Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (May 4, 2023) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has appointed Elena Volpi, MD, PhD, FGSA, as director of its Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. She will also be a professor in the Department of Medicine effective July […]

This spring, UT Health San Antonio announced it will build a $100 million Center for Brain Health to enhance its Biggs Institute and the Department of Neurology of its Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine.

  Doctoral student’s research suggests difficulty of translating longevity interventions from lower species to mammals Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (April 21, 2023) — If a drug extends the life span of worms or flies, is it likely to do the same in mice? Not typically based on the existing data, said Michael […]

Originally published by the San Antonio Express-News on April 4, 2023. By William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, and Sudha Seshadri, MD In the coming years, an overwhelming number of people in our community will reach the stage of life when they are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The primary risk factor […]

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) will receive $4 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas in the state agency’s latest round of funding announced Feb. 15. A $2 million CPRIT recruitment award will bring Lu Wang, PhD, to UT Health San Antonio. […]