The Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at ºÚÁÏÍø is one of the world’s premier institutes dedicated to age-related diseases and is the only aging-intensive research institute in the country to have four designations. Barshop Institute’s mission in understanding the basic biology of aging and discovering therapies that will treat and cure debilitating aging diseases. 
The Barshop Institute supports its predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees in part through the Biology of Aging Training Program (T32). This program allows them to design, conduct and present their research to those focused on aging research.
ºÚÁÏÍø partners with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital to initiate clinical trials to further advanced knowledge of age-related diseases and provide preventive solutions.
Two National Institute on Aging-funded centers: Nathan Shock and Claude D. Pepper
NIA-sponsored Interventions Testing Program site
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
In The News
Yi Zhu, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at ºÚÁÏÍø of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) Health Science Center, received a UT System Rising STARs (Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention) award in the amount […]
Jinjiao Wang, PhD, RN, the William and Berneice Castella Distinguished Professor in Aging Studies and incoming assistant dean for research at ºÚÁÏÍø of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) Health Science Center School of Nursing, received a $150,000 Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) award from ºÚÁÏÍø of Texas System Board of […]
ºÚÁÏÍø of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center has been recognized among the top 2.4% of universities worldwide in the 2025 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), reaffirming its position as a global leader in biomedical discovery and innovation.