Jennifer Garrison, PhD, is a passionate and vocal advocate for women's health and is pioneering a global movement to advance science focused on understanding the fundamental drivers of female aging as Co-Founder and Executive Director of ProductiveHealth.org (formerly GCRLE). She is also a faculty member at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, where she leads the Center for Healthy Aging in Women and holds secondary appointments in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at UCSF and the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at USC. Her research lab at the Buck Institute studies mind-body communication, particularly how age-related changes in the chemical conversation between ovaries and brain may lead to accelerated aging in females. Her goal is to discover how and why ovaries age before other tissues and use that knowledge to extend healthspan in women.
Dr. Garrison plays an active role in the longevity research field, as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Aging Association (AGE), the Scientific Advisory Council for the American Federation of Aging Research (AFAR), and as Associate Director (equivalent of Vice Dean) of the Buck-USC Biology of Aging PhD program. She also redesigned and restarted the MBL Biology of Aging Advanced Research Training Course at Woods Hole, which will train the next generation of leaders in geroscience. She serves as an Advisor for the National Menopause Foundation, the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4Li), and the Leading Edge Fellowship. Dr. Garrison was named an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow and an Allen Institute for Brain Science Next Generation Leader, and is the recipient of a Glenn Medical Foundation Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, a Junior Faculty Award from the American Federation of Aging Research, and a Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award from the National Academy of Medicine.
Learn More:
1. Podcast: Aging Research - Jennifer Garrison, PhD - Women
2. Video: Prof. Jennifer Garrison- "Reframing women’s health and aging"