CPRIT awards approximately $16.4 million to advance children’s cancer research and attract top researchers to South Texas

March 6, 2024

Content contributed by Steven Lee The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has secured approximately $16.4 million in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) since last August, which will be utilized to help advance research into cancers that affect children and adolescents as […]




First-time parents promote the benefits of cranial remolding

March 4, 2024

  Four months into their daughter’s life, Heather and Callum Riley found themselves at a crossroads. Harper Riley’s head shape was wide and short rather than symmetrical and oval, the likely result of her head being pressed against her mother’s pelvis before she was born. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, this occurs in […]




UT Teen Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services host community dialogue

February 29, 2024

UT Teen Health, an initiative of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), has been successfully collaborating with community youth organizations since 2003 to implement evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) programs in South Texas.   Notably, in July 2023, UT Teen Health received a $9.86 million federal grant from […]




KSAT 12: IBC Foundation Endowments

February 27, 2024

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) was included in this story about the IBC Foundation, one of the largest Hispanic-American-owned community banks in the United States, announcing a $2 million endowment to four programs at the university.   Watch Now