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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. Immunotherapy is a powerful tool in cancer treatment, but its power can come at the cost of severe side […]
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.
Knowridge: Simple Protein Supplement May Help Older People Increase Strength
Jason O’Connor, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pharmacology, was referenced in this article. Read More
KENS 5: Experts offer tips for handling fireworks with PTSD
Alan Peterson, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and director of the STRONG STAR Consortium, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now (KENS 5) Watch Now (KENS 5 YouTube)
The Nation’s Health: San Antonio ready to welcome APHA Annual Meeting this fall
Jason Rosenfeld, DrPH, MPH, associate professor, Department of Medicine, and director of Global Health Education, was interviewed for this article. Read More
MegaDoctor News: UT Health San Antonio Introduces AI-Assisted Colonoscopies
Prabhleen Chahal, MD, MASGE, FACG, chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, was quoted in this article. Read More
Texas Public Radio: South Texas dementia cases high, Bexar commissioners raise awareness
A. Campbell Sullivan, PsyD, ABPP-CN, clinical associate professor, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, was quoted in this article. Read More
San Antonio Express-News: UT Health San Antonio researchers may have found another way to treat lupus patients
Laurence Morel, PhD, chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, was quoted in this article. Read More (subscription only)
KABB TV (FOX SA): Understanding PTSD with UT Health San Antonio
Alan Peterson, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and director of the STRONG STAR Consortium, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
UT Health San Antonio researcher receives $400,000 Komen grant to study therapeutic yoga for breast cancer survivors
Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, MPH, to work with Hispanics in South Texas Content provided by Cliff Despres Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, MPH, a cancer researcher at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio, is receiving a two-year, $400,000 leadership grant from Susan G. Komen to study cancer survivorship. She aims […]
Spectrum News National: Brain stimulation can help PTSD symptoms, studies find
Peter T. Fox, MD, director of the Research Imaging Institute at UT Health San Antonio, Department of Radiology, was quoted in this article. Read More
Researcher awarded $4.6 million to study DNA repair, cancer biology
A scientist at The University of Texas at San Antonio was recently awarded two grants totaling more than $4.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how cells repair DNA to protect the genome, the set of genetic instructions within our cells.