Program Area: Biological Sciences

Irving S. Wright Award, Vincent Cristofalo Award, and Terrie Fox Wetle Award Presentations and Lectures

Chair(s)

• JK

  James Kirkland, MD, PhD

  Professor
  Kogod Center on Aging
  Mayo Clinic
  Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Award Lecturer(s)

• 

  Thomas Gill, MD

  Professor of Medicine
  Department of Internal Medicine
  Yale School of Medicine
  New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• 

  Jamie Justice, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Internal Medicine
  Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
• BH

  Benjamin Han, MD, MPH

  Associate Professor
  Medicine
  UC San Diego
  La Jolla, California, United States

The Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction Lecture will feature an address by the 2022 recipient Thomas M. Gill, MD of Yale University. The Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research lecture will feature an address by the 2022 recipient Jamie Nicole Justice, PhD, of Wake Forest University. The Terrie Fox Wetle Award lecture will feature an address by the 2022 recipient Benjamin H. Han, MD, MPH, of the University of California San Diego. These awards are given by the American Federation for Aging Research, Inc.

Presentations:

• 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM ET

  Late-Life Disability: A Clinician’s Perspective Backed by Epidemiologic Data
  

  Award Lecturer: Thomas M. Gill, MD – Yale School of Medicine
• 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM ET

  Breaking Ground in Translational Geroscience: From Biomarkers to Clinical Trials
  

  Award Lecturer: Jamie N. Justice, PhD (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM ET

  Opioid Use Disorder Among Older Adults: Addressing Multimorbidity and Geriatric Conditions
  

  Award Lecturer: Benjamin H. Han, MD, MPH – UC San Diego