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Elena Volpi, MD, PhD, FGSA

Professor and Director, Barshop Institute
University of Texas Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States

Elena Volpi, MD, PhD, FGSA, is a physician-scientist with a long-standing interest in improving the health and function of older adults by translating basic research discoveries into clinical practice. She completed her medical training, board certification in endocrinology, and PhD in Applied Pathophysiology at the University of Perugia, Italy. She then moved to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston for her post-doctoral training in gerontology and metabolism, after which she became a faculty at the University of Southern California before returning to UTMB. While at UTMB she served as the director of the Sealy Center on Aging and the UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. In 2023, she moved to UT Health San Antonio as the director of the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and of the San Antonio Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. She is also a tenured professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Medicine.

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