School of Nursing pioneers harm reduction in Bexar County

September 1, 2022

Loading her car full of medical supplies, flyers and Narcan, School of Nursing student Brieanna Flowers-Joseph, MSN, APRN, CPNP, works with the Street Medicine and Nursing teams to meet individuals where they are: under bridges, at pop-up tents along Zarzamora Street or in homeless encampments in downtown San Antonio.

dirty rectangular flat sheet of cardboard plackard with words please help, isolated on white background




Two faculty members named fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

August 23, 2022

A cardiovascular nurse researcher and the leader of the School of Nursing’s clinical enterprise will be inducted this fall as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Both are faculty members at UT Health San Antonio and are members of the 2022 class of 250 fellows — the AAN’s largest cohort ever.



Robotic kidney cancer surgery shows desirable outcomes in study

August 18, 2022

In a study featured on the cover of the Journal of Urology (Official Journal of the American Urological Association), researchers from the Mays Cancer Center and Department of Urology show that robotically removing cancer from the inferior vena cava is a safe and effective alternative to the standard open surgery for kidney cancer.

Picture of surgery