Wilderness and Survival Medicine Fellowship takes aim at heat-related emergencies

July 12, 2023

Recent hiking deaths spur focus of yearlong doctor training, teaching program A string of recent heat-related deaths on hiking trails at state and national parks is bringing new urgency to a fellowship program in the Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio aimed at preventing such tragedies. The state’s first Wilderness and Survival […]



Is social media addiction a real thing?

July 11, 2023

  When scrolling through endless updates from friends, family and celebrities, you may ask yourself, “Am I addicted to social media?” Click here to learn more about the unsettling reality of social media addiction in this article featured in the San Antonio Express-News’ San Antonio Life: Wellness section. The article is part of a wellness […]



Olvera to become psychiatry department chairman in the Long School of Medicine

July 11, 2023

  Rene L. Olvera, MD, MPH, will assume duties as chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio effective Sept. 1. Robert A. Hromas, MD, FACP, dean of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and vice president for medical […]



Grants program awards research seed money to benefit community

July 6, 2023

  For School of Nursing PhD student Shanae Rhodes, BSN, RN, being one of six 2021-22 Community Engagement Small Project Grants program awardees was a game changer that would enable her to delve further into a topic close to her heart. She was thrilled to learn that her community-based participatory research project — Mixed Methods […]