News: Human Development and Family Sciences

University of Texas at Austin faculty are conducting innovative studies to better understand Alzheimer’s and related diseases.

The study highlights the importance of care tailored to the needs of particular communities, including immigrants and people in minority populations.

The next breakthroughs in the prevention, treatment or cure of Alzheimer’s and dementia lie with UT experts.

Researchers at UT Austin are working to change the future of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%.

The OriGen Health Research Center will mine a massive biobank of genetic, clinical and epidemiological information to develop customized disease treatments.

He is director of the School of Human Ecology and a professor of human development and family sciences at UT.

As ballots are cast, what do younger voters — and their peers and champions — need? A scientist weighs in.

As children grow up and leave home to begin college or work, their parents face a transformation of their own. 

Despite our hopes for technological ways to bridge connections between older adults and social partners, phone and digital contact cannot alleviate loneliness in the same...