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The Sealy Center on Aging focuses on improving the health and well-being of older adults through interdisciplinary research, education & community engagement by integrating the resources and activities relevant to aging at UTMB Health. Please use ALT text!
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Sealy Center on Aging @utmbscoa.bsky.social · Nov 18
"If you rest, well then you rust!" Meet Jerome Kunz, a 92-year-old Galveston Shrimper as he shares about his early life on the island. Follow our new Stories of Aging series on Instagram: www.instagram.com/utmbscoa/
If you rest, well then you rust! Jerome Kunz Pops 92-year-old Galveston Shrimper, photo of older man in front of fishing nets on a boat Early Life “I grew up right here in Galveston. I was born at 5112 Avenue R ½ and born at home. 1933. It was totally different than it is now. There was a lot of room, a lot of empty lots and stuff, which everything is about filled up now. My childhood wasn’t much. A nickel looked good, I’ll tell you that. Once in a while I found a nickel on the ground—man, buy me a candy bar about THAT big. We didn’t have much. My mama washed clothes for people. She washed on them old boards—had the rub board and the big pot outside. They’d bring their clothes over and she washed them all by hand. We always had enough to eat, though. My mama could boil water and make it taste good. I had two brothers and two sisters. I got a sister that’s eight years younger than me, and that’s all that’s left; the rest have gone underground. My sister lives up in San Antonio. I hardly ever go up there but she comes down once in a while. She’s a lovely girl. You have to understand, things were totally different then. You didn’t have much, but everybody was in the same boat. You don’t think about it as poor—you just lived, and you were glad for what you had.”
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🟠 Please join us for a DMAC CERCIT seminar, "Multimodal AI in Healthcare," presented by Dr. Vibhuti Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public & Population Health, UTMB
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Seminar: Multimodal AI in Healthcare Presented by: Vibhuti Gupta, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public & Population Health, UTMB Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Time: 12:00-1:00PM Join us virtually by registering on Zoom: https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_296DveoQSqOl9m8kUVu7ZA Contact Anirudh Babu (asbabu@utmb.edu) for additional information.
January 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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❓Did you know? Students at @utmbjssom.bsky.social are partnering with us in an inspiring oral history project! Julián Escalante met with Rose Daniels, beloved community leader & child advocate in Dec.

✨ Read more about Rose’s story and the impact of this project at our website: www.utmb.edu/scoa
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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📍Join us for the next Pepper Investigators Lecture on "Recent Advances in Hispanic Aging Research: Depression, Frailty, and Health Paradoxes" with visiting scholar Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, MD.

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Join us for the next Pepper Investigators Lecture Recent Advances in Hispanic Aging Research: Depression, Frailty, and Health Paradoxes Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Time: 12:00-1:00pm Location: Rebecca Sealy 6.100 & via TEAMS (lunch provided for those in person, first come, first served) Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 224 954 890 637 Passcode: UM2FC2Xe Presented by Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, MD, Visiting Scholar Diego Urrunaga-Pastor is a medical doctor from Peru and a WHO/PAHO Research Scholar at the Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), as well as Research Faculty at Universidad Científica del Sur (Peru). His research focuses on aging at high altitude, health disparities, and geriatric syndromes in Hispanic populations. His current work examines the depressed-frail phenotype and its association with mortality using the Hispanic EPESE (H-EPESE), and he is also preparing a narrative review on the Healthy Immigrant Effect in aging, synthesizing evidence from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe.
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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🎆 As we close out 2025, the Sealy Center on Aging celebrates a year of major milestones in research, education, and community engagement. Read more in this greeting from our Director.

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A Warm Holiday Greeting from the Sealy Center on Aging
As we close out 2025, the Sealy Center on Aging celebrates a year of major milestones in research, education, and community engagement. Read more in this greeting from our Director.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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🔬 We can’t wait to kick off the 31st Annual Lefeber Hughes Winter Series on Aging! This 5 week lecture series brings the community together to learn about aging, with a reception after each talk. Join us!

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UTMB An Announcement from the Sealy Center on Aging Speaker photos and names details available at link
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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❓Did you catch our new Stories of Aging series? Launched by Arati Bendapudi, @utmbjssom.bsky.social, this initiative seeks to share the lived experiences of older adults in Galveston​. We can't wait to share the next Story of Aging with you!

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December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🎆 As we close out 2025, the Sealy Center on Aging celebrates a year of major milestones in research, education, and community engagement. Read more in this greeting from our Director.

