Elena Volpi, MD, PhD
Director, Sealy Center on Aging
Director, UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Associate Director, Institute for Translational Sciences
Professor, Internal Medicine
Professor, Neurology
Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Anatomy
Adjunct Professor, Nutrition and Metabolism
Research Interests: Physical functioning and sarcopenia in older adults; protein metabolism; muscle metabolism in type 2 diabetes; exercise and nutritional regulation of muscle growth; sex/gender disparities in metabolism; and ethnic/racial
disparities in metabolism.
RESEARCH