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February 4, 2022
John H. Calhoon, MD, professor and chair of the President’s Council for Excellence in Surgery at UT Health San Antonio, was elected President of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) during the organization’s annual meeting on Jan. 30, 2022.
January 28, 2022
Noted diabetes researcher Ralph DeFronzo, MD, has received the 2022 Luminary in Cardiometabolic Medicine award from the Metabolic Institute of America. Dr. DeFronzo is chief of diabetes at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and deputy director of the University Health System’s Texas Diabetes Institute. As the […]
January 27, 2022
UT Health San Antonio and clinical partner University Health soon will begin a Phase 1 clinical research study of an HIV vaccine candidate produced by Moderna.
January 24, 2022
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), reporting this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, identified a mechanism through which two antiviral genes, when mutated, promote a childhood cancer called pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Scientists at Oklahoma State University and Cornell University collaborated […]
January 24, 2022
The campuswide Gifts for Children project has collected toys and books during the holidays for children in the community for 25 years. This past holiday season, Gifts for Children decided to raise monetary funds in lieu of physical gifts due to pandemic considerations, raising more than $14,000 for families in need. Partnering with the Department […]
January 24, 2022
Alexander Mazin, PhD, from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), has received a $900,000 Faculty Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) award from The University of Texas System. Dr. Mazin was recruited by UT Health San Antonio in spring 2021 as part of a $6 million […]