San Antonio Nathan Shock Center
The mission of the San Antonio Nathan Shock Center is to discover the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control the aging process in order to develop strategies to promote healthy aging. The aging process plays an important role in the development of chronic disease and disability.
Director: Adam Salmon, PhD
Co-Director: Randy Strong, PhD
San Antonio Claude D. Pepper Center
As a recipient of the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA), the Barshop Institute is furthering research efforts towards the clinical aspect. The Pepper Center designation enables the translation of research into practical applications in the lives of older Americans.
Director: Elena Volpi, MD, PhD, FGSA
Co-Director: Randy Strong, PhD
Co-Director: Rebeca Wong, PhD
Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Population Aging and Social Studies (CAPAS)
This multidisciplinary Center supports innovative research on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) using population aging, social and behavioral perspectives with a focus on Hispanic/Latino populations. The San Antonio CAPAS uniquely focuses on aspects of the life course that result in disparities in AD/ADRD. The program seeks to improve public health by contributing new knowledge to reduce AD/ADRD disparities.
Co-Director: Rebeca Wong, PhD
Co-Director: Fernando Riosmena, PhD
San Antonio Aging Interventions Testing Program
The Aging Interventions Testing Program (ITP) at San Antonio is funded by the Biology of Aging Program of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to evaluate treatment strategies likely to prevent or delay adverse age-dependent changes in cells and tissues, and to diminish the burden of disease in old age.
Director: Adam Salmon, PhD
Co-Director: Randy Strong, PhD
Center for Healthy Population Aging
The mission of the Center for Healthy Population Aging is to gain understanding of how healthy aging may occur in all populations, with a focus on comparing Hispanic/Latino populations to other groups.
Director: Rebeca Wong, PhD
Center for Innovative Drug Discovery
The Center for Innovative Drug Discovery (CIDD) is a joint venture between UT Health San Antonio and University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and co-directed by Dr. Daohong Zhou and Dr. Stanton McHardy. It provides a diverse array of core facilities and expertise to facilitate the translation of basic scientific discoveries into pre-clinical drug candidates that can be further developed into therapeutics for human diseases.
Co-Director: Daohong Zhou, MD
Co-Director: Stanton F. McHardy, PhD
Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium Adult Clinical Center
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have created the University of Texas Adult Clinical Center (UTACC) for the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC).
Director: Blake Rasmussen, PhD
San Antonio Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Established in 1987, the San Antonio Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) serves elderly Veterans in central and south Texas. The mission of the San Antonio GRECC is to be a center of excellence for the advancement of research, education, and clinical care in geriatrics and gerontology.
Director: Chih-Ko Yeh, BDS, PhD
Marmoset Aging Center
The Marmoset Aging Center has established a specific pathogen-free, barrier-maintained colony of marmosets — a unique primate model for the study of aging and age-related disease. The Center is the only facility in the world that maintains marmosets under barrier conditions to promote excellent health and produce large numbers of aged animals for research.
Co-Leader: Adam Salmon, PhD
Co-Leader: Cory Ross, PhD
Naked Mole-Rat Aging Center
The Naked Mole-Rat Center seeks to gain a better understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that the longest-lived rodent, the naked mole-rat (NMR) uses to thwart the aging process and maintain cancer-free good health well into their third decade of life.
Leader: Adam Salmon, PhD