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UT Health San Antonio professor earns $500,000 UT System Faculty STARs award

Ching-Kang Jason Chen, PhD, from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio), was recently awarded a $500,000 UT System Faculty Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) award by the UT System Board of Regents. Chen, a professor in both the Departments of Molecular Medicine and […]

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Assistant professor and diabetes researcher earns UT System Rising STARs award

Shangang Zhao, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, 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), received a UT System Rising STARs (Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention) award in the amount […]

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Park now open near Mays Cancer Center

The San Antonio Medical Foundation has completed construction on a one-acre pocket park located between the Mays Cancer Center and the CVS Drug Store. The park is open to the public and can be accessed off Wurzbach Road. The pocket park has two picnic tables, one of which is ADA compliant.  There are four parking […]

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UT Health San Antonio physician helps UTSA star athlete return to the gridiron

  On a Saturday in April 2023 at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) football practice field, Thomas DeBerardino, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon with UT Health San Antonio who specializes in sports medicine, particularly knee meniscal injuries, noticed a slightly older athlete on crutches and asked about him. “Someone told me, ‘Oh, that’s […]

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Wishing you the embrace of hope and peace throughout these holidays and the new year

Our 2023 holiday greeting from Bill and Mary Henrich — the President and First Lady of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio — is sent with excited anticipation of the December 2024 opening of our UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital. Fueled by genuine compassion, this hospital will empower health and inspire […]

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Now taking applications: Translational Technology Resource Award

  The Institute for the Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS) is currently accepting applications for Translational Technology Resource (TTR) grant awards to support genetic analyses at the single-cell level carried out at the institution’s Genome Sequencing Facility on the Greehey campus. To learn more and/or apply, please visit  IIMS’ Translational Technology Resources page. Applications […]

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Floss more in 2024

As the last page of the calendar turns, many prepare to dust off ambitions and recommit to goals of better health. A daily routine of flossing is a small but crucial step toward maintaining good oral health in the coming year.

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Healthy diet, healthy brain is a great New Year’s resolution

Here is an important New Year’s resolution backed by science: “In 2024, I will eat a diet that keeps my brain healthy.” For elaboration, let’s consult Debora Melo van Lent, PhD, a nutrition scientist and epidemiologist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio). During her […]

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Two-year Mays Cancer Center renovation reaches successful completion

Wednesday, Dec. 20, will mark the successful completion of a $28 million renovation project started more than two years ago at the Mays Cancer Center. The aim of the project was to provide expanded patient care for the new Multispecialty and Research Hospital. Beginning December 2024, the new hospital will provide biomedical research, patient care […]

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The key to fighting allergies might be stuffed in your pocket or purse

With mountain cedar having reared its head earlier than its expected mid-December arrival, some may be scrambling to find the best ways to manage the effects of the dreaded tree pollen.

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