Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting 2024
The GSA 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, the premier annual scientific meeting for cutting-edge scholarship, research, and networking relating to the fields of aging and gerontology, is November 13 -16, 2024 in Seattle, WA. Attendees from UTMB include several postdoctoral trainees, students, staff, and faculty.
| Name | Title | Presentations | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albayyaa, Mohanad | Graduate Student Researcher | Hormonal Therapy and the Risk of Rheumatic Autoimmune Diseases Among Older Men With Prostate Cancer | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
| Bramajo, Octavio | Postdoctoral Researcher | Age-Specific Trends in Limitations to Daily Activities in Americans Aged 50 and Over by Race and Ethnicity, 2000-2018 | Thursday, November 14, 2024 |
| The Role of Cardiovascular Mortality in Life Expectancy Gaps After Age 50 Between US and Other High-Income Countries | Saturday, November 16, 2024 | ||
| Bendapudi, Arati | Medical Student | Dual Sensory Impairment and Physical Function Among Mexican American Older Adults | Friday, November 15, 2024 |
| Brandt, Anita | PhD Student | Dynapenia-Obesity and Physical Function Among Mexican American Older Adults: Nativity Differences | Thursday, November 14, 2024 |
| Cabrero Castro, Jose Eduardo | Postdoctoral Fellow | Life Expectancy With Unmet and Met Care Needs for Older Adults | Thursday, November 14, 2024 |
| Chan, Chengming | Postdoc Fellow | Cross-National Differences in Age and Education Gradients for Decline in Verbal Functioning | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
| How Hearing Difficulties and Social Activities Shape Trajectories of Cognitive Function Among Older Mexicans | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | ||
| Neighborhoods Matter: Assessing the Impact of Neighborhood Facilities on Social Engagement and Mental Well-Being | Friday, November 15, 2024 | ||
| Downer, Brian | Associate Professor | Inequitable Impacts of Policy and Payment Changes on Care Use and Outcomes for Older Adults With High Care Needs | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
| Geographic Patterns in the Locations of Adult Day Centers and Nursing Homes in Texas | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | ||
| Understanding Aging Dynamics: Health, Functionality, and Mortality in Older Adults | Saturday, November 16, 2024 | ||
| Chronological Age Modifies the Relationship Between Health Comorbidities and Perceived Health Status | Saturday, November 16, 2024 | ||
| Gutierrez, Mariela | Doctoral Candidate | Cognition and Aging | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
| The Longitudinal Influence of Mental Demands of Occupation on Cognitive Function Among Mexican Older Adults | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | ||
| Holland, Alexandra | PhD Student | Older Adults and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: A Scoping Review | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
| Kuo, Yong-Fang | Professor | Annual Wellness Visits and Early Dementia Diagnoses Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Texas | Thursday, November 14, 2024 |
| Leach, Bethany | Medical Student | Ethnic and Racial Differences in End-of-Life Care in Texan Colorectal Cancer Decedents | Thursday, November 14, 2024 |
| Milani, Sadaf A. | Assistant Professor | Environmental Fortitude: Neighborhood Context and Cognitive Health | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
| Mental and Physical Health Pathways Linking Exposure to Highways and Cognitive Health Among Older Mexican Americans | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | ||
| Physical Health and Psychosocial Well-Being | Saturday, November 16, 2024 | ||
| Sex/Gender Differences in Diagnosis of Pain Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries | Saturday, November 16, 2024 | ||
| Mera, Alejandra L. | Clinical Research Coordinator | Patient Priorities Care (PPC) in Hispanic Patients With Dementia | Thursday, November 14, 2024 |
| Navos, Melanie | PhD Student | Heart Failure and Sit-to-Stand Score on Lower Body Mobility Disability: Nativity Differences | Friday, November 15, 2024 |
| Okada, Jamil | Medical Student | Depressive Symptoms and Handgrip Strength in Mexican American Older Adults: Sex Differences | Friday, November 15, 2024 |
| Pappadis, Monique R. | Associate Professor and Vice Chair | Improving Elder Mistreatment Screening and Intervention in Dementia: Early NIA Research Findings | Saturday, November 16, 2024 |
| Developing a Risk Assessment and Brief Intervention for Elder Mistreatment: A Mixed-Methods Study | Saturday, November 16, 2024 | ||
| Schlag, Karen E. | Postdoctoral Fellow II | Elder Mistreatment Risk Factors Among Home Health Care Service Recipients | Friday, November 15, 2024 |
| Silveyra, Eduardo | Medical Student | Multimorbidity and ADL Disability Among Mexican American Older Adults: Sex Differences | Saturday, November 16, 2024 |
| Uribe, Alondra | Medical Student | Multimorbidity, Muscle Strength, and Falls Among Older Mexican Americans | Saturday, November 16, 2024 |
| Ventura, Juan D. | Medical Student - Researcher | Nativity Differences in Older Mexican American Hospitalizations: Strength and Function as Markers | Saturday, November 16, 2024 |
| Yang, Michelle | Medical Student | Improving Recovery From Hospitalization in Geriatric Patients Through Whey Supplementation and Testosterone | Friday, November 15, 2024 |
| Feasibility of Whey Protein Supplementation to Improve Older Adult Function Post-Hospitalization | Friday, November 15, 2024 | ||
| Improving Recovery From Hospitalization in Geriatric Patients Through Whey Supplementation and Testosterone | Saturday, November 16, 2024 |