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A Warm Holiday Greeting from the Sealy Center on Aging
As we close out 2025, the Sealy Center on Aging celebrates a year of major milestones in research, education, and community engagement. Read more in this greeting from our Director.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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✨ Holiday Greeting from the Sealy Center on Aging - mailchi.mp/35b6f161f581...
We wish you Love & Peace this holiday season
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The UT-MSTAR program is an 8-week, paid summer intensive offering hands on research, clinical geriatrics exposure, & mentorship
🔬 Mentored research & training
🏥 Geriatrics exposure
🤝 National network
💰 $4,704 stipend
🗓 Apply by Feb 9, 2026
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Medical Student Trianing in Aging Research (MSTAR) CALL FOR APPLICATIONS DUE February 9, 2026 photos of student participants UTMB logo Apply today for an 8-week summer program visit link for more info
December 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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💻 Join us for an online Texas RCMAR presentation on Dec 16: "Unpacking Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes for Older Adults with Diabetes and ADRD in the US-Mexico Border Region", is presented by: Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez, PhD, UTEP 🔗www.utmb.edu/rcmar
Unpacking Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes for Older Adults with Diabetes and ADRD in the US-Mexico Border Region Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Location: Teams Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 227 747 751 598 9 Passcode: KU9NA9kg Presented by Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso Bio: Alfonso J. Rojas-Alvarez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso. He also serves as Director of the Health Policy Lab within the College of Health Sciences, where his research group explores the intersection of public policy and health outcomes. Prior to joining UTEP, Dr. Rojas-Alvarez was a faculty member at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, where he obtained his PhD. His research investigates how variations in the implementation of public health policies across federal, state, and local governments contribute to health disparities among vulnerable populations, including Hispanic communities, border residents, and older adults with chronic conditions. He employs methods from data science, machine learning, and causal inference to rigorously assess how policies are implemented and what effects they produce.
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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❓Did you catch our new Stories of Aging series? Launched by Arati Bendapudi, @utmbjssom.bsky.social, this initiative seeks to share the lived experiences of older adults in Galveston​. We can't wait to share the next Story of Aging with you!

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December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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💻 Join us for an online Texas RCMAR presentation on Dec 16: "Unpacking Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes for Older Adults with Diabetes and ADRD in the US-Mexico Border Region", is presented by: Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez, PhD, UTEP 🔗www.utmb.edu/rcmar
Unpacking Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes for Older Adults with Diabetes and ADRD in the US-Mexico Border Region Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Location: Teams Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 227 747 751 598 9 Passcode: KU9NA9kg Presented by Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso Bio: Alfonso J. Rojas-Alvarez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso. He also serves as Director of the Health Policy Lab within the College of Health Sciences, where his research group explores the intersection of public policy and health outcomes. Prior to joining UTEP, Dr. Rojas-Alvarez was a faculty member at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, where he obtained his PhD. His research investigates how variations in the implementation of public health policies across federal, state, and local governments contribute to health disparities among vulnerable populations, including Hispanic communities, border residents, and older adults with chronic conditions. He employs methods from data science, machine learning, and causal inference to rigorously assess how policies are implemented and what effects they produce.
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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☀ Researchers: don’t miss this. Watch founding director Dr. James Goodwin share a powerful perspective on aging and dementia care during last year’s Winter Series. And mark your calendars - the 31st annual series returns January 2026!

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Demystifying Dementia: a Cranky Old Geriatrician’s View w/ Dr. James S. Goodwin
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December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Save the date! Join us for 5 weekly lectures beginning January 27, 2026. The Lefeber Hughes Winter Series on Aging, now in its 31st year, features nationally recognized experts in gerontology, including research educators, basic scientists, clinicians, & social scientists. www.utmb.edu/winterseries
UTMB logo and photos of lecture participants Save the date! Join us for 5 weekly lectures beginning January 27, 2026. The Lefeber Hughes Winter Series on Aging, now in its 31st year, features nationally recognized experts in gerontology, including research educators, basic scientists, clinicians, and social scientists. This five-week series of presentations is open to all, and we invite UTMB faculty, staff, students, trainees, and members of the local community to attend. Stay tuned for lecture topics! www.utmb.edu/winterseries
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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For more than 130 years, UTMB has educated, discovered, and cared for generations of Texans and beyond. Today, a new day begins with a new logo, a new tagline, and the same unwavering purpose. We are UTMB. Where purpose meets passion.

