UTHSC professor earns national recognition for community service

December 9, 2003

The Hispanic Dental Association (HDA) has awarded Vidal Balderas, D.D.S., clinical assistant professor in the department of community dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC), its prestigious President’s Award for community service.


Portable blood analyzer picks up cases of anemia in Mexican children

December 2, 2003

A portable blood analyzer developed at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC) and commercialized by AVOX Systems of San Antonio helped diagnose a young child with anemia recently during a visit to a children’s home in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.


Mellonig earns Outstanding Educator Award from AAP

November 17, 2003

James Mellonig, D.D.S., M.S., professor of dentistry and director of the Advanced Education Program in Periodontics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC), received the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP).