The Sealy Center on Aging in conjunction with Research Services held its 14th Annual Sealy Center on Aging Forum and Poster Session in Levin Hall. The major focus of the forum is to inform gerontology researchers, in particular, and the UTMB Health community, in general, of the types of research on aging taking place at UTMB Health and of the resources available from the Sealy Center on Aging and Research Services.
This year the forum provided over 50
Dr. James Goodwin, director, Sealy Center on Aging; David Gundermann; Chris Fry; Zane Martin; Rebecca Galloway; Shanon Casperson; Deandria Lavine and Dr. Kenneth Ottenbacher, director, School of Health Professions, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences. Not pictured: Gabriela Montes-Rivera
presentations, including 15 student posters, with over 150 in attendance. The forum also provided monetary awards to the best student posters in specific research categories.
Congratulations to this year’s seven student poster winners:
Gabriela Montes-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.
Category: Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) Unit Research/Medical Student Training in Aging Research Presentation title: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PRESCRIBED ANTI-DEPRESSANT MEDICATION AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG HOSPITALIZED OLDER ADULTS
Rebecca Galloway, UTMB School of Health Professions, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
Category: Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) Unit Research/ Rehabilitation Science Research
Presentation title: COMPARISON OF AMBULATORY ACTIVITY AMONG FALLERS AND NONFALLERS DURING ACUTE HOSPITALIZATION
Shanon Casperson, UTMB Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Category: Pepper Center Research
Presentation title: RESPONSE OF LEG PROTEIN METABOLISM TO ACUTE ENDURANCE EXERCISE IN YOUNGER AND OLDER MEN
Deandria Lavine, UTMB School of Medicine
Category: Pepper Center Research
Presentation title: AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE AMPK SIGNALING PATHWAY UNDER BASAL AND HYPEREMIC CONDITIONS
David Gundermann, UTMB School of Health Professions, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
Category: Pepper Center Research
Presentation title: EFFECT OF REACTIVE HYPEREMIA ON MUSCLE ANABOLIC AND CATABOLIC SIGNALING FOLLOWING BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION EXERCISE
Chris Fry, UTMB School of Health Professions, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
Category: Pepper Center Research
Presentation title: SKELETAL MUSCLE ANABOLIC AND CATABOLIC SIGNALING FOLLOWING ACUTE RESISTANCE EXERCISE IN YOUNG AND OLDER ADULTS
Zane Martin, UTMB Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Category: Neuroscience Research
Presentation title: LEVELS OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN DIMERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED PCREB IN FRONTAL CORTICES OF PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES