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UT San Antonio connects families with resources at Spurs Back to School Bash
Through its partnership with the San Antonio Spurs, UT Health San Antonio joined programs from across the university to provide local families with health screenings, school supplies, wellness education and enrollment resources at the annual Spurs Sports & Entertainment Back to School Bash.
A Teen Guide for a Healthy Back to School
The beginning of the school year is filled with new experiences, from meeting new friends and teachers to learning class schedules and morning routines. Things can move fast and before you know it, you’ve settled into daily school life. This school year, we want you to pause, take it all in, and bookmark this page if you need support.
UT San Antonio fellowship aims to expand forensic psychiatry training in Texas
UT San Antonio’s Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship program is part of a Texas effort to expand forensic psychiatry training through state funding. UT San Antonio was among nine programs approved statewide to provide this specialty training.
As Candida auris spreads, UT Health San Antonio scientist highlights growing threat of antifungal resistance
As cases of Candida auris spread across the country and an UT Health San Antonio expert says better surveillance, awareness and new treatments will be critical to confronting the growing threat.
Oyajobi named Fellow of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Babatunde “Kay” Oyajobi, MBBS, PhD, MBA, professor in the Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and UT Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), has been elected to the 2026 class of Fellows of the American Society […]
UT San Antonio scientist highlights growing threat of antifungal resistance
For decades, scientists have studied antibiotic resistance, which is how bacteria evolve mechanisms to evade lifesaving drugs. Now, researchers are warning that a similar challenge is emerging among fungi, where resistance to frontline antifungal medications is making serious infections increasingly difficult to treat. Nathan Wiederhold, PharmD, director of the Fungus Testing Laboratory and professor […]
Specialized orthopaedic care helps patients move again
For nearly two decades, Carlos Morales managed the pain. As an interventional cardiologist, he spent years standing for long hours in a cardiac catheterization laboratory while osteoarthritis slowly wore away the cartilage in both knees. He relied on medications and injections to stay active, postponing surgery until his retirement finally gave him the time to […]
UT San Antonio scientist highlights growing threat of antifungal resistance
Nathan Wiederhold, PharmD, director of the Fungus Testing Laboratory and professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas at San Antonio said antifungal resistance is becoming an increasingly urgent problem around the globe.
UT San Antonio researchers uncover how liver’s internal clock may influence metabolism
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) have uncovered a treasure trove of information about hundreds of proteins released by the liver and how the timing of their release may affect bodily processes. A recent study, published June 2 in Nature Communications, describes how the liver releases certain proteins at […]
Legacy of discovery: How UT San Antonio Neurology grew from a small division into a leading academic department shaping brain health across South Texas
Fifty years ago, neurologists were able to diagnose devastating brain diseases but had little to offer patients beyond information. Today, many of those same conditions can be treated, slowed or even prevented through advances once thought impossible.
This transformation over time mirrors the progressive evolution of the Department of Neurology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio).
Summer internship program prepares students for careers in adolescent health
UT Teen Health hosted nine college students from across the country to learn what it takes to improve teen health in South Texas.
Researchers uncover potential strategy for safer cancer treatments
Scientists at The University of Texas at San Antonio discovered a potential path to maintaining the cancer-fighting benefits of one type of immunotherapy while limiting harmful organ damage, providing new hope for this promising treatment.
UT Health San Antonio’s $1 billion multiyear investment helps meet demand for care
Healthcare is a strong economic driver in San Antonio, generating more than $43 billion annually and supporting nearly 200,000 jobs across the region, according to the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. As the region’s academic health center, UT Health San Antonio contributes approximately $3.2 billion annually through patient care, research, education and workforce development.
UT San Antonio academic health center ranked among nation’s best for entrepreneurial readiness
UT Health San Antonio, The University of Texas at San Antonio’s academic health center, has been recognized as one of the nation’s top 10 institutions for entrepreneurial readiness, ranking No. 7 in the inaugural Cure Innovation Index for how effectively it helps researchers translate scientific discovery into real-world impact through biomedical innovation and commercialization. […]
UT Health San Antonio study links sleeping long hours with higher levels of an Alzheimer’s-related protein
Findings could signal early neurodegenerative processes at work Regularly sleeping long hours each night is associated with higher levels of an Alzheimer’s-related protein in the blood, even accounting for other health factors, suggests a new study from UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Modeling across a sample […]
Emergency Medicine residency helps meet South Texas’ growing need for care
Ten years after graduating its first class, UT San Antonio’s Emergency Medicine Residency Program has become a workforce pipeline for South Texas, training residents to care for and understand the unique needs of patients in the community.
Researchers create new device to save lives on battlefields
University researchers have collaborated to develop three devices that would offer combat medics a suction solution for any setting, from controlled to chaotic. Suction devices remove blood and vomit that can block a wounded patient’s airway and prevent breathing.
UT Health San Antonio’s summer programs offer undergraduates immersive, hands-on learning
Each summer, UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), welcomes undergraduate students from colleges and universities nationwide who competed for an opportunity to participate in its Summer Physiology Undergraduate Researcher Program (SPUR) and the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) offered within the nation
UT Health San Antonio’s summer programs offer undergraduates immersive, hands-on learning
Each summer, UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio, welcomes undergraduate students from colleges and universities nationwide who competed for an opportunity to participate in its Summer Physiology Undergraduate Researcher Program and the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.