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Faculty Showcase puts spotlight on new Academic Learning & Teaching Center
December 1, 2015
The 2nd Annual Faculty Showcase of Educational Innovations, with the theme of “Learning Spaces,” spotlighted the new Academic Learning & Teaching Center (the ALTC) and watched a “First Look Tour” video of the center.
Faculty member named Outstanding Periodontal Educator
December 1, 2015
The American Academy of Periodontology has named Michael P. Mills, D.M.D., as its Outstanding Periodontal Educator Award. Dr Mills is a clinical associate professor with teaching responsibilities in the postdoctoral division of the Department of Periodontics in the School of Dentistry.
AMSUS honors Pruitt with lifetime award
December 1, 2015
Basil A. Pruitt Jr., M.D., FACS, a clinical professor at the Health Science Center and a world-renowned burn surgeon, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award Dec. 4 from AMSUS, the Society of Health Professionals.
Cancer scientists named AAAS Fellows
November 23, 2015
LuZhe Sun, Ph.D., and Ratna K. Vadlamudi, Ph.D., of the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
San Antonio lands millions more in new cancer research money
November 23, 2015
San Antonio researchers will have more resources for their battle against cancer. The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded more than $7.7 million to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Putting the clamp on cancer
November 23, 2015
How does a protein called connexin put the clamps on cancer? Researchers in the School of Medicine at the Health Science Center reported an explanation.
HSC awarded $5.7 million for cancer research, prevention
November 20, 2015
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) yesterday awarded five new grants totaling $5.7 million to fund research and prevention programs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Changing faces, improving lives
November 19, 2015
Summers in Grand Haven, Mich., were great for Edward Ellis III, D.D.S., M.S. “When I was in high school and college, my summer job was to run the concession stand my father owned at Grand Haven State Park. In fact, I lived in a nice apartment above the …
Stemming death from bleeding
November 19, 2015
A new research study in Bexar and surrounding counties will examine whether a drug already approved for slowing blood loss in other conditions will reduce the risk of death in adult trauma patients in shock from severe bleeding.
Heroes in our midst
November 19, 2015
Nicolas Walsh, M.D., Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine