Funding for UCSF Pepper Center Successfully Renewed

The UCSF Older Americans Independence Center (Pepper Center), a NIA Center Grant that develops capacity for clinical aging research at UCSF has been renewed for another 5 year term.  The UCSF Pepper Center focuses on developing research capacity that will improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable older persons, including those with major medical or social vulnerability.  The UCSF Pepper Center provides pilot and career development support to investigators across the divisions, departments, and schools at UCSF and also provides technical expertise that helps a wide number of investigators conducting state of the art aging research.