TAMU Center for Community Health & Aging

08/11/2025

CCHA Core Faculty, Dr Junhyoung “Paul” Kim, found that exposure to nature—even in a virtual setting—can enhance the emotional well-being and quality of life for older adults living with dementia.

Read more about this important study at https://vitalrecord.tamu.edu/study-nature-inspired-virtual-reality-boosts-emotional-well-being-in-older-adults-living-with-dementia/

04/01/2025

Join us for our Healthy Brain event, where we’ll explore the societal impact of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. It’s time to raise awareness and support those facing these conditions! 🌟🧠

04/01/2025

Join us for our Healthy Brain event, where we’ll explore the societal impact of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. It's time to raise awareness and support those facing these conditions! 🌟🧠

02/10/2025

https://tamu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3kKrfFKUA4ee6uG

01/08/2025

10/26/2022

New FREE CEU available from the Center for Population Health and Aging! See flyer below for more information.

Nuevo CEU GRATIS disponible! Vea el folleto para más información.

06/16/2022

A closer look at how older adults have dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic. Insights from a recent collection of research articles published in Frontiers aim to influence future directions in research, policy and practice.

https://bit.ly/3mVrho4

Insights from a recent collection of research articles on older adults and COVID-19 aim to influence future directions in research, policy and practice.

06/09/2022

Congratuations to Dr. Marcia Ory who was named to Research.com's Ranking of the Top 1000 Scientists in Social Sciences & Humanities. Ory was ranked No. 177 in the world & No. 88 in the U.S. http://ow.ly/SjWw50JsJ7l

06/03/2022

Dr. Marcia Ory sat down recently with Texas A&M Foundation Maroon magazine to share her refreshingly optimistic advice and experience on aging well.

Read more about Aging Well and Taking Names: https://bit.ly/3GPaRqp

Dr. Marcia Ory shares her refreshingly optimistic advice and experience on aging well. Spoiler alert: It’s not as scary as you think!

06/02/2022

Dr. Matthew Lee (TAMU Center for Population Health & Aging and Texas A&M School of Public Health) Smith spoke with WebMD about S*x: Frisky (and Safe) After 50. https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/features/safe-s*x-for-grown-ups

Safe s*x is important at any age, but there are some issues that may be more common after 50.

05/23/2022

Twenty-six Texas A&M Health faculty are named in Stanford University’s “World’s Top 2% Scientists," which lists the 100,000 most-cited authors across all scientific fields. Congratulations to School of Public Health faculty Dr. Marcia Ory, Dr. Joe Sharkey and Dr. Virender Sharma for this outstanding recognition!
https://vitalrecord.tamhsc.edu/texas-am-health-faculty-rank-among-top-2-percent-scholars-worldwide/

05/23/2022

Do you know your aging facts versus fiction? This Older Americans Month, learn what discerns healthy aging fact from fiction so that we can come together in collaborative action to improve lives of the aging population.

Test your healthy aging knowledge by visiting: https://bit.ly/39udJYe. Let us know how you did!

Facebook0Tweet0Did you know that the world population of adults 65 and older is growing faster than all other age groups? According to the United Nations, for the first time in history, older adults outnumber kids under 5 years old worldwide, and the over 65 population is projected to grow even more...