April 25, 2025

UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging Announces 2024 Translational Aging Research Pilot Funding Recipients

These funds have been awarded to two researchers for their innovative studies aimed at exploring the effects of social adversity on aging and health outcomes in older adults. Jessica Lee, MD, MS: Multi-Omics of Frailty and Social Adversity in Homebound Older…


April 25, 2025

NIH Roybal grant funds country’s first elder mistreatment research center in Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

Five-year, $5.3 million award is university’s first from prestigious program funded by the National Institute on Aging. Decades of leadership in the field of elder mistreatment research has earned UTHealth Houston its first grant from the prestigious Edward R. Roybal…


August 1, 2024

Institute on Aging brings renewed focus to specialized care for older adults

From their unique physiology, to illnesses that commonly affect them, to specific precautions required for their care, older adults are as distinct in their health needs as children. Yet while parents can readily find a pediatrician, older adults often struggle…


May 19, 2023

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…