IOA Awards Five 2026 GSA Travel Awards

Photos of Ariana Burgos, Stefano Cacciatore, Mark Viggars, Keon Wimberly, Samantha Ali
Pictured from top left to bottom right: Ariana Burgos, Stefano Cacciatore, Mark Viggars, Keon Wimberly, Samantha Ali

This past summer, the IOA held a competition for Travel Grants to attend and present at the 2026 Gerontological Society of America Conference in National Harbor, MD. The conference will take place November 4 to 7.

The IOA is excited to congratulate five recipients of this award, each of whom was awarded $1,000 to assist with travel to the 2026 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting to present original work related to aging and gerontology.

The recipients are:

  1. Samantha Ali, College of Pharmacy
  2. Ariana Burga, Department of Psychology
  3. Stefano Cacciatore, UF Institute on Aging
  4. Mark Viggars, Department of Physiology and Aging
  5. Keon Wimberly

Congratulations to the awardees! The IOA looks forward to seeing all that you accomplish at GSA in November.