Business Journal names Health Care Heroes

September 9, 2016

Four members of the Health Science Center family have been named winners of the San Antonio Business Journal’s 2016 Health Care Heroes awards.

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Public invited to health care improvement conference

August 24, 2016

San Antonio area residents will have the opportunity to contribute to improving patient safety and the quality of health care at a national conference sponsored by the School of Nursing of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio.

Hispanic child eating healty


Salud America! pushes shared use of recreational facilities

August 24, 2016

Salud America! has launched a new toolkit to help parents push for local schoolyard-sharing, as well as a national letter campaign to urge state PTA associations to prioritize public sharing of school recreational facilities among all schools after class.

Latino kids playing in playground


H-E-B partners with cancer centers

August 24, 2016

H-E-B on Aug. 19 announced a fundraising effort to benefit the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center—and H-E-B will make a matching donation from funds raised in San Antonio to benefit activities of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the UT Health Science Center.

Henrich, H-E-B


Partners Shopping Cards benefit CTRC

August 19, 2016

The CTRC Council, a nonprofit organization providing volunteer opportunities and fundraising to support the Cancer Therapy & Research Center, is holding its annual Partners Shopping Card event Oct. 21-30.




New stent technology aids in stroke recovery

August 12, 2016

“Stent-retrieval” technology helps patients with the worst strokes to regain function, and this is available right here in San Antonio, thanks to UT Medicine and its clinical partners.

Image of skull and brain of stroke patient