Research
ARIA members have had 34 funded grant submissions totaling over $6,000,000 related to aging research.
22 funded internal grants ($209,650) and 12 funded external grants/contracts ($5,809,041)
Funding agencies/partners include:
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NeuroTrax, Inc.
McKnight Foundation for Neuroscience
Texas Department of Health and Human Services
Texas Physical Therapy Foundation
Little Tokyo Service Center (Admin. for Community Living)
ARIA members have over 300 journal articles, book chapters, and books in a variety of high impact peer-reviewed publications including:
Science Innovation in Aging
Journal of Gerontology Aging & Mental Health
Psychological Science Neuropsychologia
Cortex Journal of Health Psychology
Neuropsychology Journal of Adult Development
Clinical Nursing Research Neurobiology of Aging
ARIA members regularly attend and present research at conferences held by organizations such as:
Gerontological Society of America
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Memory Disorders Research Society
Sealy Center on Aging
Texas Department of Health and Human Services
ARIA Member Research Labs
Dr. Rebecca Deason: Memory and Cognition Lab
Dr. Joni Mettler: Translational Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory
Dr. Ranjini Mohan: NEUral Systems Research in Aging Lab (NEURAL)
Dr. Ann Hee Hiong Ngu: Personalized Watch-based Fall Risk Analysis and Detection with Cross Modal Learning
Dr. Carmen Westerberg: Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
Media Recognition
Research by ARIA members has been frequently featured in the media:
March 2024
Dr. Carmen Westerberg's research on sleep in Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory may someday help treat individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and was featured on Canada TV's W5 program. News article: https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/why-18-year-old-canadian-emily-nash-is-sharing-her-unique-brain-with-science-1.6818765. Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MlFheM5Tf8 and in The Times of London https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/canadian-18-to-help-unlock-secrets-of-her-rare-super-memory-0sxfbb8dc.
Hillviews, Vol. 50 No. 3, 2019, “Dr. Kyong Hee Chee studies aging in communities” https://hillviews.txstate.edu/issues/2019/the-big-picture/dr-kyong-hee-chee-studies-aging-in-communities
The Sunday Times (The Times of London), August 18, 2019, “Weak ties: Why casual acquaintances might be the key to happiness”, interviewed Kyong HeeChee https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/weak-ties-why-casual-acquaintances-might-be-the-key-to-happiness-w0fvbn3pt#:~:text=%E2%80%9CPeople%20who%20on%20average%20have,also%20protect%20your%20physical%20health.&text=One%20theory%20is%20that%20having,people%20to%20show%20mental%20flexibility.
KENS5 (CBS affiliate in San Antonio, TX), March 12, 2019, “Local seniors and Texas State students find their zen together”, featured Kyong Hee Chee’s collaborative research https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/seniors-and-texas-state-students-find-their-zen-together/273-949f0b0e-0206-4133-b6e2-4d18adc5d850
ThirdAge.Design, November 4, 2022, "Dementia Design that Supports Respect for Residents", Guest: Dr. Christopher Johnson
Texas State Newsroom, June 21, 2022, "Texas State professor enhancing safety for older adults through technology” https://news.txst.edu/featured-faculty/2022/enhancing-safety-for-older-adults-through-technology.html
Big Ideas TXST podcast, May 2, 2022 “Episode 28: Heath benefits of volunteering with Seoyoun Kim” https://news.txst.edu/inside-txst/big-ideas-podcast/episode-28-volunteering-with-seoyoun-kim.html
Discover Magazine, May 13, 2022 “Understanding the basis of superior memory” https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/understanding-the-basis-of-superior-memory
Texas Monthly, August 31, 2021: “Aging in the Right Place”
Magazines/Print: Scientific American, Discover Magazine, Huffington Post, New Trail Magazine, Momentum, Brain & Life, News Medical, San Marcos Daily Record, The Scientist, Texas Monthly, Aging Today
Radio/Podcasts: 94.1 KWVH Wimberley Valley Radio, Texas Big Ideas podcast, Third Age Design podcast, I Heart Radio podcast, KZSM
Television: KENS5 CBS San Antonio affiliate, CTV News W5