Jeremy D. Walston, MD, is the Raymond and Anna Lublin Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at the Johns Hopkins University and the Principal Investigator of the Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC), which focuses on understanding the biology that drives physical frailty, its prevention, and its treatment.

His laboratory and clinical translational research group focuses on inflammation, stress response systems, mitochondrial biology and energy metabolism, as well as on the development of novel diagnostic, preventive and treatment strategies that improve health and quality of life for older adults.

Dr. Walston has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed publications and is the American Editor of the Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine. He maintains a clinical practice in Geriatric Medicine and leads a post-doctoral fellowship program focused on translational aging research.