Recipients of the GCRLE Scholar Awards comprise a global group who share our vision of advancing research to better understand the underlying causes of female reproductive aging. Grantees were selected by a Scientific Advisory Council composed of leaders in the fields of Aging and Reproductive Biology. Grantees range from early career scientists to established scholars in the field.


Senior Scholar Award Recipients

Holly Ingraham, PhD


University of California, San Francisco
Identifying Novel Drivers in Central Control of Female Reproduction

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Listen to Dr Ingraham discuss her research in OVA Hour | Episode 9

Listen to Dr Ingraham present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 2

Coleen Murphy, PhD


Princeton University
Defining a “Clock” for Female Reproductive Decline

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Listen to Dr Murphy present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 1

Mary Zelinski, PhD


Oregon Health & Science University
Interventions for Ovarian Aging

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Listen to Dr Zelinski present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 9

Junior Scholar Award Recipients

Bérénice Benayoun, PhD


University of Southern California
Establishing new age-relevant mouse models of menopause

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Listen to Dr Benayoun present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 4

Lynae Brayboy, MD


Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
Dysfunctional MDR-1 disrupts mitochondrial homeostasis in the oocyte

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Listen to Dr Brayboy present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 7

Ingrid Fetter-Pruneda, PhD


Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
The molecular and cellular basis of high fecundity in social insects

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Listen to Dr Fetter-Pruneda present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 4

Amanda Kallen, MD


Yale University
Ovarian Senescence as a Novel Driver of Female Reproductive Aging

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Listen to Dr Kallen present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 5

Pilot Award Recipients

Ivana Celic, PhD


Tulane University
LINE1 Retrotransposons in Female Reproductive Aging

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Listen to Dr Celic present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 3

Iain Cheeseman, PhD


Whitehead Institute, MIT
Analyzing centromere rejuvenation during female reproductive aging

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Listen to Dr Cheeseman present his research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 6

Marco Conti, MD


University of California, San Francisco
mRNA translation program and oocyte aging

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Listen to Dr Conti present his research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 8

Arjumand Ghazi, PhD


University of Pittsburgh
Genetic & Chemical Modulation of Splicing to Combat Reproductive Senescence

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Listen to Dr Ghazi present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 5

Polina Lishko, PhD


University of California, Berkeley
Endocannabinoid signaling in the mammalian ovary and reproductive longevity

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Listen to Dr Lishko present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 2

Zita Santos, PhD, Carlos Ribeiro, PhD


Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud
Metabolic reprogramming, dietary nutrients and food cravings in ovary aging

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Listen to Dr Ribeiro and Dr Santos present their research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 3 and Episode 8

Yousin Suh, PhD


Columbia University
Genetic Control of Ovarian Aging in Humans

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Postdoctoral Scholar Award Recipients

Cristina Quesada Candela, PhD


Magee-Women's Research Institute and Foundation
University of Pittsburgh
Proteasomal Targets Driving Meiotic Failure During Reproductive Aging

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Ana Milunovic Jevtic, PhD, DVM


University of California, Berkeley
The role of endocannabinoid hydrolase ABHD2 in the ovarian aging

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Bikem Soygur, PhD


University of California, San Francisco
How duration of meiotic prophase affects development and aging of oocytes

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Listen to Dr Gul Soygur Kaya present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 6

Min Hoo Kim, PhD


University of Southern California
Elucidating causal effects of the microbiome on reproductive aging

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Listen to Dr Kim present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 7

Seungsoo Kim, PhD


Columbia University
Integrative bioinformatic analysis of human ovarian aging and healthspan

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Olfat Malak, PhD


Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Role of sympathetic transmission in the regulation of ovarian aging

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Farners Amargant i Riera, PhD


Northwestern University
Targeting fibrosis and inflammation to extend reproductive longevity

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Listen to Dr Amargant present her research in Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality | Episode 9

Zijing Zhang, PhD


University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
The impact of ovarian macrophage population on mouse ovarian aging

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