2025

• Gut Check: Circadian-Microbiome Axis in Aging by Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD, AGAF - March 26, 2025
• Using task mechanics to drive preferred locomotor control strategies post-stroke by David Brown, PT, PhD - February 25, 2025
• Alterations in the GH/IGF-1 Axis and Gut Microbiome After Traumatic Brain Injury  by Randall J. Urban, MD - January 21, 2025

2024

• Disparities in Use of Hospice by Sean O'Mahoney, MB BCH BAO, MS - October 23, 2024
• Inflammation: Where Are We Now? by Alan Landay, PhD - September 24, 2024
• Aging Stronger, Living Better by Stanley Watowich, PhD - June 26, 2024
• Injury Prevention in Wheelchair Users: Measuring Movement and Mobility during Daily Life by Melissa (Missy) Morrow, PhD - March 27, 2024
• Multi-parametric Thrombus Profiling Microfluidics Uncovers Mechanobiology of Hypertension and Aging-related Thrombosis by Yunfeng Chen, PhD - Feb 28, 2024
• Multimodal Effects of Neo-adjuvant and Adjuvant Exercise on Tumor Pathology and Survivorship by Darpan Patel, PhD - Jan 24, 2024

2023

• Crumbling Pillars Accelerate Aging after Spinal Cord Injury and Multimorbidity - Toward an Understanding of Complex Interactions by Letitia Graves, PhD, RN - Oct 25, 2023
• Using Electronic Health Resources for Health Assessment to Improve Older Adult Wellbeing by Erin Hommel, MD - Sept 27, 2023
• International Variation in Treatment and Outcomes for Older Adults Hospitalized with Acute Illness: Findings from the IHSRC Investigators by Peter Cram, MD, MBA - June 7, 2023
• Studies of Genome Organization at the Single-Cell Level by Guy Nir, PhD - May 3, 2023
• Non-Parametric Approach to Predict the Recruitment for Randomized Clinical Trial in Elderly Inpatient Setting by Xiaoying Yu, PhD, and Alejandro Villasante-Tezanos, PhD - April 5, 2023
• Strategies for Rejuvenating Senescent Cells by Low-Frequency Ultrasound by Michael P. Sheetz, PhD - March 1, 2023
• Gaps and Opportunities in Developing a Chronic Disease Management Model of Traumatic Brain Injury by Monique R. Pappadis, MEd, PhD - Feb 1, 2023
• Recent Trends in the Functional Status of U.S. Adults: Evidence from the NHIS by Neil K. Mehta, PhD, MSc, MA - Jan 4, 2023

2022

• Excess Deaths from COVID-19 Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Psychiatric Diagnoses: Community Versus Nursing Home by Huiwen Xu, PhD, MHA - Dec 7, 2022
• Putting Patient-Centered Programs to the Test: The Case of Medical Visit Audio Recording by Meredith Masel, PhD, MSW - Nov 2, 2022
• Using National Data to Study Functional Recovery during a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay: Challenges and Opportunities by Brian Downer, PhD - Oct 5, 2022
• Signal Detection of Adverse Events Associated with Gabapentinoid Use for Chronic Pain by Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics & Data Science - Aug 3, 2022
• Enhancing the Focus of the Pepper Center on Hispanic Health: The Role of the Hispanic Aging Council by Rebeca Wong, PhD & Rafael Samper-Ternent, MD, PhD, Hispanic Aging Council Co-Directors - July 6, 2022
• The Association between Pain and Cognition across Contexts: Findings from Puerto Rico and Mexico by Sadaf Milani, PhD - May 4, 2022
• Education: More Than Just Training by Melodi Moore & Heidi Lutz, CRA, UTMB Research Training & Development, Research Administration - March 2, 2022
• The Stagnation in the Decline in U.S. Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: A Search for Explanations by Neil Mehta, PhD, MSc - Feb 2, 2022

2021

• A Path to Better Care of Older Hispanics with Multiple Chronic Conditions and Dementia by Rafael Samper-Ternent, MD, PhD - Dec 1, 2021
• Long COVID: Insights into the Unknown by Rachel Deer, PhD - Nov 3, 2021
• Healthcare Utilization by Older Mexican Americans with and without Dementia by Brian Downer, PhD - Oct 6, 2021
• Exercise, Disuse, and Sarcopenia: Update on Human Clinical Trials and Mouse Skeletal Muscle Studies by Blake B. Rasmussen, PhD - Sept 1, 2021
• Rehabilitation Therapy and Its Effects on Physical Function and Healthcare Utilization Among Older Patients with Cancer Admitted to Nursing Homes by Huiwen Xu, PhD - August 4, 2021
• Gender Differences in Activity-Limiting Pain Trajectories Over a 17-Year Period in the Mexican Health and Aging Study by Sadaf Milani, PhD, - July 7, 2021
• Incorporating Sex as a Biological Variant in Your Research, by Abbey Berenson, MD, PhD - May 5, 2021
• Using Medicare Data to Study the Impact of SARS-Co-V on Older Americans (Especially Nursing Home Residents), James S. Goodwin, MD - April 7, 2021
• The Impact of Age and Diet on Muscle Metabolic Health, Andrew J. Murton, PhD - March 3, 2021
• Improving Outcomes of Older Hispanics with Dementia and their Family Caregivers, Rafael Samper-Ternent, MD, PhD - February 3, 2021
• Changing Cardio-metabolic Risk Profile of Older Americans: Implications for Mortality and Overall Functioning, Neil Mehta, PhD - January 6, 2021

2020

• Patient Priorities Care: Aligning Decisions and Care with Patients' Health Priorities, Aanand D. Naik, MD - December 3, 2020
• Meeting the Needs of Older Adults Amidst Our Changing Healthcare Landscape, Lorraine Evangelista, PhD, RN - October 7, 2020
  
• Introduction to the 5th Cycle of the UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Elena Volpi, MD, PhD - September 2, 2020
  
• Therapeutics for Aged-Linked Muscle Degeneration, Stanley J. Watowich, PhD - June 3, 2020
  
• The Independent and Joint Effects of Obesity and Diabetes on Cognitive Impairment and Mortality: Findings from the Mexican Health and Aging Study 2012-2015, Sadaf Milani, PhD - May 12, 2020
  
• Opioid Utilization in Geriatric Patients After Operation for Degenerative Spine Disease, Anthony V. Nguyen, BA (MS4); Mukaila Raji, MD; Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD - April 1, 2020
• Frailty Transitions Predict Healthcare Use and Medicare Payments in Older Mexican Americans: A Longitudinal Cohort Study, Chih-Ying (Cynthia) Li, PhD, OTR - March 4, 2020
• Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Guidelines to the Elderly Population, Cecil B. Kumfa, MD, MBA - February 5, 2020