2023 Presidential Ambassador Scholars recognized
May 4, 2023
UT Health San Antonio’s 2023 Presidential Ambassador Scholars were officially recognized by President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, on April 24. Dr. Henrich presented each student with their medals and recognized their achievements, with each am …
PhD grad credits early lab experiences for his success in science
May 1, 2023
Raphael Reyes, PhD student in the Integrated Biomedical Sciences program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, has always felt well-suited for a life in the lab.
UT Health San Antonio responds to coming tsunami of dementia and other brain health challenges
May 1, 2023
This spring, UT Health San Antonio announced it will build a $100 million Center for Brain Health to enhance its Biggs Institute and the Department of Neurology of its Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine.
Flies, worms poorly predict drugs’ life span effects in mice, study indicates
April 21, 2023
Doctoral student’s research suggests difficulty of translating longevity interventions from lower species to mammals If a drug extends the life span of worms or flies, is it likely to do the same in mice? Michael Bene, PhD student Not typically based o …
KSAT 12: UT Health San Antonio to bring free family event Viva Science SA to Witte on Saturday
April 3, 2023
David Weiss, PhD, Cellular and Integrative Physiology and dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, was quoted in this article. Read More
COSTAR program funding renewed with perfect score
March 20, 2023
The Craniofacial Oral-Biology Student Training in Academic Research (COSTAR) T32 program funded through the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has been renewed, with a renewal score of a perfect ten.
Department of Pharmacology neuroscience researcher committed to treating brain illnesses
December 9, 2022
David Morilak, PhD, Quincy and Estine Lee endowed chair and professor in the Department of Pharmacology and director of the Center for Biomedical Neuroscience in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, has long been fascinated by brain health.
UT Health San Antonio selected as a Fulbright HSI Leader
October 24, 2022
UT Health San Antonio was named a 2022 Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution Leader by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences welcomes new PhD candidates
September 21, 2022
As part of its 50th anniversary year celebrations, UT Health San Antonio’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences honored 46 PhD candidates in a white coat ceremony on Sept. 16, 2022. The milestone event honors those who passed their qualifying exams, transitioning from a PhD student to a PhD candidate.
‘It’s like being able to see a dime on the surface of the moon.’
August 23, 2022
UT Health San Antonio is investing $5 million over the next three years in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM for short). The state-of-the-art technology adds a powerful new tool to solve disease riddles at the molecular level.