Give blood at Briscoe Library
January 15, 2021
Employees and students can donate blood at the Briscoe Library on Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23. Your UT Health San Antonio badge is required to donate to the UHS Blood Bank.
Annual reporting of outside activities and financial interests
January 15, 2021
To comply with federal and state regulations, Board of Regents’ rules and as required by HOP 10.1.6, 10.1.8, and 10.1.12 certain UT Health San Antonio faculty and staff are required to submit a retrospective report that details their outside activities and financial interests in the preceding calendar year. Eligible faculty and staff have been notified via email that they are required to submit a report through iDisclose before February 2, 2021.
Laredo Morning Times: Vaccine rollout issues not unique to Laredo, but city faces extra hurdles to reach herd immunity
January 14, 2021
Dr. Luz Garcini, UT Health San Antonio’s Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), is quoted in this Laredo Morning Times story regarding vaccine rollout issues not unique to Laredo, but the city faces extra hurdles to reach herd immunit …
San Antonio Express-News: Latinos and other underserved San Antonio groups most impacted by pandemic, but reluctant to take vaccine
January 14, 2021
Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio, and Dr. Luz Garcini, UT Health San Antonio’s Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), were interviewed for this San Antonio Express-News story about h …
Texas Public Radio: Drug overdoses spiked during the pandemic. What’s fueling the surge?
January 14, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Potter, Psychiatry/vice dean for research, was a featured guest during the noon hour Jan. 14 on Texas Public Radio’s “The Source” regarding the fact that, when the U.S. was already experiencing its deadliest drug overdose epidemic pre-pand …
KENS 5: Mayor mentions Mil Gracias educational effort on nightly coronavirus briefing
January 14, 2021
On the Jan. 12 briefing, Mayor Ron Nirenberg mentioned the Mil Gracias (A Thousand Thanks) educational effort championed by UT Health San Antonio faculty and staff including Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Dr. Claudia Miller and Dr. Mandie Svatek.Mil Gracias is a …
KSAT 12: San Antonio nurse says post-COVID recovery clinic changed her life
January 14, 2021
Registered nurse Cassandra Hernandez commented to KSAT 12 that her care received from the post-COVID-19 recovery clinic of UT Health Physicians changed her life. Watch here.
New England Journal of Medicine publishes COVID-19 treatment trial results
January 14, 2021
UT Health San Antonio, University Health participate in study that finds adding baricitinib to remdesivir helps patients recover sooner. A clinical trial involving COVID-19 patients hospitalized at UT Health San Antonio and University Health, among rou …
Top physicians recognized by local magazine
January 14, 2021
UT Health San Antonio physicians dominated a list of 276 peer-nominated physicians published in the January-February issue of San Antonio Magazine. From allergists to vascular surgeons, UT Health San Antonio doctors are more than well represented.
San Antonio Express-News: Ayala: Relax no one is jumping ahead of you for vaccines, at least not many
January 13, 2021
Dr. Rachel Pearson, Pediatrics, and Dr. Jason Morrow, Internal Medicine, both in UT Health San Antonio’s Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, provided their comments in this San Antonio Express-News column about the silver lining in “hesitancy rat …