The Center for Aging and Population Sciences

🗓️ Join CAPS in April for our Friday Seminar Speaker Series. We have an incredible lineup of research scholars! 🔗 Learn more and add the talks to your calendar @ liberalarts.utexas.edu/caps/events-an…

Debra Umberson, Director of the Center on Aging and Population Sciences (CAPS), was recently featured in The Washington Post for her research on how challenging relationships can influence our health and aging. liberalarts.utexas.edu/caps/news/caps…

CAPS Friday Seminar Speaker Colter Mitchell gave a talk on Using Biomarkers to Trace Health Across the Life Course. 🎥 Missed the event? The full video recording is now available! youtube.com/watch?v=WomeDd…

TODAY: 'Moonshot Ideas for AI & Robotics in Dementia Prevention & Care' Fri, Feb 27th 12p-1p CST WCP 2.302 and Zoom More @ bit.ly/40grMga

UT Austin’s aging research is making headlines—electronic brain‑monitoring tattoos and soft robot skin designed to support older adults and people with dementia. See the latest KXAN article kxan.com/news/science/u… Don’t miss our panel featuring this work: 📅 Feb. 27 • ⏰ Noon CT

🗓️Join us for the CAPS Workshop "Exploring the HARP Data: Marital and Health Dynamics across Time in Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Couples" Tues, Feb 24 11a-12p CST Online via Zoom More details and link @ bit.ly/4qreEzm

🗓️Join us for 'The Journey into Adulthood in Uncertain Times' Shannon Cavanagh and Robert Crosnoe, UT Austin Wed, Mar 4 12-1 PM CT Zoom Register to attend- bit.ly/4rpO234

🗓️Join Us on Fri, Feb 20th Seeds of Disease (and Residue of Exposures): Using Biomarkers to Trace Health Across the Life Course CAPS Friday Seminar Speaker Colter Mitchell from the University of Michigan 12-1 PM CT RLP 1.302 E, Zoom Details @ bit.ly/4r23QZL

Dr. Fingerman featured in KXAN News discussing the newly signed $100 million increase in federal funding for Alzheimer’s and dementia research. 🔗 Read the full story here: kxan.com/news/texas/100…

🗓️Join us for the CAPS Panel 'Moonshot Ideas for AI & Robotics in Dementia Prevention & Care' Fri, Feb 27th 12p-1p CST WCP 2.302 and Zoom More @ bit.ly/40grMga

📣New CAPS Research Briefs Context Matters. Raising Children with a Serious Condition Can Sometimes Take a Toll on a Mother’s Long-Term Physical Health @ bit.ly/46QYVmg Does Use of Digital Technologies Help or Harm Cognition among Older Adults? @ bit.ly/4rrSv5E

🗓️ Join us for the CAPS Friday Seminar Seeds of Disease (and Residue of Exposures): Using Biomarkers to Trace Health Across the Life Course Colter Mitchell, Research Associate Professor, Univ. of Michigan Fri, Feb 20 12 - 1 PM CT RLP 1.302E & Zoom More @ bit.ly/4r23QZL

🧠 New Psychology Today post by Dr. Fingerman: “This Is Not Your Mother’s Alzheimer’s Disease.” An important reminder that family history is not fate, and that understanding modern Alzheimer’s research can help reduce fear and misinformation. bit.ly/jan25fingerman

🗓️ Join us for the CAPS Workshop on StatWiseAI Th, Feb 5, 2026 11 AM - 1 PM CT Hybrid RSVP and more details @ bit.ly/CAPSFeb5 StatWiseAI is an AI-powered educational tool to enhance methodological rigor in large-scale data analysis.

🗓️ Join Us on Fri, Jan 23rd Do Five Stress-Related Biological Processes Function as Mechanisms Linking Childhood Adversity to Mental Health Outcomes? CAPS Friday Seminar Speaker Laura Dosanjh from UT Austin 12-1 PM CT RLP 1.302 E, Zoom Details @ bit.ly/CAPSjan23

Join us for our spring 2026 seminars and workshops! More @ liberalarts.utexas.edu/caps/events-an…

How can Texas’ $3B dementia research investment change lives? Dr. Fingerman will join @TexasTribune to look at what the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas could mean for prevention, care & support for Texans. Jan. 21. RSVP: trib.it/fNuR8c

Dr. Fingerman translates extensive aging research into accessible insights through her Psychology Today blog. Read her recent posts here: psychologytoday.com/us/contributor…

New research by CAPS affiliate Karen Fingerman finds that everyday social contact boosts emotional well-being, with in-person interactions uniquely supporting older adults in sharing negative emotions. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.103…