School of Nursing professor’s SUD research gives hope to women and their families

September 9, 2022

Lisa M. Cleveland, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, FAAN, professor in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, whose career began in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), had dreamed of becoming a nurse for […]


School of Nursing pioneers harm reduction in Bexar County

September 1, 2022

Loading her car full of medical supplies, flyers and Narcan, School of Nursing student Brieanna Flowers-Joseph, MSN, APRN, CPNP, works with the Street Medicine and Nursing teams to meet individuals where they are: under bridges, at pop-up tents along Zarzamora Street or in homeless encampments in downtown San Antonio.

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Two faculty members named fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

August 23, 2022

A cardiovascular nurse researcher and the leader of the School of Nursing’s clinical enterprise will be inducted this fall as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Both are faculty members at UT Health San Antonio and are members of the 2022 class of 250 fellows — the AAN’s largest cohort ever.



Nursing professor prioritizes community health

July 18, 2022

Adelita Cantu, PhD, RN, FAAN, is no stranger to media coverage in her hometown of San Antonio. As a UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Health Systems, she made headlines for being among the first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine when it became available in […]