Dr. Elliot Weser, founding faculty member, passes away at the age of 89
June 18, 2021
The UT Health San Antonio family mourns the passing of Dr. Elliot Weser, a founding faculty member and original Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, at the age of 89.
Team describes science-based hiccups intervention
June 18, 2021
Users reported relief in 92% of cases. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 18, 2021) — Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and colleagues worldwide d …
LINC Seed Grant awards support pilot projects to foster innovations in interprofessional education
June 18, 2021
The annual Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC) Seed Grant Program encourages faculty and staff to develop novel interprofessional education (IPE) activities and promotes IPE research and scholarship.
San Antonio Express-News: ‘Not done’: Delta coronavirus variant a threat to unvaccinated, partially vaccinated San Antonians
June 17, 2021
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases/Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, spoke to the San Antonio Express-News about the Delta coronavirus variant being a threat to the unvaccinated, partially vaccina …
Depression, tau deposits seen in subset of middle-aged persons
June 17, 2021
Middle-aged people with depressive symptoms who carry a genetic variation called apolipoprotein (APOE) ε4 may be more at risk to develop tau protein accumulations in the brain’s emotion- and memory-controlling regions, a new study by researchers from UT Health San Antonio and collaborating institutions suggests.
In JAMA Oncology: Convalescent plasma improves survival in COVID-19 patients with blood cancers
June 17, 2021
(Editor’s note: This story, originally posted on Feb. 11, 2021, has been updated to include the study’s publication in JAMA Oncology on June 17, 2021.) Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 17, 2021) — Convalescent pl …
In JAMA Oncology: Convalescent plasma improves survival in COVID-19 patients with blood cancers
June 17, 2021
Convalescent plasma therapy was associated with better survival in blood cancer patients hospitalized with COVID-19, especially in sicker patients. The findings by the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) are newly published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Oncology.
Novavax vaccine is highly protective against COVID-19 in Phase 3 results
June 17, 2021
UT Health San Antonio collaborated with University Health as part of the international COVID-19 Prevention Network and enrolled 176 Novavax clinical trial participants in San Antonio for the Phase 3 study, which is called PREVENT-19.
Depression, tau deposits seen in subset of middle-aged persons
June 17, 2021
Framingham Heart Study analysis finds association in APOE ε4 allele carriers. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 17, 2021) — Middle-aged people with depressive symptoms who carry a genetic variation called apolipop …
Yahoo! Finance: Breaking down the threat of the COVID-19 delta variant
June 17, 2021
In this video, Dr. Owais Durrani, Emergency Medicine resident physician, discusses the threat of the COVID-19 delta variant in Yahoo! Finance. Watch here.