Elena Volpi

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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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Elena Volpi is a Professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States. Her research focuses on muscle physiology, nutritional interventions, and the effects of disuse on muscle metabolism, particularly in older adults. She has contributed to recent articles exploring topics such as muscle protein synthesis, dietary protein needs, and the design of clinical trials for function-promoting therapies.

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Combining Testosterone Therapy and Exercise to Improve Function Post Hip Fracture

Open Date: 2017-09-15

Close Date: 2022-05-31

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Identifying therapeutic targets of accelerated sarcopenia

Open Date: 2016-08-15

Close Date: 2021-05-31

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Nutrition &Exercise to Improve Protein Metabolism &Prevent Sarcopenia in Aging

Open Date: 2008-08-01

Close Date: 2015-05-31

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Nutrition & Exercise to Improve Protein Metabolism & Prevent Sarcopenia in Aging

Open Date: 2008-08-01

Close Date: 2015-05-31

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UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)

Open Date: 2005-06-15

Close Date: 2015-04-30

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Collaborators (14)

Karen Basen-Engquist

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

UNITED STATES

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Michael C. Robertson

Assistant Professor

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

UNITED STATES

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Rachel Deer

Assistant Professor

University of Texas Medical Branch

UNITED STATES

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Michael Ernst

Iowa State University

UNITED STATES

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Elizabeth Lyons

Associate Professor

University of Texas Medical Branch

UNITED STATES

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Paul Lacaze

AUSTRALIA

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Nicolaas Deutz

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Texas A&M University

UNITED STATES

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Robyn Woods

Associate Professor

MONASH UNIVERSITY

AUSTRALIA

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Debbe Thompson

Baylor College of Medicine

UNITED STATES

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Jason Bentley

Assistant Professor

University of Houston - Clear Lake

UNITED STATES

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Rory Wolfe

MONASH UNIVERSITY

AUSTRALIA

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Joanna McHugh Power

Associate Professor

National University of Ireland Maynooth Department of Psychology

IRELAND

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Jeremy Millar

MONASH UNIVERSITY

AUSTRALIA

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Maria C. Swartz

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

UNITED STATES

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Articles (13)

Integrated muscle protein synthesis during disuse and rehabilitation in late-midlife adults

Human skeletal muscle disuse atrophy has profound and negative effects on the muscle metabolome and lipidome

Enhancing flow-mediated dilation analysis by optimizing an open-source software with automated edge detection

Nutritional Interventions: Dietary Protein Needs and Influences on Skeletal Muscle of Older Adults

Optimizing the Design of Clinical Trials to Evaluate the Efficacy of Function-Promoting Therapies

A Photography-based, Social Media Walking Intervention Targeting Autonomous Motivations for Physical Activity: Semistructured Interviews With Older Women

Effect of Aspirin on Melanoma Incidence in Older Persons: Extended Follow-up of a Large Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial.

Associations between blood sex steroid concentrations and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in healthy older women in Australia: a prospective cohort substudy of the ASPREE trial.

Dietary Intake Patterns of Community-Dwelling Older Adults After Acute Hospitalization

A Polygenic Risk Score Predicts Incident Prostate Cancer Risk in Older Men but Does Not Select for Clinically Significant Disease

The effect of low-dose aspirin on frailty phenotype and frailty index in community-dwelling older adults in the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly study.

Social isolation, social support, and loneliness and their relationship with cognitive health and dementia.

Impact of economic factors, social health and stressful life events on physical health-related quality of life trajectories in older Australians.

Collaborators (14)

Karen Basen-Engquist

Michael C. Robertson

Rachel Deer

Michael Ernst

Elizabeth Lyons

Paul Lacaze

Nicolaas Deutz

Robyn Woods

Debbe Thompson

Jason Bentley

Rory Wolfe

Joanna McHugh Power

Jeremy Millar

Maria C. Swartz

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