Applications now being accepted for 2025 Public Health Camp

February 18, 2025

Application deadline is May 2 Applications are now being accepted for 11th- and 12th-grade students interested in attending Public Health Camp this summer. The free camp provides the opportunity to explore exciting careers in public health — the area of health that focuses on improving the well-being of people and their communities. The goal of […]

Building a pipeline of health care excellence to serve South Texas

February 3, 2025

  South Texas has one of the greatest shortages of physicians, nurses and dentists in the state. The Texas Department of State Health Services estimates physicians in more than 30 medical specialties will reach critical shortage levels in the next 10 years, while the region’s current shortage of full-time nurses is expected to double by […]



Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez appointed to HHS advisory committee on long COVID

January 28, 2025

Leading expert directs long COVID clinic at UT Health San Antonio Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), has been chosen to serve on the U.S. Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Long […]