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December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Now accepting nominations for the 2026 Roberto Logroño, MD Award and Lectureship for Professionalism in Healthcare at UTMB. One award will recognize a faculty member and one will recognize a student/fellow/trainee across UTMB’s five schools.
Packets are due January 2, 2026.
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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🤳 Did you catch our first entry in the new Stories of Aging series, featuring Jerome "Pops" Kunz, 92-year-old Galveston shrimper? Here's a recap. Visit our website to learn more about this new student-led oral history project from UTMB Health.

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Stories of Aging: Humanizing Aging Through Shared Stories graphic with text and photos of medical student and older adult participant
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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"If you rest, well then you rust!" Meet Jerome Kunz, a 92-year-old Galveston Shrimper as he shares about his early life on the island. Follow our new Stories of Aging series on Instagram: www.instagram.com/utmbscoa/
If you rest, well then you rust! Jerome Kunz Pops 92-year-old Galveston Shrimper, photo of older man in front of fishing nets on a boat Early Life “I grew up right here in Galveston. I was born at 5112 Avenue R ½ and born at home. 1933. It was totally different than it is now. There was a lot of room, a lot of empty lots and stuff, which everything is about filled up now. My childhood wasn’t much. A nickel looked good, I’ll tell you that. Once in a while I found a nickel on the ground—man, buy me a candy bar about THAT big. We didn’t have much. My mama washed clothes for people. She washed on them old boards—had the rub board and the big pot outside. They’d bring their clothes over and she washed them all by hand. We always had enough to eat, though. My mama could boil water and make it taste good. I had two brothers and two sisters. I got a sister that’s eight years younger than me, and that’s all that’s left; the rest have gone underground. My sister lives up in San Antonio. I hardly ever go up there but she comes down once in a while. She’s a lovely girl. You have to understand, things were totally different then. You didn’t have much, but everybody was in the same boat. You don’t think about it as poor—you just lived, and you were glad for what you had.”
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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👋 Hello world! We are excited to join Instagram, where we hope to connect with medical students, early career researchers, and the community as we celebrate older adults, amplify geriatric research, and showcase the human stories behind healthy aging. www.instagram.com/utmbscoa/
The Sealy Center on Aging at UTMB Health: Leading Aging Research Since 1995, photo of Old Red Ashbel Smith building
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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UTMB Awarded Prestigious $29 Million NIH CTSA to Lead Greater Gulf Coast Translational Science Alliance www.utmb.edu/news/article...
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Join us at Conex Coffee on Tue, Nov 18 for an all-day profit share benefiting the UTMB SPPH Student Association. Stop by 7 AM–7 PM and come by 5–7 PM for Game Night with classmates and colleagues. Conex Coffee, 2312 Market St. Thank you for supporting our students.
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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🧠 People with brain injury or chronic conditions bring a lifetime of experiences that shape their recovery. A new fact sheet from Dr. Pappadis @utmbspph.bsky.social & the Moody Galveston Brain Injury Conference helps providers consider these non-medical drivers of health
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Non-Medical Drivers of Health and Brain Injury
A Fact Sheet for Providers
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October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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💡 The NIA has renewed funding for the UTMB Health Pepper OAIC with a five-year, $6.5 million award, continuing support through August 2030. Since 2000, the Center has advanced research and training focused on improving independence for older adults. Read more: utmb.us/eh7
Announcement National Institute on Aging renews funding for the UTMB Health Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center Continuously funded since 2000 2025 - 2030 theme Enhance functional independence in older adults with chronic disabling conditions by reducing health disparities UTMB Health logo photo of Galveston Seawall, waves and rocks, at sunset
September 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🧠 People with brain injury or chronic conditions bring a lifetime of experiences that shape their recovery. A new fact sheet from Dr. Pappadis @utmbspph.bsky.social & the Moody Galveston Brain Injury Conference helps providers consider these non-medical drivers of health
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Non-Medical Drivers of Health and Brain Injury
A Fact Sheet for Providers
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October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The next Texas RCMAR Lecture features a presentation by Glenn Martinez, PhD MPH, Dean, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, UTSA. He will present, "Latinidad and Language in Latino Health' on October 28, 2025. www.utmb.edu/rcmar
Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research photo of Dr. Martinez Latinidad and Language in Latino Health Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Location: Teams Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 227 747 751 598 9 Passcode: KU9NA9kg Presented by Glenn Martinez, PhD MPH, Dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts; Professor of Spanish, Bicultural/Bilingual Studies, and Public Health; Stumberg Distinguished University Chair, The University of Texas at San Antonio
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM