The Dr. David R.Wekstein Centenarian Award - for those  Kentuckians who have reached 100

This award is given in honor of  Dr. David R. Wekstein,  professor emeritus of physiology and biophysics, UK College of Medicine, and former associate director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. 

The BRAiNS project, (Biologically Resilient Adults in Neurological Studies) the nation’s most extensive research collection of high quality brain tissue, was initiated by Wekstein in 1989. He also started the Centenarian Program while he was at the Center on Aging.

In 2008, the foundation selected Essie Barned, 100, of Louisville as the first recipient of the new  Dr. David R. Wekstein Centenarian Award.  

Please click below for nomination guidelines and  a nomination form.

 

Centenarian Nomination Guidelines

Centenarian Nomination Form