UT Health San Antonio and UTSA merger announced

August 22, 2024

The UT System Board of Regents has asked Chancellor Milliken to work with us to develop a plan to merge UTSA and UT Health San Antonio to create a premier university that brings all of our individual academic, research and clinical strengths together to build a unified and profoundly impactful university of the future.




Non-invasive treatment provides relief for osteoarthritis pain

August 9, 2024

  Patricia Abrego’s journey to a clinical study using radiation therapy to relieve osteoarthritis joint pain began when she was 10 years old. Like most children living in a state where snowy winters were a norm, Abrego was doing what most kids do: playing. “The leaves were covered with snow, and they made good bumps […]





Alternatives for treatment-resistant depression offer hope

July 26, 2024

  Carey Calvin was at the lowest point in his life two years ago. After a childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse and years of antidepressant medications and therapies that were not working, Calvin was ready to give up. “It was the first time I felt like my family and the things closest to […]




Brain donations give researchers a fuller story of Alzheimer’s disease

June 14, 2024

The Biggs Institute is one of 33 centers in the nation recognized as a National Institute on Aging (NIA)- designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and leads as a center in the number of Hispanic patients served, contributing to care for an underserved population as well as representation in research.