Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network

An NIH R24 Network supporting the integration of animal models into studies of social aging through collaborations, training, and project support.

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

Don't forget! We're accepting applications for our Pilot & Feasibility awards and the McEwen Career Development Fellowship until June 30. If you have a project relevant to Network science, check out our website for more information!

@BartolomucciLab @SMack_Lab @jtung5

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

Have a project related to animal models to study social aging?

We welcome applications from early-career scientists for both our Pilot & Feasibility awards and the Bruce McEwen Fellowship.

Applications are open until June 30. See details and apply here: https://t.co/VHMRnsUoPy

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

📣Our Research Network's 2026-2027 RFA cycle are now open!📣

Applications for our Pilot & Feasibility awards (up to $20,000) and the McEwen Fellowship (up to $6,000) for early-career scientists are open through June 30.

Ready to apply? Click here: https://t.co/VlI76jszis

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

Can't wait for our individual RFAs to open this summer?

We now offer Small/Working Group Meeting grants on a rolling basis! If you have an idea for a meeting topic relevant to network interests, click the link below for more information!

https://t.co/c7cPghj4U6

[Gagan Wig @GaganWig]

This was a true team effort. Huge congratulations to the lead author @ezra_wn, who drove this project and just successfully defended his PhD yesterday! @UTDResearch @BBSutdallas

And to our collaborators at UT Dallas' @CVLneuro, Technion, Columbia’s @ZuckermanBrain, and the Allen Institute — especially co-senior author @ItamarKahn, whose group did the mouse imaging.

Grateful for the talented team across all sites, including: @eyalbergmann @Micaela__Chan @vill_gabriella

This is the first paper from our growing multi-species program on brain network aging — more to come!

@NIHAging @JSMF @animalsocaging

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

🎉Huge congratulations to McEwen fellow @ezra_wn and Pilot awardee @GaganWig of UT Dallas on their recent publication in PNAS on large-scale brain network decline across aging mice and humans and its translational relevance. Read the paper here:

https://t.co/2r1Ma3Su9t

[Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés 🇵🇷 @houseofmind]

Learned lots! 🧠🤓

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

The second of two 2026 Network-the-networks meetings concluded successfully at the University of Minnesota earlier this week. We are so grateful for all who attended and look forward to the collaborations that will no doubt result between invited network representatives!

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

Our first of two Network-the-networks meeting was recently organized and conducted at Arizona State University by @SMack_Lab. Thanks to all representatives of the networks who participated to "diversify the animal taxa used in the study of social determinants of aging"!

[Aging Science News @AgingBiology]

Ageing rewires the body’s tolerance to infection
https://t.co/erruLO5wgv

[Elliot Howard-Spink @ElliotHowaSpi]

Our New Paper is out in Nature Human Behaviour: 🚨 Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials! 🦧 https://t.co/PE4XCwm3q7

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

🔦✨ Research Network Spotlight!✨🔦

Dr. Frank Raven, postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Dr. Sara Aton at University of Michigan, is the second awardee of a 2025-2026 Bruce McEwen Fellowship through our Research Network. Check out Dr. Raven's project below!

[Brian Sweis @BrianMSweis]

For those heading to #SfN25, come check out our posters on Saturday Afternoon! The lab is growing & expanding in several new directions & collabs #neuroeconomics 🧠🐭🧠
@IcahnMountSinai @SinaiBrain @MountSinaiNYC @MountSinaiPsych @SinaiCCP @SfNtweets @SocforNeuroecon @BWFUND

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

🔦✨ Research Network Spotlight!✨🔦

Sabrina Mederos, PhD candidate at UC Davis, is one of two 2025-2026 Bruce McEwen Fellowship awardees through our Research Network. Check out a description of Sabrina's research below.

@BartolomucciLab @jtung5 @SMack_Lab

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

Did you know that we offer funding opportunities for small/working group meetings in areas-of-interest to our Network?

Want to meet with like-minded scientists to workshop the social determinants of health and aging?

Accepting applications now! https://t.co/c7cPghjCJE

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

✨🔦 Research Network Spotlight!🔦✨

@CamilleTestard at Harvard University is our second recipient of a 2025-2026 Pilot & Feasibility award from our Research Network. Check out a description of Dr. Testard's project in the image below.

@BartolomucciLab @jtung5 @SMack_Lab

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

✨🔦Research Network Spotlight!🔦✨

@houseofmind at the University of Texas at Dallas is one of two recipients of a 2025-2026 Pilot & Feasibility award from our Research Network. Check out a description of Dr. Rincón-Cortés's project in the image below.

@BartolomucciLab

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

✨🔦Research Network Spotlight!🔦✨

@houseofmind at the University of Texas at Dallas is one of two recipients of a 2025-2026 Pilot & Feasibility award from our Research Network. Check out a description of Dr. Rincón-Cortés's project in the image below.

@BartolomucciLab

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

And congratulations to our 2025-2026 Pilot & Feasibility award winners Camille Testard (Harvard) and Millie Rincón-Cortés (UT Dallas). Their projects will focus on social bonds and early life programming in animal models to study the social determinants of health and aging.

[Animal Models of Social Aging Research Network @animalsocaging]

Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Bruce McEwen Fellowship awardees!

Sabrina Mederos (UC Davis)
Frank Raven (U Michigan)

Congratulations also to travel fellowship awardee Stephanie Fox (UC Santa Barbara). We look forward to your project success!