The Sealy Center on Aging at UTMBLeading Aging Research Since 1995

The Sealy Center on Aging is proud to announce that Program Manager Lexi King, MS was selected as a recipient of the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Region V Quinten S. Mathews Travel Award, a competitive regional honor that supports the professional growth of emerging research administrators. Lexi attended the 2025 NCURA Region V Fall Meeting in San Marcos, Texas, where she participated in workshops, networked with colleagues across the region, and expanded her expertise in research administration. Her selection reflects her dedication to strengthening research support services within our center and across UTMB.

Join us for a Texas RCMAR presentation online on December 16, 2025, at 3:00 PM. "Unpacking Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes for Older Adults with Diabetes and ADRD in the US-Mexico Border Region", is presented by: Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso.

Stories of Aging is a student-led oral history and portrait series supported by the Sealy Center on Aging at UTMB Health. With inspiration drawn from Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York and oral history projects, this student-led initiative builds on SCOA’s historic Faces of Aging photography series by Marilyn Brodwick and more recent Community Connection engagement efforts. Read the first interview with Jerome Kunz, 92-year-old Galveston Shrimper and medical student Snehal Kumar.

The next Caregiver Connection Support Group meeting will take place in a hybrid format on December 12, 2025. It will be the last meeting of the year. Contact Alice Williams for details: alwillia@utmb.edu.

Hello world! The Sealy Center on Aging has lead aging care and research at UTMB Health since 1995. We are a multidisciplinary center dedicated to improving the health and well-being of older adults through research, education, clinical care, and community engagement. Supported by the Sealy & Smith Foundation, SCOA brings together experts from all five UTMB schools and multiple institutes to lead innovation in aging studies. We are excited to join Instagram, where we hope to connect with medical students, early career researchers, and the community as we celebrate older adults, amplify geriatric research, and showcase the human stories behind healthy aging.