UTHealth Houston establishes Institute on Aging
Nearly 4 million people in Texas are over the age of 65, making up nearly 15% of the state’s population, according to a 2019 report. By the year 2050, 1 in 4 adults in the United States will be older than…
Team-based care to bridge the divide in cognitive decline
Practitioners, researchers, and trainees in medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and dentistry will navigate through the difficult terrain of ensuring safe, effective medication use in older adult patients experiencing cognitive decline at the National Institute on Aging-supported Geriatric Medication Safety Symposium April…
UTHealth Houston launches program in honor of Carmel B. Dyer, MD
The legacy of Carmel Bitondo Dyer, MD, lives on in the same communities she sought to impact throughout her career. The late Dyer revolutionized geriatric health care across the country. She led the UTHealth Houston Consortium on Aging and was…
Holmes to serve as vice president of community engagement
Holly Holmes, MD, MS, a renowned geriatrician passionate about eldercare, has been named vice president of community engagement for UTHealth Houston. Holmes grew up with the matriarch of the family — her grandmother — an experience that shaped the direction of her career. “Living…
Inaugural lecture continues Dyer’s quest to improve geriatric care
Family, friends, and a community of supporters gathered to continue the lifelong mission of a visionary in geriatrics at the inaugural Aging to Perfection Lecture Series in Memory of Carmel Bitondo Dyer, MD, on September 15, 2022, at the Briar…
Geriatric Medication Safety Symposium set for April 7-8
The McGovern Medical School Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine and the University of Houston College of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy will co-host the Geriatric Medication Safety Symposium 2022 April 7-8 at the Denton A. Cooley,…