Research

School of Nursing names vice dean for research

July 24, 2018

Dr. Wang brings expertise on the use of health care technology in inter-professional research, education and collaborative practice, especially in aging, chronic illness management and primary care.

Study finds chronic pain self-management program effective

July 10, 2018

Program may represent an affordable and practical resource to help primary care clinics serve chronic pain patients through non-drug approaches.

Dr. Han honored with UT System STARs award

July 6, 2018

His laboratory focuses on lipidomics, a relatively new field of biomedical research which involves complex lipidome analysis.

Newsweek: Can CRISPR edit out autism? These scientists think so

June 28, 2018

Scientists at UT Health Science Center San Antonio have figured how to use a form of the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR to erase genetic traits normally associated with autism.

Gene editing suppresses autism symptoms in mice

June 26, 2018

The team is believed to be the first to successfully edit a causal gene for autism in the brain and diminish symptoms.

Voelcker Fund awards $2.3 million for young faculty research, pipeline education

June 26, 2018

William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, president of UT Health San Antonio, on June 26 announced that the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund is giving $1.45 million to the university to support three innovative research projects and one pilot research project, all conducted by rising young faculty studying cancer and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Henrich also […]