UT Health San Antonio scientist awarded $300,000 grant to study effect of Spanish-language interpretation on child mental health outcomes
August 7, 2024
A researcher with (UT Health San Antonio) was awarded a $300,000 research project grant through the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium’s New and Emerging Children’s Mental Health Research initiative. Jessica Sandoval, MD, associate clinical prof …
Antiretroviral drug used to prevent HIV or hepatitis B shows promise for Alzheimer’s disease treatment in early clinical trials
August 7, 2024
Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu Content provided by Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO – A pilot study led by scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) shows promise for …
Garage A to close for next four weekends
August 5, 2024
Garage A — located behind the Holly Auditorium on the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus — will be closed for power washing over the next four weekends. The parking garage designated for Zone 1 reserved and non-reserved parking will be closed during …
KVUE-TV Austin: Russia-US Prisoner Swap: Freed Americans receiving thorough medical evaluation in San Antonio
August 5, 2024
Ralph Riviello, MD, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, was quoted in this article. Read More
Nominations open for Staff Advisory Council until Aug. 9
August 5, 2024
Nominations are now open for positions on the Staff Advisory Council (SAC). The deadline to submit nominations has been extended to Friday, Aug. 9, at 6 p.m. All staff (non-faculty) employees are eligible to nominate fellow staff members and to vote in …
Medical Arts and Research Center (MARC) celebrates 15 years of serving patients
August 5, 2024
See photos of the MARC then and now Excavation for the MARC Building began in 2007. Nearly 15 years after the Medical Arts and Research Building opened for business, the eight-story, 286,000-square-foot facility with a 645-space parking garage, has be …
Knowable Magazine: Understanding the sudden rise of type 2 diabetes in children
August 2, 2024
Luisa M. Rodriguez, MD, MS, clinical associate professor and pediatric endocrinology medical director, was quoted in this article. Read More
Antiretroviral drug shows potential for Alzheimer’s disease treatment in early clinical trials
July 31, 2024
Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio, led a pilot study of the Food and Drug Administration-approved antiretroviral drug lamivudine, to determine if it could be a poten …
UT Health San Antonio faculty member helps create universal long COVID definition
July 31, 2024
A report released June 11 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) provides a working definition of long COVID. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in the Joe R. …
Alternatives for treatment-resistant depression offer hope
July 26, 2024
Carey Calvin was at the lowest point in his life two years ago. After a childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse and years of antidepressant medications and therapies that were not working, Calvin was ready to give up. “It was the firs …