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 […]



Voelcker Fund awards $900,000 for young faculty research

June 18, 2019

William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, president of UT Health San Antonio, announced that the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund is giving $1 million to the university to support two research projects and one pilot research project, all conducted by rising young faculty.