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.
GSBS convocation launches school’s 50th anniversary
August 10, 2022
UT Health San Antonio’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) kicks off its 50th anniversary with its convocation ceremony Aug. 19.
UT Health San Antonio receives award for innovation in interprofessional education and collaboration
June 27, 2022
In December 2018, UT Health San Antonio received approval from its accrediting organization, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, to develop institutional infrastructure through which to advance interprofessional edu …
The value of an education, times 1,000
May 17, 2022
With the countdown to commencement for UT Health San Antonio’s Class of 2022, one way to measure student success is through the personal stories of what motivates individuals to pursue professions that make others’ lives better. Here are five of many graduate success stories.
Celebrating service milestones
May 16, 2022
UT Health San Antonio employees who have served in the UT System for milestone anniversaries from five to 50 years were honored May 10 at the Service Anniversary Celebration for employees—the first held in person since 2019. There were more than 1,800 …
PhD graduate uses physics to improve treatments and expand medical technology
May 16, 2022
Victoria Bry has always aspired to understand how the world works and was naturally drawn to science from an early age, especially physics. She was accepted to the UT Health San Antonio’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in the Radiological Sciences PhD Program in the fall of 2018, where she has been working to become a radiation oncology medical physicist.