CTRC joins in statement on HPV vaccination

January 11, 2017

The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) of UT Health San Antonio is uniting today, Jan. 11, with all the other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in the U.S. in issuing a joint statement urging parents to have their children immunized against human papillomavirus (HPV) and physicians to recommend it.



AHEC alumni celebrate successes, look to future

January 4, 2017

Alumni of the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) of the Mid Rio Grande Border Area recently gathered in Laredo to celebrate their successes and commitment to higher education.




Rivard Report: Rivard Report Seeks Community & Public Health Reporter

January 1, 2017

Editors at the nonprofit Rivard Report are seeking a journalist to cover community and public health, including delivery of health care services in San Antonio and the surrounding counties and their impact on communities and individuals. Read the full story at the Rivard Report



Nursing faculty member joins initiative to improve veterans’ health care

December 21, 2016

M. Danet Lapiz-Bluhm, Ph.D., RN, associate professor in the School of Nursing, has been named a collaborative academic research member of a two-year initiative called the Veterans’ Action League. The multistate project will empower veterans to have an active voice in how veteran health care is delivered in the future. In her role as the […]