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2022 CoHP Empowerment Research Symposium

2022 CoHP Empowerment Research Symposium: “Empowering the Health of our Diverse Community through Research””

Friday March 25, 2022
Edinburg - EUCTR Ballroom
Brownsville - Salon Cassia

 

Join Us!

  • Guest Speaker - Dr. Thomas Spencer
  • Keynote Speaker - Dr. Gladys Maestre
  • Faculty Oral Presentations
  • Student Poster Presentations

Register Today!

View the Conference Agenda here.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Thomas Spencer

Thomas Spencer

Thomas B. Spencer, Ph.D., M.B.A
Associate Vice President for Research Operations and Interim Executive Vice President for Research at UT Rio Grande Valley. Before joining UTRGV, Dr. Spencer held faculty appointments at UT Dallas, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University. He has worked in Academia and Research Administration for 19+ years and is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA). Thomas’ research focuses on the study and methods of research itself: Research Administration, Public Affairs and American Healthcare. The understanding of Economic, Political and Public Policy decisions as they relate to research administration, accessibility, data privacy, and healthcare services is of prime importance in modern research. Additionally, the concept of Research Administrative Burden, or the study of policy related to the “red-tape” burden of research administration for scientists, administrators and regulators is woefully underserved as a research topic unto itself. Thomas has devoted both his career and education to the investigation of these topics as they relate to Org Theory, Public Service Motivation, Ethics and Leadership.

 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gladys Maestre

Gladys E. Maestre, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience and Human Genetics and Director of the Rio Grande Valley Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (AD-RCMAR) and Co-director of the South Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centerat the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine. Professor Emerita at the University of Zulia at Venezuela. She received her M.D. from the University of Zulia in Venezuela and her M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University, and post-doctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2021, she obtained her master’s degree from University UIAV Venezia in Neurosciences Applied to Architecture (NAAD). She leads the Maracaibo Aging Study as principal investigator since 1998. This is a longitudinal population-based study of dementia and other age-related health problems that has followed more than 2,500 subjects since its inception and has provided important insights about the aging of Latinos. Recipient of numerous awards, and recognized author, the focus of her research is to advance age-related conditions that disproportionately affect Latinos, at the intersection of biomedical, social, and behavioral, and implementation sciences.

Gladys Maestre

 

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