Clinical trial to investigate causes of diabetes, obesity in individuals with spinal cord injury and potential mitigatory effects of semaglutide

September 4, 2024

A first-of-its-kind investigation into the mechanisms behind diabetes and obesity in people with spinal cord injury and the antidiabetic and anti-obesity effects of semaglutide was recently approved for $3 million in National Institutes of Health funding. “This is one population in which they are susceptible to be more obese and having worse diabetes risk and […]

Personal challenge to global solution

September 4, 2024

UT Health San Antonio urologist demonstrates potential of valproic acid-DHA in lessening risk of contracting COVID-19   When the world locked down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, rather than slowing down, this distinguished urologist and medical educator merely switched gears.   Ronald Rodriguez, MD, PhD, is a professor of medical education and urology at Joe […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry names director of Center for Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research

August 27, 2024

Kenneth M. Hargreaves, DDS, PhD, is a world-renowned expert in pain research Kenneth M. Hargreaves, DDS, PhD, professor of endodontics at the School of Dentistry of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), has been named inaugural director of the school’s Center for Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research. Hargreaves, who chaired the […]



$2 million CPRIT award brings top cancer researcher to UT Health San Antonio

August 23, 2024

  As part of the $52 million Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grant funding round announced in May, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) received a $2 million CPRIT recruitment (CPRIT Scholar) funding award to bring top cancer researcher, Maria Falzone, PhD, to the […]



UT Health San Antonio and UTSA merger announced

August 22, 2024

The UT System Board of Regents has asked Chancellor Milliken to work with us to develop a plan to merge UTSA and UT Health San Antonio to create a premier university that brings all of our individual academic, research and clinical strengths together to build a unified and profoundly impactful university of the future.