Dr. Al Snih Receives Top Faculty Researcher AwardSoham Al Snih, MD, PhD, was honored with the Top Faculty Researcher Award at the first John Sealy School of Medicine WE Summit in October 2022. Dr. Al Snih was selected for most scholarly products, publications, and presentations for medical students produced in 2019-2022.
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New Video: Using National Data to Study Functional Recovery during a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay: Challenges and Opportunities by Brian Downer, PhDA video is now available online for the Pepper Investigator's Lecture on October 5, 2022, "Using National Data to Study Functional Recovery during a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay: Challenges and Opportunities," presented by Brian Downer, PhD.
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New Mexican Health and Aging Study Website LaunchedThe website for the Mexican Health & Aging Study has been redesigned and updated. It features improved content organization and layout and enhanced site performance/speed.
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Professorships in Aging Awarded to Drs Downer & MarkidesCongratulations to Brian Downer, PhD, and Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD on endowed professorships in aging through fall 2027.
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Dr. Milani Honored for Alzheimer’s and Aging ResearchAn article published by UF highlights recent accomplishments by Sadaf Milani, PhD, MPH, including the 2022 Early Career Investigator Award from the Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment, the inaugural Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR, Junior Faculty Research Award, and a career development award (K01) from the National Institute on Aging.
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Dr. Al Snih Publishes Several Articles, Becomes Associate Editor of JGMSSoham Al Snih, MD, PhD is now Associate Editor for the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences (JGMS). Her participation in the review process is instrumental in promoting high-quality science and positioning JGMS as the leading publication in the field of aging. Dr. Al Snih also recently published several new articles in Hispanic aging research.
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Trainees Earn Top Poster Awards at ICAA 2022The 15th International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA) Cognitive Aging in Mexico and Latino Communities in the United States: Deconstructing Resilience was held September 14 – 16, 2022. A predoctoral and postdoctoral trainee in SCOA earned top awards in the poster session.
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Sadaf Milani Receives Ottenbacher AwardWe are pleased to announce that the 1st recipient of the Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR, Junior Faculty Research Award is Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, Dr. Sadaf Milani. Dr. Milani is a former T32 Health of Older Minorities Postdoctoral Trainee at the Sealy Center on Aging and a current UTMB Pepper Center Scholar. The Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR Jr. Faculty Research Award is funded for the benefit of junior faculty at UTMB who are conducting research related to rehabilitation, disability, and recovery.
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SCOA Redesignated as PAHO/WHO Collaborating CentreThe Sealy Center on Aging at UTMB has been redesignated as a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Collaborating Centre through 2026.
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Dr. Wong Appointed as the Sheridan Lorenz Distinguished Professor in Aging and HealthRebeca Wong, PhD, has been appointed as the Sheridan Lorenz Distinguished Professor in Aging and Health in the School of Public and Population Health through June 2025. Dr. Wong is a Professor in the School of Public and Population Health; Director of the WHO/ PAHO Collaborating Center on Aging and Health; and Associate Director of the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center as well as the Sealy Center on Aging.
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Dr. Al Snih Appointed Assistant Dean for Doctorate Foundational Curriculum at SPPHSoham Al Snih, MD, PhD, Senior Fellow of the Sealy Center on Aging, has been appointed Assistant Dean for Doctorate Foundational Curriculum at the UTMB School for Public and Population Health. She will oversee PhD curricula and PhD foundational courses, assess program changes, and monitor doctoral student progress and professional development for PhD students.
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Dr. Pappadis Named Elite Reviewer for ACRMMonique Pappadis, MED, PhD has been named an Elite Reviewer for 2021 for the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, once more. She is 1 of 29 reviewers or the top 3% with this designation. Elite status designation reflects the number, timeliness, and quality of reviews for the Archives in 2021. Congratulations, Dr. Pappadis!
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New research: Mexican immigrants must work longer due to inadequate social security benefitsA new journal article by Rebeca Wong, PhD and colleagues, Migration, work, and retirement: the case of Mexican-origin populations, is highlighted in an article at USC Price, New research: Mexican immigrants have to work longer due to inadequate social security benefits.
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H-EPESE Presentation Aril 27, 2022Please join us for the Secondary Data Analysis Seminar Series: Identifying Data Sources for High Impact Research as Drs Al Snih and Markides present, “The H-EPESE: Longitudinal Study of older Mexican Americans” sponsored by the Department of Population Health and Health Disparities on April 27th at Noon.
