Partner with Compliance and have a little fun this week
November 9, 2021
During National Compliance & Ethics Week Nov. 7-13, the Institutional Compliance and Privacy Office wants to celebrate and acknowledge the role that everyone at UT Health San Antonio plays in the success of the compliance program.
KSAT 12: Got the hiccups? SA doctor invents weird-shaped straw that may just cure them
November 9, 2021
Dr. Ali Seifi, Neurosurgery, was interviewed for this KSAT 12 story about his invention to stop hiccups called the Hiccaway. Watch story
Fox 29: ‘I would not make that mistake’: Still recovering from COVID, Cleto encourages vaccination
November 9, 2021
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, stressed the importance of the COVID-19 vaccination in this Fox 29 story. Watch story
KENS 5: ‘The biggest game changer in my life’ | Simple snoring cure giving people the gift of sleep
November 9, 2021
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, was interviewed for this KENS 5 story. Watch story
UT Health San Antonio offering COVID-19 vaccinations to children ages 5 to 11
November 8, 2021
UT Health San Antonio is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11. The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently authorized the vaccine for this new age group.
Glioblastoma recurrence and clues to blunt it
November 8, 2021
Radiation that at first is beneficial later causes cells to senesce, promoting brain cancer’s return. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 8, 2021) — It’s a medical conundrum. Ionizing radiation, which at first ext …
San Antonio Express-News: 9 surprising things invented in San Antonio, like ice cream soda, Fritos and the personal computer
November 8, 2021
Inventions mentioned in this San Antonio Express-News article include the world’s first coronary stent invented by Dr. Julio Palmaz, at the time a professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read story
San Antonio Express-News: ‘A dynamo’: UT Health San Antonio’s Dr. Barbara Taylor switched from focusing on HIV research to battling COVID
November 8, 2021
Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, is the subject of this “San Antonio Lights” profile in the San Antonio Express-News. Dr. Thomas Patterson, chief of infectious diseases, and Dr. Joshua Hanson, associate dean for student affairs in the Long Scho …
From the Chief Medical Officer: Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines now available
November 5, 2021
UT Health San Antonio offers COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old. Convenient appointments can be scheduled online for both children and adults.
Office of the Vice President for Research Virtual Town Hall Series
November 5, 2021
The mission of the Office of the Vice President for Research is to support the research enterprise. In service to our world-class investigators and their research teams, we provide services and resources to advance our research environment.