Annual Match Day celebrates milestone for local medical students aspiring to become future physicians
March 12, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2024 Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: “Match Day 2024” will mark an important milestone in a medical student’s academic journey. It is the …
Practicing emergency medicine far from the emergency room
March 11, 2024
In February 2024, students in the Wilderness and Survival Medicine course at UT Health San Antonio’s Long School of Medicine tested their emergency medicine skills during a four-day trip to Big Bend National Park where they role-played seven potentially life-and-death scenarios to determine how they should respond.
Campus community invited to BRAD 2024 webinar viewing event April 18
March 8, 2024
Charles France, PhD, department of pharmacology, professor and Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry, will discuss “The Importance of Animals in Addressing the Drug Abuse Crisis at the Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) 2024 …
Mays Cancer Center provides important webinars in March to raise Colorectal Cancer awareness
March 8, 2024
During National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, is presenting five webinars each Friday to raise awareness about this disease. Two webinars are now available t …
Neurology Today: How Long-Term Disability Progression Is Different in Neuromyelitis Optica and Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein-antibody Associated Disease
March 8, 2024
Rebecca Romero, MD, department of neurology, was quoted in this story. Read More
KENS 5 TV: Healthy SA | Keeping away the preventable colorectal cancer
March 8, 2024
Sukeshi Arora, MD, department of medicine, director, gastrointestinal malignancies, Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
Construction begins March 16 on Greehey Campus
March 8, 2024
Research Road, the main thoroughfare through the Greehey campus, and portions of lots 16 and 23 to close March 16; some employees, patients and visitors to relocate to other lots As part of UT Health San Antonio’s continued growth and expansion, a cons …
Updated CDC COVID-19 recommendations
March 7, 2024
UT Health San Antonio faculty, staff and students with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 should inform their supervisor and seek necessary and appropriate medical treatment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its recommendat …
CPRIT funding of $16.4 million over six months adds transformative expertise, bolsters cancer research
March 7, 2024
Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content contributed by Juanita Alvarez-Hernandez SAN ANTONIO, March 7, 2024 – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has secured approximately $16.4 mil …
CPRIT awards approximately $16.4 million to advance children’s cancer research and attract top researchers to South Texas
March 6, 2024
Content contributed by Steven Lee The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has secured approximately $16.4 million in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) since last Augu …