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The Mexican Health and Aging Study Turns 20The 6th Annual Meeting of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) Users took place October 27-29, 2021 (Virtual), in collaboration with the Mexican National Institute of Geriatrics. The MHAS is turned 20 this year!! The MHAS started its first baseline in 2001, following up a cohort of 15,000 persons aged 50 and older in Mexico. MHAS has been hosted at UTMB since 2008, with special thanks to the support from SCOA and the WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center at UTMB.
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Substantial Mental Health Impact From COVID-19"We hope that this study highlights the disproportionate effect of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, sex as a priority in research on the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need for interventions to address these sex disparities in the consequences of the pandemic,” said Dr. Sadaf Milani, Assistant Professor in Geriatrics at UTMB and a former Postdoctoral Trainee in the T32 Health of Older Minorities Program at SCOA.
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Dr. Wong Presents Keynote at the 2021 International Conference Series on Aging in the AmericasRebeca Wong, PhD is presenting a keynote address, "About Resilient Aging – Evidence using the Mexican Health and Aging Study," in the 21st International Conference Series on Aging in the Americas: Resilience and Aging in the Americas. This virtual conference is scheduled for Sept 23 and 24 from 1 pm CST to 5pm CST each day, including sessions on defining resilience and early career mentoring.
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Dr. Downer Appointed Co-Director of Translational Research Scholars ProgramBrian Downer, PhD, has been appointed Co-Director of Translational Research Scholars Program in the Institution of Translation Sciences at UTMB.
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UTMB Awarded $2.9 million for State-wide Data Management and Analysis Core for Comparative Effectiveness ResearchAs part of $142 million in new grants, the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, (CPRIT) announced on August 18, 2021 an award of $2,936,731 to Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD, Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and Director of the UTMB Office of Biostatistics. The award supports the establishment of a state-wide resource, The Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC) for Comparative Effectiveness Research on Cancer in Texas, at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
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Article Selected One of Ten Best of 2020 by AJEAn article published in the American Journal of Epidemiology has been selected by Editors as one of the 10 best of 2020. The article by Jacqueline Torres and colleagues uses data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study.
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Featured Article in Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAn article by researchers in the Sealy Center on Aging was selected as a featured article in the July 2021 issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. "Association of Occupational and Physical Therapy With Duration of Prescription Opioid Use After Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Medicare Enrollees" by Kevin T. Pritchard, MS, OTR, Jacques Baillargeon, PhD, Mukaila A. Raji, MD, MS, Lin-Na Chou, MS, Brian Downer, PhD, and Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD.
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Dr. Pappadis Receives 2021 ACRM Early Career Outstanding Mentor AwardMonique R. Pappadis, MEd, PhD was selected as the recipient of the 2021 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Early Career Outstanding Mentor Award.
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Dr. Al Snih Selected for Distinguished Teaching AwardSoham Al Snih, MD, PhD was selected by the Graduate Student Organization at the recent Commencement of the Graduation School of Biomedical Sciences at UTMB to receive the 2021 Distinguished Teacher Award.
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Dr. Downer Awarded New NIH/NIA GrantBrian Downer, PhD has been awarded a multi-year grant from the National Institute on Aging for a grant titled, "The influence of social and cultural context on life course pathways for Alzheimer’s disease, related dementia, and care resources for older Mexican adults."
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Texas RCMAR ICAA Call for Abstracts Due June 7, 2021Save the Date: UTMB in partnership with UT Austin, UCLA, and USC will host the 2021 International Conference on Aging in the Americas. Submit abstracts through June 7, 2021.
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Dr. Samper-Ternent Awarded CTSA Diversity Supplement GrantCongratulations to Rafael Samper-Ternent, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Geriatric Medicine & Scholar in the UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center on a new two-year CTSA Diversity Supplement grant funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
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Dr. Samper-Ternent Contributes to Videos en Español for People with Dementia and their Caregivers about COVID-19, Research and MoreIn collaboration with Université Laval and SilverScience20, Dr. Rafael Samper-Ternent is working with Dr. Julie Faieta to present videos about topics for people with dementia and their caregivers. Three videos are now available: "State of the Science: Does COVID-19 Impact Risk of Developing Dementia?", "Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers: COVID-19 Vaccine", and "State of the Science: Participating in Research."
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Dr. Samper-Ternent Honored by IMPACT CollaboratoryThrough a competitive process, Rafael Samper-Ternent, MD, PhD has been invited to IMPACT Collaboratory’s first annual Training Workshop and Retreat, “Building Skills to Conduct Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials for People Living with Dementia”, on April 7-8, 2021. Congratulations, Dr. Samper-Ternent!
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Dr. Pappadis Named Elite ReviewerMonique Pappadis, MEd, PhD has been named as an Elite Reviewer for the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for 2020. Elite status designation reflects the number, timeliness, and quality of reviews for the Archives in 2020 as judged by the editors.
