News 4: Local doctors get $7.2M to fight opioid crisis across Texas
February 20, 2020
Dr. Jennifer Sharpe Potter is leading the statewide collaborative, called Texas Medication for Opioid Use Disorder.
New chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
February 19, 2020
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D., has been appointed chairwoman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
UT Health San Antonio leads statewide effort to treat opioid use disorder
February 18, 2020
A $7.2 million contract has been awarded for the Texas Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (TxMOUD) initiative.
Rivard Report: SA team aiming for improved sepsis therapies receives grant
February 12, 2020
A team of researchers was awarded a grant to study sepsis, which contributes to a third of all hospital deaths in the United States.
San Antonio Partnership for Precision Therapeutics awards inaugural research funding
February 11, 2020
Leaders of the newly-established San Antonio Partnership for Precision Therapeutics (SA PPT) have awarded the partnership’s first research grant. The team, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Madesh Muniswamy of UT Health San Antonio, is studying the cause, prevention and treatment of multi-organ failure during sepsis.
Texas Public Radio: Cancer is the leading cause of death for Hispanics in the U.S.
February 11, 2020
Amelie Ramirez, Dr.P.H., professor and chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences and director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio, and Kate Lathrop, M.D., assistant professor of hematology/oncology at UT Health San Antonio and a care provider in the breast cancer program at the Mays Cancer Center, were […]