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Elena Volpi
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Elena Volpi

Director, Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, UT Health

Elena Volpi directs the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at UT Health San Antonio. She leads the institute's effort in the federal ARPA-H PROSPR program, backed by up to $38 million, which includes the VITAL-H trial of approved drugs for healthy aging.

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WHAT TO WATCHWhen the VITAL-H trial opens enrollment and how it settles which drugs it will test.

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    San Antonio’s Barshop Institute to test three approved drugs for slowing aging TPR
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