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Dr. Wong Joins NIH Working Group of the Council on Behavioral & Social Sciences Research (BSSR) IntegrationRebeca Wong, PhD has been invited by the chair of the NIH Council of Councils to join a newly formed working group of the Council on Behavioral & Social Sciences Research (BSSR) Integration.
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Dr. Li Receives AOTF Early Career Research Excellence AwardChih-Ying (Cynthia) Li, PhD, OTR, Department of Occupational Therapy, is a new recipient of the AOTF Early Career Research Excellence Award. Dr. Li had a pilot project in the UTMB Pepper Center.
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5th Annual MHAS Users Workshop Event a Virtual SuccessFor the 5th time, the annual Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS/ENASEM) seminar for users of the data was organized in collaboration with the Mexican National Institute of Geriatrics (Instituto Nacional de Geriatría, INGER). A trademark of this meeting is the time devoted for questions and answers. Thirty institutions were represented, including 15 from Mexico and 15 from US, Canada, Netherlands, and Cuba.
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Texas RCMAR Call for Pilot Applications Due January 15, 2021The Texas Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) will be accepting applications for pilot funding for the academic year (07/01/21 to 06/30/22) until January 15, 2021.
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Dr. Pappadis Publishes New Qualitative Study on TBI Among ImmigrantsMonique Pappadis, MEd, PhD has published a new article, "Soy diferente: a qualitative study on the perceptions of recovery following traumatic brain injury among Spanish-speaking U.S. immigrants."
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Aging in Mexico: Frailty MHAS FactsheetA new factsheet from Dr. Wong and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) is now available. Download Aging in Mexico: Frailty MHAS Factsheet 20-3 October 2020 at the WHO/PAHO website.
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Drs. Raji, Kuo & team publish new article on Opioid use in JAMAMukaila Raji, MD and Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD with their team published, "Opioid Use and Pain Control After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the US, 2014 to 2017," in JAMA on July 30, 2020. Fourth year medical student Rahul Shah was the first author on the article.
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Drs. Raji & Kuo receive $1.42M in second round of funding to study Opioid prescribingMukaila Raji, MD and Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD received a second round of funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH for grant, "Effectiveness, toxicity and safety of opioid and benzodiazepine substitutes," through 2024.
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Dr. Pappadis receives funding from the National Institute on Aging to study Geriatric TBIMonique R. Pappadis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, has been awarded a new grant from the National Institute on Aging for her 5-year project, "Chronic Care Management of Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury."
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UTMB Pepper Center Receives $6.3M in Fifth Round of FundingThe National Institute on Aging has announced $6.3M in continued funding for the UTMB Pepper Center for the next five years (through June 2025). Funded since 2000, the Center has focused on helping older adults improve muscle strength and regain function after an illness.
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Aging in Mexico: The Most Vulnerable AdultsA new factsheet from Dr. Wong and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) is now available. Download Aging in Mexico: The Most Vulnerable Adults MHAS Factsheet 20-2 May 2020 at the WHO/PAHO website.
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Dr. Cantu Presents Special Lecture: “Living Arrangements of Older Mexican Americans”April 20, 2020 at noon: Sealy Center on Aging & Health of Older Minorities Special Lecture, “Living Arrangements of Older Mexican Americans," presented by Phillip A. Cantu, PhD, Project Director, Texas Resource Center for Minority Aging Research and the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly.
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Dr. Li Receives New NIH/NICHD and AOTF GrantsFormer UTMB Pepper Center Pilot award recipient Chih-Ying (Cynthia) Li, PhD, Dept of Occupational Therapy has been selected to receive a 2 year AOTF grant and a 5 year NIH/NICHD grant award.
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Video: Dr. Markides Presents Update on Hispanic EPESEHispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly: An Update Presented by Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD, Professor, Annie and John Gnitzinger Professor of Aging; Editor, Journal of Aging and Health
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Dr. Pappadis Collaborates with Chronic Brain Injury Task Force on Special IssueMonique Pappadis, MEd, PhD collaborated with the Chronic Brain Injury Task Force of American College of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) on a special issue of Brain Injury Professional.
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Mexican Health and Aging Study Users MeetingRebeca Wong, PhD and colleagues hosted the annual meeting for users of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) November 20-22 in Mexico. Sixty-five international scholars and students attended the meeting and thirty-six oral presentations were given. Participating institutions included eleven from Mexico and sixteen from outside of Mexico.
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Texas RCMAR Call for Pilots Due Jan 31The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research is accepting pilot applications until January 13, 2020.
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