Research
Study says Hispanics face unique obstacles to health
May 15, 2019U.S. Latinos face unaffordable housing, unreliable public transportation and a lack of green space, which contributes to health inequities, according to a new research review from Salud America!, a national network for health equity at UT Health San Antonio.
Read moreDr. Ramirez to chair newly named Department of Population Health Sciences
May 13, 2019Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H., founder and director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio and a leading health disparities researcher, will lead the newly named Department of Population Health Sciences.
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Opioid crisis: UT Health looking to replace highly addictive drugs
April 30, 2019Kenneth Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D., is principal investigator of the four-year grant.
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Breakthrough drug treats Type 2 diabetes in children, researchers say
April 30, 2019Results of a recently completed clinical trial of a potential drug to treat Type 2 diabetes in children were announced April 28 at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2019 meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The New England Journal of Medicine also published the findings. Study coauthor Jane Lynch, M.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics at UT Health San […]
Read moreNEWS 4: Focus of worldwide Chromosome 18 research is in San Antonio
April 22, 2019For people with Chromosome 18 abnormalities, the prognosis used to be a life spent in a near vegetative state. Watch the full story at NEWS 4
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Study tracks unpredictability of domestic violence
April 18, 2019The unpredictability of violence is sometimes a stronger predictor of a woman’s health outcomes than violence frequency and severity.
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