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Presidential Award winner: Robert Merrill
August 24, 2016
Robert Merrill, manager, video production/photography, Creative Media Services, Marketing, Communications & Media, received an Employee Excellence Award.
Salud America! pushes shared use of recreational facilities
August 24, 2016
Salud America! has launched a new toolkit to help parents push for local schoolyard-sharing, as well as a national letter campaign to urge state PTA associations to prioritize public sharing of school recreational facilities among all schools after class.
Faculty member elected to PT educators board
August 24, 2016
Michael A. Geelhoed, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC, associate professor and director of clinical education for the Department of Physical Therapy, was elected to the National Consortium of Clinical Educators Board of Directors as Academic Director-at-Large. The po …
H-E-B partners with cancer centers
August 24, 2016
H-E-B on Aug. 19 announced a fundraising effort to benefit the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center—and H-E-B will make a matching donation from funds raised in San Antonio to benefit activities of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the UT Health Science Center.
Community invited to participate in national health care improvement conference
August 23, 2016
San Antonio area residents will have the opportunity to contribute to improving patient safety and the quality of health care at a national conference sponsored by the School of Nursing of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. The “Conference on Community Engagement and Healthcare Improvement” will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 2-4, at the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk hotel, 111 E. Pecan, in downtown San Antonio.
State Employee Charitable Campaign needs your support
August 22, 2016
The annual State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC), the opportunity to help make lives better, will begin Sept. 1 and run through Oct. 7.
Health Science Center, UTSA gain $4.6 million for cancer research
August 22, 2016
The Center for Innovative Drug Discovery (CIDD), a joint program of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), is receiving a $4,598,728 grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
KENS 5: Real Men Wear Gowns: Foot Pain
August 20, 2016
Millions of Americans suffer from foot pain with many of them needing the attention of a doctor. Watch the full story at KENS 5
Silicon Hills: Ten Life Science Companies to Watch in San Antonio
August 20, 2016
San Antonio has a robust bioscience and healthcare industry which contributes more than $23.9 billion to the city’s economy annually, according to the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation. Read the full story at Silicon Hills
The Monitor: DHR begins offering pediatric liver transplant services
August 20, 2016
John Blaylock remembers when his daughter Zoey, 11, turned yellow and ill during her first week of kindergarten in 2010. After seeing several doctors, they were referred to an internist in Harlingen. Read the full story at The Monitor