

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Understanding Texas’ big investment in dementia research
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 am
- **Event Description**: Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment in November to invest $3 billion in dementia research over the next decade, with the aim of making Texas a national leader in dementia research and prevention. How will the new initiative, the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT), lead to better care and support for Texans living with dementia and their caregivers?

Our health services reporter Terri Langford moderates a conversation on Texas’ big investment in dementia research. Confirmed speakers include Karen Fingerman, professor of human development and family sciences and director of the Texas Aging and Longevity Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Additional speakers will be announced soon. 


Doors open at the Tribune’s Studio 919 in downtown Austin at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, and the one-hour event begins at 9 a.m. Coffee is provided.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/austin/understanding-texas’-big-investment-in-dementia-research/200029468848618
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 49

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://trib.it/WMQD1y?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=austin-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Austin
- **state**: TX
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 919  Congress Ave, Austin, TX, United States, Texas 78701
- **lat**: 30.27152
- **long**: -97.7412
- **full address**: 919  Congress Ave, Austin, TX, United States, Texas 78701

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Texas Tribune (https://allevents.in/org/texas-tribune/25145431)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 919  Congress Ave, Austin, TX, United States, Texas 78701
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Texas Tribune
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** health-wellness
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Understanding Texas’ big investment in dementia research ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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