University among top-ranking academic research medical centers

February 22, 2024

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) received $131.5 million in National Institutes of Health funding in federal fiscal year 2023, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The university ranked No. 72 out of the 2,886 public and private institutions that received […]




UT Health San Antonio recognized by Parkinson’s Foundation, hosts inaugural symposium

February 22, 2024

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio was recognized as a Parkinson’s Foundation Comprehensive Care Center at the inaugural UT Health San Antonio Parkinson’s Symposium, held Feb. 24. A team of specialists from UT Health San Antonio’s Movement Disorders Program received the recognition of this designation, the first of its kind in Texas. “We […]






Healthy diet, healthy brain is a great New Year’s resolution

December 15, 2023

Here is an important New Year’s resolution backed by science: “In 2024, I will eat a diet that keeps my brain healthy.” For elaboration, let’s consult Debora Melo van Lent, PhD, a nutrition scientist and epidemiologist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio). During her […]




Novel AI algorithm quantifies brain lesions to inform risk of stroke

November 30, 2023

Listen to Texas Public Radio’s Science & Medicine, a podcast that explains how scientific discovery at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio advances the way medicine is practiced around the world. Artificial intelligence may be somewhat unsettling, but it also has the potential to improve and even save lives, according to Mohamad Habes, PhD, assistant professor of radiology at […]