NEWS 4: Focus of worldwide Chromosome 18 research is in San Antonio

April 22, 2019

For people with Chromosome 18 abnormalities, the prognosis used to be a life spent in a near vegetative state. Watch the full story at NEWS 4

San Antonio Business Journal: UT Health San Antonio launching new technology accelerator

April 8, 2019

The program will provide more opportunities for researchers to commercialize their work. Read the full story at the San Antonio Business Journal

San Antonio Express-News: One year in, MD Anderson partnership advancing cancer care in San Antonio

March 27, 2019

Since the partnership, the cancer center has recruited at least 30 top-level faculty physicians and researchers to San Antonio. Each major recruit brings expertise, research, clinical trials, upgraded equipment and sometimes even staff. Read the story (Note: A subscription may be required to read this Express-News story.)

TPR: Special café offers an oasis for people with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers

March 20, 2019

Carole White, Ph.D., RN, director of the School of Nursing’s Caring for the Caregiver, and Sheran Rivette, a staff member associated with the program, were interviewed for this story about the School of Nursing’s Memory Café. Read the story

San Antonio Express-News: Nursing school gets millions more to fight opioid problem

March 12, 2019

UT Health San Antonio’s School of Nursing has received $17.5 million in federal funding to combat the opioid epidemic in Bexar County and across Texas. Read the story (Note: A subscription and password may be required to view the story)

San Antonio Business Journal: UT Health San Antonio to get millions for new biobank

February 25, 2019

New bio repository is expected to shed more light on how certain diseases affect Hispanic populations Read the full story at the San Antonio Business Journal