Community Engagement
CHART partners with local no-profits to provide health promotion rescources to the Austin adult community on a bi-weekly or monthly basis.
Check out this picture of some of us at Del Valle High School in August 2023.
(Pictured from left to right: Ignacio, Zoe, Lourdes, Dr. Muñoz)
WELCOME!
Welcoming graduate student, Lourdes Romañach Álvarez (left), and project manager, Zoe Garcia (right), to CHART!
(Pictured from left to right: Lourdes, Jean, Zoe)
6/15/23 New Publication by Jean Choi
Congratulations to Jean Choi on her first-authored puplication entiteld "Neighborhood Cohesion Across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging". See the online publication here.
5/12/23 Congratulations!
Congratulations to undergraduate research assistants Amaris Falcon, Jaden Goodner, Joey Lopez, Jessica Perez-Saldana, Kaleigh Sayroo, Ximena Pastor, and Samantha Tapia who graduated with their Bachelor's degree in HDFS!
4/25/23 Leila Abel presents honors thesis
Congratulations to undergraduate student Leila Abel for successfully completing and presentating her honors thesis entitled "The Upper Limit of Bilingualism and Education Benefits on Hippocampal Volume." Dr. Muñoz mentored Leila in collaboration with Dr. Maria Arredondo. Congratulations, Leila!
4/13/23 CHART at the Population Association of America (PAA)
Graduate student Jean Choi presented her study entitled "Neighborhood Cohesion across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging" at the Population Association of America's annual meeting in New Orleans, LA.
4/5/23 Jessica Perez-Saldana and Samantha Tapia Presented at the Longhorn Research Poster Session
Jessica and Samantha presented their systematic review entitled "Engaging the Latinx Population in Cognitive Research" at UT Austin's Longhorn Research Poster Session!
4/1/23 CHART was awarded an Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) from the National Institute on Aging
This grant is focused on uncovering the daily linkages between experiences with ethnic discrimination and cognitive function and variabilty in Mexican-origin adults. This project is in collaboration with Drs. Heather Cuevas (UT Austin Nursing) and Nelson Roque (UCF). You can read more about the project here.
11/2/22 Jean Choi presents research at GSA
Graduate student Jean Choi presented her research at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting. Her work is entitled, "The Effects of Neighborhood Deprivation and Perceived Neighborhood Problems on Depressive Symptoms." You can check out the research poster here!
6/21/22 Jean Choi earns master's degree
Congratulation to Jean for successfully defending her master’s thesis entitled: “Parenting Stress and Mental Health: Evaluating the Role of Neighborhood Social Capital”. Way to go, Jean Choi, M.A.!
5/09/22 Undergraduate student Richard Tran presents his honors thesis
Congratulations to undergraduate student Richard Tran for successful completion and presentation of his honors thesis, entitled "The Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Adult Emotional Health: The Role of Educational Attainment." Amazing work, Richard!
1/28/22 Dr. Muñoz selected as APS Rising Star
Dr. Muñoz has been selected as a Rising Star of the Association for Psychological Science. The APS Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding APS members in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD. This designation recognizes whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.
11/10/21 Graduate student Jean Choi presents research at GSA
Graduate student Jean Choi presented her research at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting. Her work is entitled, "Parenting Stress and Mental Health in Early Midlife Adults: Evaluating the Role of Gender." You can check out the research poster here!
5/2021 Congratulations!
Congratulations to undergraduate research assistants Molly Wick (HDFS) and Heewon Yoon (Biology) who graduated with their Bachelor's degree!
9/01/20 Welcome Jean Choi!
A warm virtual welcome to Jean Choi who has joined the HDFS doctoral program and will continue to pursue her research interests with the CHART team!