April 21-27 is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

April 16, 2019

The goal of Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is to raise awareness of the importance of laboratory services and the professionals who go through years of training to take samples and specimen and translate them into test results from which diagnoses/treatment plans are developed, lineage is identified, or criminal evidence is revealed. The clinical scientists who […]

School of Health Professions student in lab


Low-vision health event draws more than 200 to Laredo campus

April 16, 2019

It was standing room only at the Laredo Regional Campus of UT Health San Antonio for a community health fair and educational program focusing on vision changes in elders. “We had a great turnout,” said Regional Dean Gladys Keene, M.D., describing the April 6 event. “We had more than 200 people here getting health screenings, […]

Melva Perez Andrews, M.B.A., OTR, CLVT, Gladys Keene, M.D., and Jacqueline Chan, O.D., FAAO




Celebrate Earth Day on April 22

April 12, 2019

UT Health San Antonio’s Go Green campus group is hosting an Earth Day celebration from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, April 22, in the Lecture Hall Commons. Free reusable bamboo straws will be available, and there will be a drawing for a Klean Kanteen stainless steel coffee thermos, a glass water bottle and a […]




Get your award-winning UT Health San Antonio Fiesta medal

April 4, 2019

UT Health San Antonio’s Fiesta medal, now on sale, placed third in the papel picado category in the San Antonio Express-News Fiesta medal competition. The medal was inspired by a design submitted by Lynda Schrack, who works in the Clinical Trials Office. It includes the traditional papel picado, or decorative paper cutouts. The medals ($10, […]