Congrats to undergraduate RAs, Thaha and Mona, who will be graduating this Spring!
Dr. Clark presents at The Division of Neuroscience's Minority Health and Health Disparities in Neuroscience Webinar Series.
The Division of Neuroscience's Minority Health and Health Disparities in Neuroscience Webinar Series presents “Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Across Diverse Populations: Lessons Learned, Opportunities to Advance Science, and Recent Findings in HABS-HD”.
Link to event found here.
Graduate students Abbey Hamlin and Jordana Breton present their projects at UT Austin's PSYCHFEST!
Abbey Hamlin's presentation titled, "The Effects of Individual Consumer Credit History on Cognitive Aging Outcomes of Black/African American and White Older Adults."
Jordana Breton's presentation titled, "The Effects of Social Inequality and Psychological Appraisal on Cognitive Outcomes of Mexican American Older Adults."
Dr. Clark and Abbey Hamlin were accepted into the SDI MCFAAD program!
Dr. Clark, Abbey Hamlin, and our collaborator Dr. Duarte will be attending the Summer Data Immersion program on May 2024 hosted by the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD).
Summer Data Immersion Program Link
Congrats to Abbey for presenting her project at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in New York City.
Oral talk accepted for the 2024 Latinos & Alzheimer's Symposium!
Congrats to Abbey for receiving the INS Graduate Student Research Award!
Abbey will be presenting her project titled ‘The Effects of Economic Stability and Health Care Access on 10-year Change in Memory Outcomes of Black/African American and White Older Adults from the ACTIVE Study’ in February 2024 at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in New York City.
UT Lab News.
New paper accepted to Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring!
Dr. Grasso & Dr. Clark's paper titled "Bilingual neurocognitive resiliency, vulnerability, and Alzheimer's disease biomarker correlates in Latino older adults enrolled in the Health and Aging Brain Study - Health Disparities (HABS-HD)" is published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.
Link to paper found here.
Congrats to undergrad RA Wren for presenting his honor thesis at the Honors Project Symposium!
Abbey Hamlin's INS Project Accepted!
Dr. Clark presents research at AAIC-Health Equity in San Antonio, TX!
New paper accepted to Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association!
Dr. Clark was awarded the 2022-2023 Josh Holahan Department of Psychology Excellence in Teaching Award!
Dr. Clark was recognized for her outstanding innovative teaching in her Diversity in Cognitive Aging (Psy 332U) course where she deeply engages students with experiences like attending a virtual cognitive aging conference. Dr. Clark’s students share how inspired they are by her commitment to understanding and improving disparities in health care.
2022-2023 Josh Holahan Department of Psychology Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr. Clark awarded NIH/NIA R03 grant!
Undergraduate RA, Joaquin Urquiza-Perez, presents poster at the 2023 Longhorn Research Symposium!
Graduate student, Abbey Hamlin, receives the NSF GRFP!
MUNA Lab at INS 2023 in San Diego, CA
Abbey Hamlin's poster titled, "Social Support is Associated with Better Memory Performance among Hispanic/Latino, but not Non-Hispanic White Older Adults."
Jordana Breton's paper talk titled, "Poorer Memory Outcomes are Observed in Underinsured Latino Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome."
Nazareth Ortega's poster titled, "Social Support, APOE Genotype, and Memory Associations in a Community-Based Sample of Older Adults in Texas."
Dr. Clark's paper talk titled, "Associations between social determinants of health and 10-year change in everyday functioning within Black/African American and White older adults enrolled in ACTIVE."