Carrie Johnston, MD, MS received the Weill Cornell Medicine Fund for the Future Award for her project, Novel Biomarkers and Aging-Related Phenotypes in Older People Living with HIV. This funding award will provide support to foster development of her translational research project, and a platform for early-stage investigator grant applications.
Heather Derry, PhD received the American Psychological Foundation Visionary Grant for the project “Biopsychosocial pathways in aging with HIV: Investigating links between depression, stigma, inflammation, and health risks.” This award supports Heather’s investigation of links between inflammation, mood, social stress, and health outcomes among older adults with HIV as part of a larger study led by Dr. Glesby.