Global web ALERT button

Welcome
The Pepper Center at UTMB:
Continuously Funded Since 2000

Share this website:

The UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) is the home of a diverse multidisciplinary team of investigators with complementary research interests. The Center supports investigators, research, and expertise in gerontology to accomplish the OAIC mission: To Improve Physical Function and Independence in Older Adults.

Current Events

  Read the latest Community Connection Newsletter   Diabetes Prevention Program
Sign up today!   Caregiver Connection Support Group:
2nd & 4th Fridays at Noon   Monthly Pepper Investigators Lecture Series

Share Your Science text graphic   Researchers: Share Your Science

 

Productivity Metrics

  • Publications (2000-2022): over 740
  • Scholars Trained (2000-2022): 33
  • External projects currently supported: 33

Contact Us

University of Texas Medical Branch
Sealy Center on Aging (SCoA)
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77555-0177
Directions and Maps
Phone: (409) 747-0008
Email: aging.research@utmb.edu

Featured News

Multidisciplinary Development of Walk and Talk Videos to Increase Physical Activity Among Diverse Older Women

Sep 28, 2020, 12:46 PM by SCOA

New School of Health Professions / School of Nursing Grant: Multidisciplinary Development of Walk and Talk Videos to Increase Physical Activity Among Diverse Older Women

graphic

Annalyn DeMello PhD, MPH, RN (SON) Elizabeth Lyons, PhD, MPH (SHP), and Monique Pappadis, MEd, PhD (SHP) were awarded a fiscal year 2021 SHP/SON grant for a new project that aims to increase physical activity in older women. The team will survey participants to learn about preferences for streaming walk-along videos and exercise equipment. Videos will be created by UTMB experts about various topics. 

Dr. Pappadis is a scholar and Dr. Lyons is a leader-in-training in the Clinical Research Core at the UTMB Pepper Center.

 More News
OAIC_National
logo

Leadership

Additional Leadership and Pepper Center Personnel

Social Media

Twitter

Facebook

UTMB Sealy Center on Aging
301 University Blvd. Galveston, TX 77555-0177 | p 409.747.0008 | f 409.772.8931
The Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center Award #P30-AG024832 is funded by
the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.