Mission
To grow a multi-professional research infrastructure that leverages intellectual capital and enhances the success of our scientists in translating discoveries to promote health and reduce health disparities.
Vision
Be an international leader in making high-impact, innovative discoveries that improve human health and the health care delivery system.
Research Goals
The university’s research goals according to the 2023-2027 strategic plan are:
- Attract, incentivize, and retain high-potential and high-performing research faculty and teams
- Expand discovery in targeted and emerging research areas across the research continuum to create new knowledge, treatments, and patents
- Grow translational and clinical research, including leveraging the expanded clinical and community footprints
- Increase inclusive, collaborative, multidisciplinary research and community partnerships
Researcher Resources
Top Stories
UT Health San Antonio earns top Carnegie classification for research, doctorate awards
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio earned a Research 1 (R1) designation from the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in their 2025 Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education. Of the 3,941 United States institutions evaluated, only 187 (4.7%) earned an R1 designation.
Global leaders in health: UT Health San Antonio is shaping the future of research and innovation
In Nature Index 2024, UT Health San Antonio ranked No. 32 out of 917 nationally for research output as a health care institute. The 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings listed UT Health San Antonio as No. 51 among the world’s top 1,000 universities with clinical medicine research programs. UT Health San Antonio is in the top 5% worldwide, demonstrating its impact and reputation on a global academic stage.
CPRIT awards UT Health San Antonio $3.2 million to accelerate cancer research, launch novel clinical trial
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) received more than $3.19 million in new academic research awards as part of the latest $68 million funding round announced on February 19 by the Cancer Research Prevention Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The state agency, which focuses on the fight against cancer, has now awarded $163.6 million to UT Health San Antonio since 2010.
UT Health San Antonio study uncovers key risk factors for diabetic foot infection recurrence
Texas has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country, with more than 2.7 million Texans diagnosed with the condition. About one in six people in San Antonio have Type 2 diabetes, and a third of residents are prediabetic, according to the American Diabetes Association.
Milestones
Helped develop the world's first stent (Palmaz Stent), used to treat blood vessel blockages
Discovered how to increase the types of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin with potential to cure Type 1 diabetesDiscovered how to increase the types of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin with potential to cure Type 1 diabetes
Invented the EZ-IO to rapidly infuse fluids into the bone marrow cavities of patients in shock
Discovered a link between finasteride and prevention of prostate cancer in men
One of two universities nationwide with a Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center, Claude D. Pepper, and a Nathan Shock Center
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