Every year, distinguished Brown scholars are nominated for Research Achievement Awards by their colleagues for conducting exceptional and transformative research. The 2026 selection includes 11 awardees from four categories: hospital-based research, humanities and social sciences, life sciences and public health, and physical sciences.

Researchers at Brown and the University of Rochester are testing whether an HIV drug can reduce DNA-triggered inflammation and slow the aging process.

The federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is supporting the multicenter study with up to $22 million over five years. It’s led by John Sedivy, PhD, director of the Center on the Biology of Aging at Brown, and Vera Gorbunova, PhD, co-director of the Rochester Aging Research Center.

Using CRISPR, multiomics, and machine learning, molecular biologist Larschan unravels the mysteries of the X chromosome.