Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (TARCC) Scientific Symposium
Jordana Breton presented at the TARCC Scientific Symposium! Her poster was entitled “Acculturation moderates the relationship between stress appraisal and memory: Results from the Health and Aging Brain Study-Health Disparities Study (HABS-HD).”
CHART at the Gerontological Society of America’s 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting
CHART traveled to Seattle to attend GSA’s 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting. Jean Choi, M.A. presented her talk entitled “Cumulative Stress Exposure, Neighborhood Environments, and Inflammation” and Lourdes Romañach Álvarez presented her poster entitled “Neighborhood Environment and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults in Brazil.”
CHART at 2024 ICAA
CHART was well-represented at the 2024 International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA). Congratulations to Zoe Garcia and Lourdes Romañach Álvarez on their poster presentations, and to Jean Choi on her Lighting Talk presentation!
You can find a copy of the conference program here.
(Pictured from left to right: Jean, Zoe, Lourdes, Hyun, Jordana)
8/29/24 – 8/30/24 Identifying Midlife Social Exposures that Might Modify Risk for Cognitive Impairment Associated with Early Life Disadvantage
Dr. Muñoz will present at an upcoming two-day public workshop at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to discuss the state of knowledge and identify conceptual approaches to guide research on better understanding midlife exposures that may be modifiable in reducing the risk of later-life dementia. This workshop is being supported by the National Institute on Aging. You can register for in-person or virtual attendance here: https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/43209_08-2024_identifying-midlife-social-exposures-that-might-modify-risk-for-cognitive-impairment-associated-with-early-life-disadvantage
7/26/24 Congratulations Jean Choi!
Jean Choi who was selected to participate in the Comparative Life Course Methods Workshop sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. This is a competitive opportunity for mentorship and training in Best Practices of Comparative Life Course Research, using large-scale cohort studies from around the world. Congratulations!
6/4/24 Dr. Muñoz selected as Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America
Fellow status is peer recognition for outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology and represents the highest category of membership. You can read the announcement here.
4/19/24 Brianna Phan presents research project
Research assistant, Brianna Phan, presented her research at the CNS Undergraduate Research Forum. Her poster was titled “Examining the link between stress and cardiovascular disease in relation to maladaptive coping behaviors and socioeconomic status”. Congratulations, Brianna!
Community Engagement
CHART partners with local no-profits to provide health promotion resources to the Austin adult community on a bi-weekly or monthly basis. Check out this picture of some of us at Del Valle High School in August 2023.
WELCOME!
Welcoming graduate student, Lourdes Romañach Álvarez (left), and project manager, Zoe Garcia (right), to CHART!
6/15/23 New Publication by Jean Choi
Congratulations to Jean Choi on her first-authored publication entitled “Neighborhood Cohesion Across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging”. See the online publication here.
5/12/23 Congratulations!
Congratulations to undergraduate research assistants Amaris Falcon, Jaden Goodner, Joey Lopez, Jessica Perez-Saldana, Kaleigh Sayroo, Ximena Pastor, and Samantha Tapia who graduated with their Bachelor’s degree in HDFS!
4/25/23 Leila Abel presents honors thesis
Congratulations to undergraduate student Leila Abel for successfully completing and presentating her honors thesis entitled “The Upper Limit of Bilingualism and Education Benefits on Hippocampal Volume.” Dr. Muñoz mentored Leila in collaboration with Dr. Maria Arredondo. Congratulations, Leila!
4/13/23 CHART at the Population Association of America (PAA)
Graduate student Jean Choi presented her study entitled “Neighborhood Cohesion across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging” at the Population Association of America’s annual meeting in New Orleans, LA.
4/5/23 Jessica Perez-Saldana and Samantha Tapia Presented at the Longhorn Research Poster Session
Jessica and Samantha presented their systematic review entitled “Engaging the Latinx Population in Cognitive Research” at UT Austin’s Longhorn Research Poster Session!
4/1/23 CHART was awarded an Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) from the National Institute on Aging
This grant is focused on uncovering the daily linkages between experiences with ethnic discrimination and cognitive function and variabilty in Mexican-origin adults. This project is in collaboration with Drs. Heather Cuevas (UT Austin Nursing) and Nelson Roque (PSU). You can read more about the project here.
11/2/22 Jean Choi presents research at GSA
Graduate student Jean Choi presented her research at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting. Her work is entitled, “The Effects of Neighborhood Deprivation and Perceived Neighborhood Problems on Depressive Symptoms.” You can check out the research poster here!
6/21/22 Jean Choi earns master’s degree
Congratulation to Jean for successfully defending her master’s thesis entitled: “Parenting Stress and Mental Health: Evaluating the Role of Neighborhood Social Capital”. Way to go, Jean Choi, M.A.!
5/09/22 Undergraduate student Richard Tran presents his honors thesis
Congratulations to undergraduate student Richard Tran for successful completion and presentation of his honors thesis, entitled “The Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Adult Emotional Health: The Role of Educational Attainment.” Amazing work, Richard
1/28/22 Dr. Muñoz selected as APS Rising Star
Dr. Muñoz has been selected as a Rising Star of the Association for Psychological Science. The APS Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding APS members in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD. This designation recognizes whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.
11/10/21 Graduate student Jean Choi presents research at GSA
Graduate student Jean Choi presented her research at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting. Her work is entitled, “Parenting Stress and Mental Health in Early Midlife Adults: Evaluating the Role of Gender.” You can check out the research poster here!
5/2021 Congratulations!
Congratulations to undergraduate research assistants Molly Wick (HDFS) and Heewon Yoon (Biology) who graduated with their Bachelor’s degree!
9/01/20 Welcome Jean Choi
A warm virtual welcome to Jean Choi who has joined the HDFS doctoral program and will continue to pursue her research interests with the CHART team!
