UT Health San Antonio, UTSA researchers receive prestigious 2025 Hill Prizes for medicine and technology

January 17, 2025

Soon-to-be merged schools lauded for creative collaboration UT Health San Antonio contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu UTSA contact: John Elizondo, (210) 458-2087, john.elizondo@utsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 17, 2025 – On the eve of a historic merger between The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and The University of Texas at San […]

Breaking barriers: Collaborative research studies binge eating disorders in older Hispanic women

January 14, 2025

UT Health San Antonio, Trinity, Food Bank join on $2.2 million NIH grant Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content provided by Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 14, 2025 – Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and Trinity University are partnering with the San Antonio Food Bank […]

New book provides big recommendations from the Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos Conference

January 13, 2025

Research findings, strategies target the leading cause of Latino death Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu  Content by Cliff Despres SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 13, 2025 – With cancer still rising in the U.S. Latino population, leaders at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and national cancer experts […]

UT Health San Antonio receives $400,000 donation from IBC Foundation for diabetes-related kidney disease research

December 30, 2024

Latest funding brings foundation’s total 2024 support to $2.4 million Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 30, 2024 – The IBC Foundation has donated $400,000 to the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio to fund acquisition of a Thermo Altus model mass spectrometer, a state-of-the-art […]

Smartphone app can help reduce opioid use and keep patients in treatment, UT Health San Antonio study shows

December 30, 2024

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 30, 2024 – Patients with opioid use disorder can reduce their days of opioid use and stay in treatment longer when using a smartphone app as supportive therapy in combination with medication, a new study by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio […]

Global research led by UT Health San Antonio uncovers critical weakness in malaria parasite

December 11, 2024

Shows how antibodies can protect against severe malaria, providing new possibilities for prevention, treatment Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content by Claire Kowalick   SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 11, 2024 – Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) co-led a global research team that discovered the answer to a […]