PA program places 9th in national ranking by Degree Query

January 20, 2023

  UT Health San Antonio’s Master of Physician Assistant Studies program has been ranked 9th in the nation in a list published by Degree Query. The ranking includes the top 25 PA Studies programs in the country for 2022. School of Health Professions Dean David Shelledy, PhD, RRT, FASAHP, FAARC, congratulated the Department of Physician […]

Physician assistant studies students talk as they walk down a hallway.


The Center for Brain Health (Opening in 2024-25)

January 20, 2023

With more than 50 studies, departments and centers, the Center for Brain Health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will be home to the institution’s many brain health initiatives. It will include an imaging suite and a non-oncology infusion suite for patient care and clinical trials.




Learning comes full circle for DEHS student

January 19, 2023

Emily Johnson is a second-year graduate student in the Master of Deaf Education and Hearing Science (DEHS) Program at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine. Her learning journey to become a certified educator for deaf and hard-of-hearing children began when she was just a preschooler.




International dentist program increases enrollment

January 12, 2023

The School of Dentistry’s International Dentist Education Program has nearly doubled its enrollment for the spring 2023 entry cycle, a decision heavily supported by the school’s faculty and students.

A globe of the Earth sits on an open textbook.


Suri appointed as chairman of radiology in Long School of Medicine

January 10, 2023

Rajeev Suri, MD, MBA, has been named chairman of the Department of Radiology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Suri, who previously served as interim chair of the Department of Radiology, was selected after an extensive national search. Robert […]


New hope for treating the toughest cancers

December 20, 2022

The Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio — South Texas’ only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center — is putting a decades-old antidepressant drug to new use treating breast cancers that don’t respond to existing therapies. Research in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio provided […]

Ratna Vadlamudi, PhD, lab group