Dr. Garrison plays an active role in shaping the longevity research space as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Aging Association (AGE), the Scientific Advisory Board for the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4Li), the Medical Advisory Council for the National Menopause Foundation (NMF), as Director of the Biology of Aging Advanced Research Training Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), as a reviewer for the American Federation of Aging Research (AFAR), and as Associate Director of the Buck-USC Biology of Aging PhD program. She was named an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Neuroscience Research Fellow and an Allen Institute for Brain Science Next Generation Leader, and is the recipient of a Glenn Medical Foundation Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, a Junior Faculty Award from the American Federation of Aging Research, and a Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award from the National Academy of Medicine.