KABB TV: Texas fight on Fentanyl crisis — San Antonio overdose data expected by end of 2024
May 8, 2024
Tara Karns-Wright, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and senior director of Be Well Texas, a statewide substance use treatment initiative of UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
KABB TV: Texas fight on Fentanyl crisis: San Antonio overdose data expected by end of 2024
May 8, 2024
Tara Karns-Wright, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and senior director of Be Well Texas, a statewide substance use treatment initiative of UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed for this article. Read More
Texas Public Radio (TPR): Exploring what the ‘NOVIDs’ can teach us
May 8, 2024
Jan Patterson, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for the “Petrie Dish” program. Listen Now
KSAT 12: San Antonio doctor echos CDC warning about fake anti-wrinkle injections circling country
May 8, 2024
Anton Fries, MD, assistant professor and chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
Texas Public Radio (TPR): New app for substance abuse treatment developed in San Antonio
May 8, 2024
Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, vice president for research, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and executive director, Be Well Texas, a statewide substance use treatment and recovery initiative of UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed …

Be Well Texas of UT Health San Antonio to host second annual Community Wellness Fair
May 8, 2024
Free, family-friendly event May 11 offers wellness activities, resources Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, May 8, 2024 – Be Well Texas, a statewide substance use treatment initiative of UT Health San Antonio, will hos …
KABB TV (FOX SA): Focus on South Texas | Riding to Fight Children’s Cancer
May 7, 2024
Carmen Villalobos, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow with the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now

UTPD to conduct training at Behavioral Health and Wellness Center June 8
May 7, 2024
The UT Health San Antonio Police Department will be conducting law enforcement training at the Behavioral Health and Wellness Center on Saturday, June 8, from about 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center is located at 5788 Eckhert Road in San Antonio. Duri …
Study: Drug resistance on rise for some skin-infection causing fungi
May 6, 2024
Rare species documented for the first time in several states, Canada Nathan Wiederhold, Pharm.D., director of the Fungus Testing Laboratory at UT Health San Antonio, holds a sample of Trichophyton rubrum, one of the most common culprits for skin, hair …
Texas Public Radio: University honors those who donate their bodies to science with annual Interment Ceremony
May 6, 2024
The annual Burial of Ashes ceremony at UT Health San Antonio was mentioned in this news sgement. Listen Now