Consortium on Aging
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
Ruth H. at ages 2, 24, 52, 77, and 92
News
Promoting healthy and meaningful aging...
Consortium on Aging announces 2012 grant awards from the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Geriatric Studies for Junior Faculty Program. Read more....
Continuing education programs in geriatrics and gerontology offered through the Houston Geriatric Education Center. Read more....
Consortium on Aging accepting applications for membership appointments. Read more....
Updated Beers criteria published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Read more....
Houston Gerontological Society Honors Three Consortium on Aging Members
In Spring 2012, the Houston Gerontological Society honored three Consortium on Aging members at a special event “Honoring the Past - Bridging the Future.”
Honored as a Pioneer in geriatrics and gerontology was Cheves M. Smythe, MD who, although retired from the faculty of UTHealth Medical School, is still actively involved in the practice of geriatric medicine.
Honored as Current Leaders who will become the next generation of pioneers were Carmel B. Dyer, MD and Vaunette Fay, PhD, RNC, FNP, GNP. Dr. Dyer is the Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Chair in Gerontology and Director of the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at UTHealth Medical School and the Executive Director of the Consortium on Aging. Dr. Fay is Professor of Clinical Nursing and head of the Division of Gerontology at the UTHealth School of Nursing. She is also Associate Director for Education at the Center on Aging at the School of Nursing.
