mechanism of accelerated retinal aging in Tmem135 mutant mice
Pilot Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Anna Huttenlocher, MD David Beebe, PhD & Igor Slukvin, MD, PhD
Immunometabolism of neutrophils across the lifespan
Pilot Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Xuan Pan, VMD, PhD, DACVIM
YY1‑Directed 3D Genome Architecture as a Driver of Metabolic and Lineage Homeostasis in Aging HSCs
Idea Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Eric Yen, PhD & Romeo Blanc, PhD
Aged Stem Cells at Both Ends of the Gut–Muscle Axis: Metabolic Remodeling by Aerobic Exercise
Idea Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Wei Xu, PhD & Jing Zhang, PhD
Investigating the functions of CARM1 in aging-related breast cancer bone metastasis
Pilot Award, Shared (UWCCC)
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Cassandra McGill, PhD & Carol Everson, PhD
Impact of chronic sleep deficiency on brain aging
Idea Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison & Medical College of Wisconsin

Timothy Rhoads, PhD
Acetylation of the RNA helicase DDX39B as a metabolic switch during caloric restriction
Weindruch Scholar
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jaspreet Kaur Osan, PhD
Plasma Aging Signatures Shaped by a Low-Fat, Methionine-Restricted Diet: A Liquid Biopsy Approach
Pilot Award
University of North Dakota

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