Rivard Report: SA team aiming for improved sepsis therapies receives grant
February 12, 2020
A team of researchers was awarded a grant to study sepsis, which contributes to a third of all hospital deaths in the United States.
Research journey shared at The Health Cell State of the Industry event
February 12, 2020
Leonid Bunegin, B.S., associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, shared how he created a device to preserve tissue longer at The Health Cell State of the Industry dinner Feb. 11.
San Antonio Partnership for Precision Therapeutics awards inaugural research funding
February 11, 2020
Leaders of the newly-established San Antonio Partnership for Precision Therapeutics (SA PPT) have awarded the partnership’s first research grant. The team, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Madesh Muniswamy of UT Health San Antonio, is studying the cause, prevention and treatment of multi-organ failure during sepsis.
Dr. Yang receives UT System award to support blood cancer research
February 7, 2020
Professor Feng-Chun Yang, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded a $1 million UT System Faculty STARs award.
San Antonio Express-News: Ethnic groups are underrepresented in cancer drug development. San Antonio researchers are trying to change that.
January 30, 2020
Dr. Virginia Kaklamani, associate director of clinical research at UT Health San Antonio, and Dr. Chethan Ramamurthy, assistant professor of genitourinary medical oncology with UT Health San Antonio, were both interviewed by Lauren Caruba about the importance of clinical trials and which ones are critical to advancing the field.
Liver cancer prevention project boosts hepatitis C screening and care in safety-net practices
January 28, 2020
Liver cancer prevention project aims to address the rise in Texas liver cancer by building the capacity of primary care settings to screen for HCV infection as well as to manage and treat infected patients through teleconsultation.