New dean appointed for Long School of Medicine
October 31, 2017
Robert A. Hromas, M.D., FACP, is currently chair of the Department of Medicine at University of Florida Health.
Research: Latino families face life-threatening lack of support
October 26, 2017
Building better support for Latino families—from access to early education to greater health care—can improve Latino cognitive and health outcomes. By Cliff Despres One in three Latino families live in poverty and face dangerous gaps in early care and education, health care and social support, making it harder for Latino kids to achieve academically, socially and physically, […]
Alzheimer’s expert Seshadri to lead Glenn Biggs Institute
October 24, 2017
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, now called UT Health San Antonio, announces the appointment of Sudha Seshadri, M.D., as the founding director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases. Dr. Seshadri will join the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine of UT Health San […]
UT Health San Antonio researchers define mechanism that causes kidney cancer to recur
October 23, 2017
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 23, 2017) ― New research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has identified the molecular mechanism that causes kidney cancer to resist drug treatment. The findings were published Oct. 19 in the journal Nature Communications. In normal […]
Sam & Ann Barshop Institute breaks ground in Medical Center
October 17, 2017
New location will foster translation of research from the laboratory to the bedside The University of Texas Health Science Center, now called UT Health San Antonio™, broke ground Oct. 17 on a new location for the Sam & Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies, one of the world’s premier aging research institutes. William […]
UT Cancer Center testing new drug for HER2-positive breast cancer
October 9, 2017
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day is Oct. 13 SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 9, 2017) ― Teresa Wallace, 52, is an accountant from Alton, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. She is working less with numbers and doing far fewer craft projects after being diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer in 2013. […]
