Assistant professor and diabetes researcher earns UT System Rising STARs award
December 27, 2023
Shangang Zhao, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), received …

UT Health San Antonio hosts inaugural ARPA-H Customer Experience Hub information session
December 21, 2023
Texas-based hub solicits ‘spoke’ participants during gathering of 250-plus Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content contributed by Lisa Cruz, 210-724-1691, lcruz@upsidecomms.com SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 21, 2023 – A leading consortium of …
KSAT 12: Local athletes with diabetes get Name Image and Likeness deals to help diabetes community
December 20, 2023
Kenneth O. Kenneth-Nwosa, MD, orthopaedics, and head team physician for the UTSA athletics program, was interviewed in this news segment. Watch Now
San Antonio Report: Here’s how San Antonio is intervening to meet local pediatric dental needs
December 20, 2023
Virginia Salazar, clinical supervisor; Brij B. Singh, PhD, associate dean of research; and Juanita Lozano-Pineda, DDS, MPH, associate dean of external affairs and director of the Hispanic Center of Excellence at the School of Dentistry’s Pediatric Dent …
NEWS4SA: UT Health San Antonio launches region’s first nurse anesthesia program amid rising demand
December 20, 2023
Alison R. Peterson, DNP, CRNA, Anesthesiology, director of the CRNA program, School of Nursing, was quoted in this story. Watch Now
KENS 5: Respiratory illnesses causing many to miss work right before the Christmas holiday
December 19, 2023
Jason Bowling, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
WOAI 1200 News Radio: Overdoses Of Popular Weight Loss Drug Spiking
December 19, 2023
Shawn Varney, MD, Emergency Medicine, and medical director, South Texas Poison Center, was interviewed for this story. Read More
Holiday hours for campus food services
December 19, 2023
Dining and food services around campus will be closed or operate with abbreviated hours due to the holidays.

Region’s first nurse anesthetist program accepting applications
December 19, 2023
To help fill critical demand for anesthesia services, the School of Nursing is starting a program that will prepare highly skilled nurse anesthetists, the first in South Texas.

Park now open near Mays Cancer Center
December 19, 2023
The San Antonio Medical Foundation has completed construction on a one-acre pocket park located between the Mays Cancer Center and the CVS Pharmacy on the 7900 block of Wurzbach Road.