Jeremy Waltson
Former Raymond and Anna Lublin Professor of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology
Former Professor of Medicine
Past research interests:
- Healthy aging and resiliency
- Etiology and treatment of frailty
- Sarcopenia and chronic inflammation observed in older adults
- Renin-angiotensin system
- Clinical translation and related intervention development
Jeremy Walston was the Raymond and Anna Lublin Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, the deputy director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, the principal investigator of the Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center, the co-director of the Biology of Healthy Aging program, and the founder of the Johns Hopkins Human Aging Project. His research focus was on determining the biological characteristics that promote resiliency and healthy aging and translating that knowledge into diagnostic, preventive, and treatment strategies to promote long and healthy lives.
Walston helped to define the most commonly utilized frailty measurement in older adults and identified dysregulated energy metabolism and stress response pathways as characteristics of frailty. His more recent efforts in this area included studies on how age-related changes in inflammation, mitochondria, and the renin-angiotensin system can influence both resiliency and frailty in older adults. Walston’s clinical focus was on geriatric medicine and rehabilitation, developing care management pathways that better protected older adults, and developing and promoting guidelines that helped patients achieve long and healthy lives.
He received his MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his residency in general internal medicine, as well a fellowship in geriatric medicine and gerontology, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Walston passed away on June 10, 2025, but his legacy will live on: