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Mentoring Faculty

NameAffiliation*Research AreaCurrent Funding

K. Markides, PhD

Department of Population Health and Health Disparities/ School of Public and Population Health & Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB

Aging in Hispanics, Minorities and aging; Immigrant Health; Aging and the life-course

NIH (R01, T32)

R. Wong, PhD

Department of Population Health and Health Disparities/ School of Public and Population Health & Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB

Old-age consequences of life cycle economic and family decisions; Mortality and old-age health consequences of Mexico-U.S. migration; Cross-national comparisons of health, social inequality and catastrophic health expenditures

NIH (R01, R03, T32)

S. Al Snih, MD, PhD

Department of Population Health and Health Disparities/School of Public and Population Health & Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB

Aging in Hispanics;
Frailty and health outcomes; Functional outcomes; Disability; Population health and health disparities.

NIH (R01, R03)

R. Angel, PhD

Department. of Sociology, UT Austin

Health of older Mexican Americans; Measurement medical sociology;
Social welfare; Poverty and minorities;
Demography and epidemiology; Research methods and statistics

NIH (R01)

J. Angel, PhD

Department. of Sociology, UT Austin

Health of older Mexican Americans; Long-term care

NIH (R01, R13)

J. Baillargeon, PhD

Department of Epidemiology /School of Public and Population Health & Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB

Ethnic variations in pharmacoepidemiology; Health services research; Pharmacoepidemiology; Cancer epidemiology; Infectious disease epidemiology; Comparative effectiveness research

NIH (R01, R03)

A. Berenson, MD, PhD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB

Cancer and ethnicity; women’s health

NIH (RO1, K12, T32)

K. Eschbach, PhD

Department of Population Health and Health Disparities/School of Public and Population Health, UTMB

Immigration and Hispanic Neighborhoods

NIH (R01)

J. Goodwin, MD

Dept. Internal Medicine & Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB

Comparative effectiveness of cancer care in the elderly, recovery of function after hospitalization; Overutilization of medical tests and treatments; Assessing individual provider performance with administrative data

NIH (P30, R01)

Y-F. Kuo, PhD

Department of biostatistics and Data Science/School of Public and Population Health & Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB

Comparative effectiveness research;
Health services research; Cancer outcomes research; Health policy research; Pharmacoepidemiology
Developing/refining algorithms and prediction models

NIH (R01, P30, UL1),
AHRQ (R01), PCORI

C. Mouton, MD

Executive Vice President & Provost, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Ad interim President of UTMB

Women’s health; health disparities; late life domestic violence; Aging

NIH (RO1, RO1-P2C,
K12) NIDRR

K. Ottenbacher, PhD

Department of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Rehabilitation Sciences/School of Health Professions, UTMB

Functional assessment; Disability in older adults

NIH (R01, R01, P2C,
K12), NIDRR

K. Peek, PhD

Professor and Dean ad interim, School of Public and Population Health, Chair ad interim of the Department of Population Health and Health Disparities

Acculturation and disability in older adults; Social Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Psychological Stress and Stress-related Biomarkers; Minority Aging and Health

NIH (R01)

M. Raji, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine/Internal Medicine, UTMB

Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Disability on older adults

NIH (R01, P30)

E. Volpi, MD, PhD

Director Sealy Center on Aging, Director Pepper Center

Physical function; Sarcopenia; Muscle metabolism

NIH (RO1, P30)

*UTMB = University of Texas Medical Branch.

Texas RCMAR is funded by the National Institute on Aging, Grant Number P30AG059301