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March 19, 2026
Original story: Texas Public Radio By: David Martin Davies (March 17, 2026) — At UT Health San Antonio’s Sam and Ann Barshop Institute, researchers are preparing a major new test of an old scientific ambition: whether medicines already on the market can help delay the biological decline that comes with aging. The study, called VITAL-H, […]
March 13, 2026
Original story: ScienceInsider ARPA-H will “build the train tracks” for first large clinical studies of aging interventions By: Mitch Leslie A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 391, Issue 6790. (09 MAR 2026) — Aging is the unindicted coconspirator in many of the diseases that can make our later years miserable. But not […]
February 25, 2026
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (February 24, 2026) Positioning The University of Texas at San Antonio as a national anchor for aging and longevity science, its Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies will receive up to $38 million in federal funding […]
February 18, 2026
Dr. Juan Pablo Palavicini and Dr. Kevin Koronowski are the recipients of an Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant Program award for their project titled “Gene-Environment Synergy: Circadian and Metabolic Triggers in MAPT-GR Mice.” Dr. Palavicini is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology and an investigator with the Sam and Ann Barshop […]
December 15, 2025
Kristi Dietert, PhD, has received an F32 Fellowship grant from the NIA for her project titled “Circadian reprogramming in cellular senescence.” Dr. Dietert is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Kevin Koronowski, PhD, at the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.
December 4, 2025
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom By Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO (December 3, 2025) A University of Texas at San Antonio scientist has been awarded a junior faculty grant from the American Federation for Aging Research, or AFAR. Sijia He, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology in the Joe […]
November 19, 2025
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom By Claire Kowalick and Amanda Cerreto SAN ANTONIO (November 18, 2025) The University of Texas at San Antonio has secured federal funding for a new research hub dedicated to studying Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, propelling the university into the ranks of leading research institutions in the United […]
September 15, 2025
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom Shared By: Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO (September 15, 2025) — The population of older Americans is expanding rapidly and is expected to double by 2060. While people are living longer than ever, many are also living with chronic health problems that impact their quality of life and ability […]