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WLOX TV: Doctors of the future: It’s all about AI
Ronald Rodriguez, MD, PhD, director of the MD/MSAI program and professor of medical education, and Niklesh Akula, fourth-year medical student, were interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
WGEM TV: Doctors of the future: It’s all about AI
Ronald Rodriguez, MD, PhD, director of the MD/MSAI program and professor of medical education, and Niklesh Akula, fourth-year medical student, were interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
Pharmacy Times: CATALYST Trial Shows Hypercortisolism in 24% of Poorly Controlled Diabetes Patients, Opening New Treatment Avenues
Ralph DeFronzo, MD, Department of Medicine, chief of the Division of Diabetes, was quoted in this article. Read More
The Wall Street Journal: Mini-Strokes, Gut Problems: Scientists See Links to an Old Bout of Covid (subscription required)
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and director of its long COVID clinic, was quoted in this article. Read More
Think Science live event: Let’s talk about addiction
Texas Public Radio will partner with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) to serve the community at the next Think Science live Q & A. The event features presentations by experts from UT Health Science Center San Antonio on the latest evidence-based treatments in substance use […]
Texas Public Radio: Think Science: Let’s Talk About Addiction
Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, vice president for research, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and founding director of the Be Well Institute on Substance Use and Related Disorders, was mentioned in this article. Read More
KENS 5: Viral video shows three children being rescued from hot car where their mother left them to go shopping
Fred Campbell, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
Texas Public Radio: What you need to know about COVID FLiRT variants
Jason Bowling, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for this podcast. Listen Now
San Antonio Express-News: UT Health researcher gets $2.5M to study alcohol-related liver disease
Mengwei Zang, MD, PhD, researcher at the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine, was quoted in this article. Read More (subscription required)
KSAT 12: Local veteran finds passion for life again after being paired with her service dog, Delta
Alan Peterson, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and director of the South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience, or STRONG STAR, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
UT Health San Antonio researcher awarded five-year, $2.53 million NIH grant to study alcohol-assisted liver disease
Groundbreaking study could help reduce the need for transplants Liver transplants associated with alcohol-related disease are growing at a rapid pace, shifting research to address pathologies behind the ailments in light of a limited supply of organ donors. At the forefront is Mengwei Zang, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized leader in chronic liver disease research […]
KENS 5: Want to earn $2,000 just by breaking a sweat? Here’s how.
Blake Rasmussen, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, and director of the Center for Metabolic Health, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
Science News: Long COVID finally gets a universal definition
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and director of its long COVID clinic, was quoted in this article. Read More
KVDA-TV: Presta atención si tomas más de dos tazas de café al día
Alejandro Folch Sandoval, clinical assistant professor and director of heart failure, Department of Medicine, was quoted in this news segment. Watch Now
San Antonio Express-News: UT Health San Antonio plans $100 million research tower to focus on cancer, aging, diabetes, obesity
Manzoor Bhat, PhD, vice dean for research at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, was quoted in this article. Read More (subscription required)
Marketplace: Long COVID can make work challenging. Accommodations can make a difference.
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and director of its long COVID clinic, was interviewed for the Marketplace radio program. Listen Now
Telemundo 60 San Antonio (KVDA-TV): Pacientes con diabetes sufren mayor riesgo con las altas temperaturas
Maria Escobar-Vasco, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
Voelcker Fund supports research for early career investigators at UT Health San Antonio
The Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund recently awarded $800,000 to UT Health San Antonio to support research projects from early career investigators. Voelcker Fund Young Investigator Awards The Voelcker Fund Young Investigator Awards provide each recipient with a total of $350,000 in funding allocated over three years to support emerging researchers conducting biomedical research. […]
NIH grant for atomic force microscope boosts translational science at bioanalytics, single-cell core lab
The bioanalytics and single-cell core (BASiC) facility at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has a new, first-in-Texas Nanowizard V atomic force microscope. Pawel Osmulski, PhD, department of molecular medicine, took the lead in applying for a National Institutes of Health grant (S10 funding) for the specialized equipment. Nameer Kirma, […]
New breathing technique at Mays Cancer Center protects healthy tissue from radiation treatment
The simple act of holding a breath during a radiation cancer treatment called deep inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) could mean the difference between irradiating healthy tissue and sparing it, according to Neil Newman, MD, a radiation oncologist for Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center.