Posted on November 14, 2022 by Michelle Gaitan
A team of researchers led by faculty from the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts has been selected to receive a five-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new model that could be used to study biological aging. It is the largest grant COLFA researchers have ever received.
Campuchin Monkey
NOVEMBER 14, 2022 — A team of researchers led by faculty from the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts has been selected to receive a five-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new model that could be used to study biological aging. It is the largest grant COLFA researchers have ever received.
Fernando A. Campos, assistant professor in the UTSA Department of Anthropology, is leading the collaborative research project to understand why some individuals retain good health into old age while others experience declines in their health, physical function and wellbeing.
He and his colleagues believe the answer might lie with wild capuchin monkeys.
— Michelle Gaitan
