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The official account of the Center for Aging and Population Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin @UTAustin
Joined January 2021
We're proud to share that CAPS Faculty Affiliate Jacqueline Angel testified before the Austin City Council on June 5, 2025, regarding the advancement of Age-Friendly Cities and the strengthening of caregiver policy. Read More and Dr. Angel's recent Op-ed
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Big congratulations to Jordan Conwell for receiving the Doris Entwisle Early Career Award from ASA’s Sociology of Education Section! 🏆 Honoring outstanding early career contributions in sociology of education. #Sociology #ASA #EarlyCareerAward
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RT @rccnaging: Travel award applications are open for early career investigators for the RCCN Workshop on AD/ADRD Multidisciplinary Researc….
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🎉Big Congratulations to CAPS Director Debra Umberson on being selected as the recipient of the Gerontological Society Association's 2025 Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) Section Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award.
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Yuanjin Zhou focuses on the caregiving process for older adults with ADRD, examining its impact on caregivers and patients, including engaging dementia caregivers in fall risk management, defining resilience in caregivers, & improving intersectoral collaborations in dementia care
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RT @PopAssocAmerica: ICYMI: Past PAA President Jennifer Glass gave her Presidential Address at #PAA2025 "The Motherlode: Why Most American….
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📰 Study links technology use to lower risk of cognitive decline – The Washington Post🧠.A new study co-authored by CAPS Faculty Affiliate Jared Benge finds that tech use may lower seniors' risk of cognitive decline, not worsen it. Read the full article @
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The analysis revealed that technology could play a role in preserving brain function, not worsening it.
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See Dr. Shaikh's recent publication: Using The Gerontological Imagination to Explore Suicide Among Older Adults: An Interdisciplinary Perspective for Professional Counselors. @
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See Dr. Shaikh's recent publication @ See her recent publication @
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CAPS Faculty Highlight Dr. Afroze Shaikh's research and advocacy focus on suicide prevention, culturally responsive training and expanding mental healthcare access by exploring the factors that shape health service utilization, w. an emphasis on suicide prevention in older adults
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🗓️May 31st is the deadline to submit papers for the 2026 ICAA Conference. Call for Papers: The 2025 International Conference on #Aging in the Americas #ICAA2025 invites abstracts for its Sept 18 virtual meeting. More @
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Please submit your abstract for the 2025 ICAA Emerging Scholars. We will be holding a virtual meeting on September 18, 2025 for our emerging scholars. An in-person meeting in March 2026 is pending...
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CAPS Director of Research, Dr. Karen Fingerman, featured in the New York Times' special Mother's Day edition! "25 Questions to Bring You Closer to Your Mom"
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How well do you really know your mother? Call her and find out.
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Zexi Zhou, fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in human development and family sciences, on the importance of sleep for all ages.
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Zexi Zhou, fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in human development and family sciences, on the importance of sleep for all ages.
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🚨 TODAY 🚨.Join us for Yuan Zhang's talk, "Co-Calibration of Cognitive Performance in Two U.S. National Aging Studies: Implications for Dementia Classification and Population Estimates.".🕛 12 - 1 pm CT.📍 In-person only in RLP 1.302 E.More info ➡️
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This talk is in collaboration with the Population Research Center. Yuan Zhang, Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Title: Co-Calibration of Cognitive Performance in Two...
📢 Fri, Apr 25th 📢.Join us for our final Friday spring seminar, Yuan Zhang!."Co-Calibration of Cognitive Performance in Two U.S. National Aging Studies: Implications for Dementia Classification and Population Estimates.".12 - 1 pm CT.In-person RLP 1.302E.
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📰 CAPS Faculty Affiliate Chandra Muller's research featured in Penn State University's Social Science Research Institute's article, "High school experiences linked to midlife body weight.".Read full article @
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📢 Fri, Apr 25th 📢.Join us for our final Friday spring seminar, Yuan Zhang!."Co-Calibration of Cognitive Performance in Two U.S. National Aging Studies: Implications for Dementia Classification and Population Estimates.".12 - 1 pm CT.In-person RLP 1.302E.
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📰 CAPS Faculty Affiliate Jared Benge's research is featured in the CNN article, "Technology Use May be Associated with a Lower Risk for Dementia, Study Finds." Read the full article @
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Using technology may be linked with a lower risk of developing cognitive decline later in life, a new study has found.
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🚨TODAY 🚨.🕛Join us today from 12 - 1 pm CT for Katrina Walsemann's talk, "Beyond Years of Schooling: How Early Educational Contexts Shape Cognitive Aging."!.📍In-person only in RLP 1.302 E. More details ➡️
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Katrina M. Walsemann, Roger C. Lipitz Distinguished Chair in Health Policy and Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park Title: Beyond Years of Schooling: How Early Educational...
📢 Friday, April 18th 📢.Join us for our upcoming Friday spring seminar with Katrina Walsemann! . "Beyond Years of Schooling: How Early Educational Contexts Shape Cognitive Aging".⏰12 - 1 pm CT.📍In-person in RLP 1.302 E @ UT Austin .More information ➡️
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📰 CAPS Faculty Affiliate Audrey Duarte's research featured in the Daily Texan article on how important brain activity is in predicting memory success.
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