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Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu With more than 50 studies, departments and centers, the Center for Brain Health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will be home to the institution’s many brain health initiatives. For a complete overview of these vital programs, visit https://advancingbrainhealth.org/. Recently, UT Health San Antonio received […]

Emily Johnson is a second-year graduate student in the Master of Deaf Education and Hearing Science (DEHS) Program at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine. Her learning journey to become a certified educator for deaf and hard-of-hearing children began when she was just a preschooler.

Alan Peterson, PhD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, director of the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (CAP) and the South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience (STRONG STAR), was interviewed for this podcast.   Read More

Alan Peterson, PhD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, director of the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (CAP) and the South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience (STRONG STAR), was interviewed for this story.   Read More

By Bradley Tragord, PT, DPT, DSc, associate professor, Department of Physical Therapy People who are physically active, tend to live longer and healthier lives. Individuals with risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes or even a smoking habit, can benefit from incorporating physical activity into their daily routine. The U.S. Department of Health and Human […]

  UT Health San Antonio’s Master of Physician Assistant Studies program has been ranked 9th in the nation in a list published by Degree Query. The ranking includes the top 25 PA Studies programs in the country for 2022. School of Health Professions Dean David Shelledy, PhD, RRT, FASAHP, FAARC, congratulated the Department of Physician […]

Drug target that revs up energy expenditure, reduces appetite identified A drug that promotes energy expenditure in the body while suppressing appetite could be a powerful weight loss therapy. Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University-China and Baylor College of Medicine reported […]

Vasan S. Ramachandran, MD, founding dean of The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio, a strategic collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a UT System Faculty Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) award for more than $1.6 million to fund […]

  Drug target that revs up energy expenditure, reduces appetite identified Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 20, 2023) — A drug that promotes energy expenditure in the body while suppressing appetite could be a powerful weight loss therapy. Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the Second […]

With more than 50 studies, departments and centers, the Center for Brain Health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will be home to the institution’s many brain health initiatives. It will include an imaging suite and a non-oncology infusion suite for patient care and clinical trials.