UT Health San Antonio’s new hospital features state-of-the-art technology
June 27, 2024
Wireless smart beds designed to improve patient safety; robots that can retrieve and deliver supplies, specimens, medications, and equipment to staff; delivering innovative patient care through virtual nursing; and using technology that can guid …
Texas Public Radio: What you need to know about COVID FLiRT variants
June 27, 2024
Jason Bowling, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for this podcast. Listen Now
New hospital will feature museum-quality artwork by local, regional artists
June 26, 2024
Spending time in and out of hospitals as a child with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Kate Sheerin is well acquainted with the lack of good art on hospital walls. “I remember one room I spent a lot of time in looking at Raggedy Ann and Andy over …
UT Health San Antonio ranks top 10 nationally as fastest-rising institution for research output
June 26, 2024
Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu Content by Claire Kowalick The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has been rated number six of the top rising 25 institutions in North America, accord …
Fastest-rising U.S. institutions for research output – UT Health Science Center San Antonio ranks 6th in top 10 nationally
June 25, 2024
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has been rated No. 6 on the top 10 list of fastest-rising United States institutions for research output ranked by Nature Index in May 2024. The UT Health Science Center San Antonio outpaced …
San Antonio Express-News: UT Health researcher gets $2.5M to study alcohol-related liver disease
June 24, 2024
Mengwei Zang, MD, PhD, researcher at the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine, was quoted in this article. Read More (subscription required)
KSAT 12: Local veteran finds passion for life again after being paired with her service dog, Delta
June 21, 2024
Alan Peterson, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and director of the South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience, or STRONG STAR, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
UT Health San Antonio researcher awarded five-year, $2.53 million NIH grant to study alcohol-assisted liver disease
June 21, 2024
Groundbreaking study could help reduce the need for transplants Liver transplants associated with alcohol-related disease are growing at a rapid pace, shifting research to address pathologies behind the ailments in light of a limited supply of organ do …
University alumnus appointed executive director of Mays Cancer Center
June 21, 2024
Lei Zheng, MD, PhD Lei Zheng, MD, PhD — an alumnus of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio — has been appointed executive director of the Mays Cancer Center and vice president for oncology for the health science center, effectiv …
Research finds causal evidence tying cerebral small-vessel disease to Alzheimer’s, dementia
June 21, 2024
Study led partly by UT Health San Antonio suggests new prevention strategies Research led in part by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) finds that the most common cerebral small-vessel disease feature s …