RCMAR Lecture March 24, 2026

Mar 3, 2026, 13:02 PM by rmgrover

Join us for a Texas RCMAR presentation online via Teams on March 24, at 3:00 PM.

Situating Functional and Cognitive Health Among Older Mexican Americans Within Neighborhood Context

Dr. Qin is an Assistant Professor at the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in social work, gerontology, and social epidemiology. Her program of research program focuses on socio-ecological and contextual factors of cardiometabolic risk and functional limitations among community-dwelling older adults, with a focus on racial and ethnic minority groups.

Beyond Dollars and Hours: Understanding Care Characteristics and Caregiver Strain in Family Caregiving for Hispanic and non-Hispanic Older Americans

Dr. Stipica Mudrazija is an Assistant Professor and the William L. Dowling Endowed Professor in Health Administration in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, and an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He studies issues related to population aging and the health and wellbeing of adults across the life course, their families, and the broader social systems in the United States and internationally. 

 

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The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) is based at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). It includes mentors from UTMB, The University of Texas at San Antonio, and the University of Texas at Austin. Funding is provided by the National Institute on Aging, Grant Number P30AG059301. Contact Roxann Grover, MA regarding updates to this content.