School of Nursing pioneers harm reduction in Bexar County

September 1, 2022

Loading her car full of medical supplies, flyers and Narcan, School of Nursing student Brieanna Flowers-Joseph, MSN, APRN, CPNP, works with the Street Medicine and Nursing teams to meet individuals where they are: under bridges, at pop-up tents along Zarzamora Street or in homeless encampments in downtown San Antonio.

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Students gain experience, new insights during their summer breaks

August 24, 2022

It may be time for UT Health San Antonio students to head back to class, but many never really took a break. From attending professional conferences to conducting research and community outreach, catch up on how some Long School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and School of Health Professions students spent their summers.





Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program receives accreditation

August 11, 2022

  Four years after welcoming its first cohort of students, the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program has received its five-year accreditation. “This is a five-year milestone we reached, and this is going to turn into another chapter,” said Associate Professor and Department Chair Fang-Ling Lu, PhD, CCC-SLP. “We’re going to keep improving and […]

Speech-language pathology professor instructs master's students



Medical school students share experiences from the 2022 RISE conference

July 29, 2022

Every year the American Academy of Medical Colleges (AAMC) hosts an annual conference in Washington, DC, called RISE: Developing Future Leaders in Academic Medicine & Science. The curriculum for the free, two-and-a-half-day meeting focuses on four core areas: relationships, influence, self-awareness and effectiveness. The purpose of this conference is to serve as a leadership development seminar for those entering […]