The Annual Lefeber Winter Series on Aging at UTMB

The Lefeber Winter Series on Aging

The Lefeber Winter Series on Aging, now in its 26th year, features nationally recognized gerontology research educators, basic scientists, clinicians, and social scientists.

Event Info

Tuesdays January 26 through February 23, 2021. Open to everyone. Register to receive Zoom meeting log on details.

Contact: Kelley Prevou (409) 747-1987 kaprevou@utmb.edu

The series honors Dr. Edward James Lefeber, a UTMB professor of Medicine who was a strong proponent of eldercare and the study of aging, at a time when few doctors were prepared to care for older patients. The community is invited each Tuesday for five weekly lectures. Speakers present a lecture on an important aspect of aging research and consult with students, faculty, and staff on research topics, grant applications, and articles being written for publication. The lecture series is open to the general public and attracts a number of seniors and healthcare providers from the Galveston community, in addition to UTMB scientists and providers.

Lefeber Winter Series Speakers

01/26/2021

Cognitive Training to Prevent Cognitive Decline and Dementia and Reduce Health Disparities (5:00PM-6:00PM Central)
Presented by George W. Rebok, PhD, MA , Professor of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research The Johns Hopkins University
02/02/2021

Hip Fracture Recovery: Past Research and Directions for Future Research and Practice (5:00PM-6:00PM Central)
Presented by Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Center for Research on Aging; University of Maryland, School of Medicine
02/09/2021

Aging with Early Acquired Physical Disability: Resilience, Challenge, and Adaptation (5:00PM-6:00PM Central)
Presented by Ivan R. Molton, PhD , Professor, Psychology Division; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; University of Washington
02/16/2021

Using SHARE to Understand the Life-Course Causes and Effects of COVID-19 and the Related Epidemic Control Actions for European Citizens (12:00PM-1:00PM Central)
Presented by Axel Börsch-Supan, PhD, Professor of Economics, Technical University of Munich, Germany; Principal Investigator of SHARE; Managing Director of SHARE-ERIC; Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
02/23/2021

What Good is Winter?: Seasons, Seasonality and Aging (5:00PM-6:00PM Central)
Presented by Victoria Sweet, MD, PhD , Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco

2020

Lefeber Winter Series Speakers

02/25/2020

Satellite Cells in Skeletal Muscle Aging and Adaptation
Presented by Charlotte A. Peterson, PhD, Professor, College of Health Sciences, Director, Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky
02/18/2020

Health Care of Older Persons: Time to Think Different
Presented by David Reuben, MD, Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology; Chief, Division of Geriatrics; Archstone Foundation Chair and Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine; Director, UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program, University of California
02/11/2020

Lifecourse Mechanisms of ADRD Disparities
Presented by Jennifer Manly, PhD, Professor, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center
02/04/2020

Heart Rate and Diastolic Function in Aging
Presented by George E. Taffet, MD, Professor, Geriatrics and Cardiovascular Sciences; Robert J. Luchi, M.D. Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; Head of the Division of Geriatrics, Houston Methodist Hospital
01/28/2020

Asset Based Aging
Presented by John P. Schuster, MA, Author, executive coach, CEO mentor, consultant The Schuster Kane Alliance; Speaker at Abundant Living Conference at Camp Allen in 2019

2019

Lefeber Winter Series Speakers

02/26/2019
Economic Insecurity among Older Adults of Color ─ Housing and Health as Cause and Effect
Presented by Steven P. Wallace, PhD, Professor, Community Health Sciences Fielding School of Public Health Associate Director, Center for Health Policy Research Center Director, Resource Centers for Minority Aging Resource National Coordinating Center University of California, Los Angeles
02/19/2019
Creating a Culture of Hospital Mobility for Older Adults
Presented by Cynthia J. Brown, MD, MSPH, Professor and Director, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care Director, Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging University of Alabama at Birmingham
02/12/2019
Integrating Physical and Cognitive Function Outcomes into Large Clinical Trials: The SPRINT Example
Presented by Jeff D. Williamson, MD, MHS, Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology Chief, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation Wake Forest Baptist Health
02/05/2019
Why is Age a Risk Factor? Insights from Population Studies
Presented by Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Epidemiology Katherine M. Detre Endowed Chair of Population Health Sciences Director, Center for Aging and Population Health Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Clinical and Translational Science Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh
01/29/2019
Mitochondrial Energetics and Insulin Resistance in Aging
Presented by Bret H. Goodpaster, PhD, Senior Investigator & Director, Exercise Metabolism Core Translational Research Institute for Metabolism & Diabetes Florida Hospital, Orlando

2018

Lefeber Winter Series Speakers

02/27/2018
Recovery after Hip Fracture: How Can We do Better?
Presented by Ellen F. Binder, MD, Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
02/20/2018
Alzheimer's Disease in African Americans: Unraveling Genetics Using a Campus and Community Based Model for Recruitment, Inclusion and Empowerment
Presented by Goldie S. Byrd, PhD, Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy; Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest School of Medicine
02/13/2018
Institutional Policy Changes and the Growing Inequality in US Health and Mortality
Presented by Mark D. Hayward, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology Centennial Commission Professor in the Liberal Arts Faculty Research Associate, Population Research Center University of Texas at Austin
02/06/2018
Exercise is Regenerative Medicine: Optimizing the Prescription to Counteract Aging Muscle Atrophy
Presented by Marcas M. Bamman, PhD, Professor, Departments of Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology; Medicine; and Neurology Director, Center for Exercise Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor, Departments of Physiology & Biophysics, Medicine and Nutrition Sciences Director, Center for Exercise Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
01/30/2018
Is the Risk for Alzheimer's and Dementia on the Decline?: Epidemiological Evidence from Around the World
Presented by Kenneth M. Langa, MD, PhD, Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Health Management and Policy, and Institute for Gerontology Research Scientist, VA Center for Clinical Management Research University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

2017

Lefeber Winter Series Speakers

02/28/2017
Drug Therapy in Older Persons: Beliefs, Myths, and Challenges
Presented by Jerry Gurwitz, MD, Meyers Professorship in Primary Care Medicine, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
02/21/2017
Aging and Cognition in Mexican Population
Presented by Silvia Mejia-Arango, PhD, Director, Department of Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
02/14/2017
Searching for Ways to Reduce Muscle Wasting During Aging
Presented by Christopher M. Adams, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology & Metabolism, Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Iowa
02/07/2017
Merits of Late Life Cognitive Training: Findings, Controversies, and a Way Forward
Presented by Michael Marsiske, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida
01/31/2017

Modernizing Survey Measures of Late-Life Disability
Presented by Alan Jette, PT, MPH, PhD, Director, Health and Disability Research, Professor of Health and Management, Boston University

2016

Lefeber Winter Series Speakers

03/01/2016
Diabetes in the Elderly
Presented by Nicolas Musi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, UT Health Science Center -San Antonio
02/23/2016
Fifty Years of Elderly Empowerment in Brazil
Presented by Cassio Turra, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Demography/Cedeplar, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
02/16/2016
A Pragmatic Trial for COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS)
Presented by Pamela Duncan, PhD, FATPTA, FAHA, Professor, Department of Neurology, Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine
02/09/2016
What's Really Happening at the End of Life? Insights from the Yale PEP Study
Presented by Thomas M. Gill, MD, Humana Foundation Professor of Medicine, Director, Yale Program on Aging, Yale School of Medicine
02/02/2016
Advancing the Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease by 2016
Presented by Kathleen Anne Welsh-Bohmer, PhD, ABCN, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Director, Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University School of Medicine