CONGRATS to all the researchers who were poster winners in this year's Forum on Aging and THANKS to all participants! 

2023 STUDENT POSTER WINNERS

• Mohanad Albayyaa 
  ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY AND THE RISK OF RHEUMATIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES IN MEN WITH PROSTATE CANCER Education & Health System Improvement
• Amy Arceneaux 
  EXOGENOUS ESTROGEN TREATMENT BENEFITS POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN Women’s Health/Gender Differences
• Veronica Hernandez 
  THE EFFECT OF FINANCIAL STRAIN AND LANGUAGE OF INTERVIEW ON DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN MEXICAN AMERICAN OLDER ADULTS Health Disparities – Mental Health
• Thao Hoang 
  OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER REGIONAL DIFFERENCES AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES Health Disparities – Health Care
• Shrinath Kadamangudi 
  SELECTIVE NEURONAL VULNERABILITY TO TOXIC TAU OLIGOMERS IN HUMAN SYNAPSES Neuroscience
• Briana Lacy 
  CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR HURRICANES AMONG NURSING HOMES IN TEXAS Rehabilitation & Recovery
• Mathilda Nicot- Cartsonis 
  RACIAL AND GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN DIAGNOSTIC AND SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY UTILIZATION WITH OUTCOMES AMONG MEDICARE ELIGIBLE BREAST CANCER POPULATION Health Disparities – Chronic Diseases
• Emma Rowlinson 
  FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MAMMOGRAM AND PAPANICOLAOU TESTING AMONG OLDER MEXICAN AMERICANS Women’s Health/Gender Differences
• Jacqueline Silva 
  CALCINEURIN INHIBITION REDUCES PREVALENCE OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Implementation
• Zachary Von Ruff 
  SHORT-TERM MUSCLE DISUSE IN HUMANS INCREASES GENE EXPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH MUSCLE ATROPHY WHILE DOWNREGULATING GENES LINKED TO MITOCHONDRIAL AND AMINO ACID METABOLISM Muscle Aging

2023 POST-GRADUATE, FELLOW & RESIDENT WINNERS

• Kristen McGovern
  EFFECTS OF PHOSPHODIESTERASE-5 INHIBITOR ON PLASMA METABOLOME AND PROTEOME OF HEALTHY PARTICIPANTS
• Ekta Singh
  UNDERSTANDING PARACRINE REJUVENATION IN SENESCENCE INDUCED BY LOW FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND

View details & photos from the event at our website: https://www.utmb.edu/scoa/forum