Steven Lee, Author at UT Health San Antonio

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry community clinics target dental disease in Hispanic children

February 8, 2023

Local efforts help highlight National Children’s Dental Health Month Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content contributed by Kristen Zapata SAN ANTONIO and LAREDO, Texas, Feb. 8, 2023 – Two satellite community clinics of the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry are providing critical low-cost care, in particular addressing a high incidence of dental disease […]

Be Well Texas provides a Lyft to patients with substance use disorders

February 2, 2023

A patient with a substance use disorder in a rural town outside Houston recently needed lab work done before she could be prescribed medication for her treatment. But she didn’t have a ride to the lab. Not a problem, as it turned out. Be Well Texas, a program of UT Health San Antonio that treats […]

Be Well Texas provides a Lyft to patients with substance use disorders

February 2, 2023

Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 2, 2023 – A patient with a substance use disorder in a rural town outside Houston recently needed lab work done before she could be prescribed medication for her treatment. But she didn’t have a ride to the lab. Not a problem, as it turned out. Be […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry awarded $9.8 million NIH grant that could help curb opioid use

January 23, 2023

Study of jaw-joint sensory neurons aimed at creating safer pain treatment The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry has received a major five-year, $9.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover how sensory neurons in the jaw joint and mastication muscles influence and create pain, which could lead to safer drug […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry awarded $9.8 million NIH grant that could help curb opioid use

January 23, 2023

Study of jaw-joint sensory neurons aimed at creating safer pain treatment Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 23, 2023 – The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry has received a major five-year, $9.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover how sensory neurons in the jaw joint and mastication […]

Justin R. Mascitelli named associate editor for Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

January 11, 2023

Justin R. Mascitelli, MD, FAANS, associate professor of neurosurgery and residency program director at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also is now associate editor of the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery (JNIS), the official journal of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS). In this role, Mascitelli will be a key part […]