KENS 5: UT Health San Antonio wins grant to study schizophrenia
July 10, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Donegan is working with rats to find better medications to treat the disease – eventually in humans. View the story
UT Health San Antonio gains accreditation from association for lab animal use
July 8, 2019
UT Health San Antonio has received full accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) for the laboratory animal care and use program, announced Andrea Giuffrida, Ph.D., vice president for research. The three-year accreditation “is recognized around the world as a symbol of high quality animal care and use […]
Novel gene therapy reduces schizophrenia symptoms
July 8, 2019
Human research has shown that the hippocampus is hyperactive in schizophrenia, Dr. Donegan said. It is like a car engine that idles too high in park.
PopUp Star event to raise awareness of clinical trials
June 26, 2019
The Office of the Vice President for Research is taking part in PopUp Star, a global competition being spearheaded by Greater Gift and the Association of Clinical Research Professionals to spread awareness of clinical trials. The office created a team with the name “YOUnite Research” to better market UT Health San Antonio’s volunteer registry platform […]
Study finds CTE in 6% of subjects
June 21, 2019
Nearly 6% of athletes and non-athletes were found to have the neurodegenerative disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the largest, and broadest, study conducted of the disease to date. The findings were published June 14 in the international journal Brain Pathology. “Generally our findings point to CTE being more common in athletes and more common in […]
Dr. Diogenes honored for dental research in pulp biology
June 19, 2019
He has published more than 52 peer-reviewed publications and four book chapters that have generated 1,410 lifetime citations.