University of Texas System and UT San Antonio leaders hailed “a new era of hope, healing and discovery” for neurological patients and their families with a ribbon-cutting Nov. 12 for the UT Health San Antonio Center for Brain Health, a $100 million, 103,000-square-foot facility that will bring specialty care, therapy, diagnostics and research under one roof.

A leap forward in brain imaging is coming to San Antonio. UT Health San Antonio’s Center for Brain Health opening in December 2025 will be the first in Texas to house a Siemens MAGNETOM 7-Tesla Terra.X magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system — one of the most advanced MRI technologies available.

Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology; Jinjiao Wang, PhD, RN, the William and Berneice Castella Distinguished Professor in Aging Studies; and Yi Zhu, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, received UT System Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention awards for their work in aging research.