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, equity 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
STRONG STAR Consortium secures $17 million in DOD research funding
STRONG STAR Consortium secures $17 million in DOD research funding for brain injuries, PTSD and more In a recent round of grant awards, the U.S. Department of Defense selected the STRONG STAR Consortium based at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) for a total of $17 million in funding to launch eight new research projects focused on traumatic brain injury and psychological health.
$11 million NIH grant awarded for five-year investigation of novel oral chlamydia vaccine
$11 million NIH grant awarded for five-year investigation of novel oral chlamydia vaccine The study of a novel oral vaccine that could protect against chlamydia infection received more than $11 million in National Institutes of Health funding through a five-year U01 grant in April 2024 - Guangming Zhong, MD, PhD, professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
UT Health San Antonio receives nearly $4 million for trauma research, patient care
UT Health San Antonio receives nearly $4 million for trauma research, patient care awarded nearly $4 million in grant funding from the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4).
TRC4 is a University of Texas System initiative that works to support trauma care research and improve patient outcomes.
American Cancer Society awards nearly $1 million to UT Health San Antonio cancer researcher
American Cancer Society awards nearly $1 million to UT Health San Antonio cancer researcher - Zhijie “Jason” Liu, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and CPRIT (Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas) Scholar in Cancer Research, received a grant from the American Cancer Society in the amount of $960,000 to enhance his research into the mechanisms of endocrine resistance in breast cancer and the role of estrogen receptor-bound enhancers.
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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