2008 Recipient
George C. Wang, MD
Dr. George C. Wang is Instructor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is trained in internal medicine and geriatric medicine, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Clinical Investigation. His main research interests include the elucidation of immunologic changes of aging and the pathogenic immunologic mechanisms underlying age-related diseases and frailty in older adults, and the translation of this knowledge to the improvement of older adults' health. Dr. Wang received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, with honorary membership in the Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, and obtained his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine. After completing an internal medicine residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, he trained with Dr. Knight Steel in a clinical geriatrics fellowship at the same institution. He then joined the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at Johns Hopkins as a research fellow, concurrently pursuing rigorous training in JHU's Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation, jointly sponsored by the Schools of Medicine and Public Health. His T. Franklin Williams project focuses on the role of cytomegalovirus infection in the pathogenesis of frailty and immunologic alterations in older adults.
Research Abstract
The recipient, selected by an academic selection committee composed of nationally prominent academic physicians, will receive a $75,000 grant over a two-year period. The award must be matched by support (either from the applicant's home institution or a grant-making agency) that provides for 75% protected time for research. Research findings are presented at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting at the conclusion of the recipient's grant.
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