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Texas Center on Aging and Population Sciences (CAPS)
@capsutaustin.bsky.social
The official account of the Center for Aging and Population Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.

https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/caps
#GSA2025

<< Saturday, November 15th: 3:30 - 7 pm >>

On Saturday of GSA from 3:30 - 7 pm, our CAPS faculty affiliates will be represented at the following events:
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#GSA2025

<< Saturday, November 15th: 8 am - 3 pm >>

On Saturday of GSA from 8 am - 3 pm, our CAPS faculty affiliates will be represented at the following events:
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#GSA2025

<< Friday, November 14th: 4:30 - 6 pm >>

On Friday of GSA from 4:30 - 6 pm, our CAPS faculty affiliates will be represented at the following events:
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#GSA2025

<< Friday, November 14th: 8 am - 3 pm >>

On Friday of GSA from 8 am - 3 pm, our CAPS faculty affiliates will be represented at the following events:
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#GSA2025

<< Thursday, November 13th >>

On Thursday of GSA, our CAPS faculty affiliates will be represented at the following events:
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#GSA2025

<< Wednesday, November 12th >>

On Wednesday of GSA, our CAPS faculty affiliates will be represented at the following events:
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📅JOIN US TOMORROW
Dementia Risk, Prevention, and Intervention:
A Research Agenda at UT Austin
Friday, October 31st
12:00 - 1:00 pm CT
Robert L. Patton Hall, Room 1.302E
Or Virtual
More info@ liberalarts.utexas.edu/caps/events/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
CAPS Faculty Affiliate Jacqueline Angel testified before the Austin City Council on June 5th regarding the advancement of Age-Friendly Cities and the strengthening of caregiver policy.
Full article: lnkd.in/gE5d7zbM
Recent op-ed: lnkd.in/gRTVQYPB
Council resolution: lnkd.in/gcQE_i7i
July 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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
June 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎉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.
June 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yuanjin Zhou, Asst Professor of Social Work, studies the caregiving process for older adults w. ADRD, examining its impact on caregivers & patients, engaging dementia caregivers in fall risk management, resilience in caregivers, and improving collaborations in dementia care. More @ bit.ly/4n80HGv
June 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
CAPS Faculty Highlight: Afroze Shaikh's research focus is on suicide prevention, culturally responsive training & expanding mental healthcare access by exploring the factors that shape health service utilization, w an emphasis on suicide prevention in older adults. Recent pub @ bit.ly/AShaikh
May 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📰 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 the full article @ ssri.psu.edu/news/high-sc...
April 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
📣 Fri, Apr 25th 📣
Join us for our final Friday spring seminar with 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
More details ➡️ bit.ly/CAPSZhang25
April 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#PAA2025 Sunday, April 13th 12 pm in room LeDroit Park (M3) Mateo Farina will present, “Does the Southern Health Disadvantage Extend to Accelerated Biological Aging: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study” @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
bit.ly/CAPSPAA25SUN...
April 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#PAA2025 Sun, April 13th at 10:30 am in room L'Enfant Plaza (M3) Robert Crosnoe will present, “Child’s Serious Health Condition and Risk of Divorce: The Roles of Mother’s and Child’s Age” @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
bit.ly/CAPSPAA25SUN...
April 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#PAA2025 Sun, April 13th at 10:30 in room Cherry Blossom (2nd Floor) Mateo Farina will present, “Education and Age-Specific Trends in Cognitive Difficulties Across U.S. States, 2008–2022” @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
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April 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#PAA2025 Sun, April 13th at 9:00 am in room Gallery Place (M3) Stephen Russell will present, “How Do State Policies Impact Access and Pathways to Parenthood for Sexual Minority Adults?” @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
bit.ly/CAPSPAA25SUN...
April 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
#PAA2025 Sat, April 12th from 3:30 pm in room Supreme Court (M4) Dean Spears and Diane Coffey will present, “Immediate Skin-to-Skin Care Can Prevent Neonatal Deaths at Scale in the Public Health Care Facilities of Rural North India” @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
bit.ly/CAPSPAA25SAT...
April 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#PAA2025 Sat, April 12th from 3:30 – 4:45 pm in room Capitol Hill (M3) Chandra Muller will present, “Educational Attainment, School Quality, and Midlife Cognitive Functioning: Differing Associations by Childhood Socioeconomic Status?” @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
bit.ly/CAPSPAA25SAT...
April 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#PAA2025 Sat, April 12th at 3:30 in room Monument (M4) Mark Hayward will present “Perspective from Demography Editorship” @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
bit.ly/CAPSPAA25SAT...
April 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#PAA2025 April 12th 11:00 am room LeDroit Park (M3) Bridget Goosby presents “The Impact of Inflammation and Minority Stress in a Moderated Mediation Model Examining Childhood Adversity and Mental Health in Young Men With Sexually Diverse Identity“@popassocamerica.bsky.social!
bit.ly/CAPSPAA25SAT11AM
April 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#PAA2025 April 12th from 9:30 – 10:45 am in room Capitol Hill (M3) Mark Hayward will present “Does the Relationship Between Offspring Education and Parental Dementia Onset Differ Between Stepfamilies and Biological Families?” @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
bit.ly/CAPSPAA25SAT...
April 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#PAA2025 Sat, April 12th from 8:00 am to 9:15 am in room Tulip (2nd Floor) Sae Hwang Han will present “Volunteering, Chronic Stress, and Systemic Inflammation, Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults” @popassocamerica.bsky.social

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April 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#PAA2025 Fri, April 11th from 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Room: Union Station
Dean Spears and Michael Geruso’s book reception "After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People"
@popassocamerica.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM