The Sealy Center on Aging at UTMB Health: Leading Aging Research Since 1995

The Internal Medicine Lecture Series will be held on Thursday, March 6, at 12:15 PM in the Primary Care Pavilion Conference Room 2.268. The topic is "Medication Deprescribing: Practical Strategies to Changing or Stopping Medications in Older Adults," presented by Dr. Mukaila Raji, a Professor in Geriatric Medicine. Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis, and a Teams option is available.

A video is now available online for the Pepper Investigators Lecture on February 26, 2025, "Using task mechanics to drive preferred locomotor control strategies post-stroke," presented by David Brown, PT, PhD. Visit the Pepper Investigator's Lecture page to view the video.

The Texas Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR), supported by the National Institute on Aging (Grant P30 AG059301), invites applications for 1-year pilot project funding. This initiative, led by the University of Texas Medical Branch and UT San Antonio, focuses on advancing research and researchers studying health and aging in under-represented populations, particularly Hispanic communities in the U.S. and Latin America.

The Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health is currently accepting applications for its NIH-funded K12 faculty training program, “Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health”. This 2-year program, currently in it's 20th consecutive year of NIH funding, allows scholars to devote 75% effort towards conducting research in women’s health or sex differences and annually provides scholars up to $100,000 in salary support and up to $50,000 for research expenditures. New appointments in the program will become available beginning May 1, 2025.

Join us for the next Texas RCMAR presentation on Feb 25, 2025. "The state of the science in recruiting minority populations for biomarker ADRD clinical trials: Our progress and future directions", is presented by: Patricia Garcia, Psy.D. HSPP, at 3 PM via zoom.