Research: Latino children more depressed, less likely to get mental health care than their peers

September 12, 2017

Research, video show how improving school policies, community programs and cultural mental health services can promote healthy minds for children By Cliff Despres Latino children are far more likely than their peers to suffer depression and other mental health issues that go untreated, but innovative community and school solutions are emerging to promote healthy minds, […]




Public invited to Latino Health Forum Sept. 12 hosted by School of Nursing

September 8, 2017

Media advisory WHAT:           The School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is hosting a Latino Health Forum open to the public. The topic is health care, including access to health care, issues for Latinos within the health care system, stigmas of Latinos seeking help and much more. […]



UT Health San Antonio, Texas A&M International University to sign health professions agreement

September 7, 2017

WHAT:            The presidents of Texas A&M International University and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (now called UT Health San Antonio) will sign a memorandum of understanding for an early acceptance program for TAMIU students into several higher education degrees in the UT Health San Antonio School of Health Professions. […]





Noted kidney disease expert joins UT Health, brings major NIH Precision Medicine program

September 5, 2017

Thanks to a California clinician-scientist’s recruitment, UT Health San Antonio is now at the center of a major National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative to improve scientific knowledge of kidney disease and revolutionize treatments. The project is bringing several million dollars of research to UT Health over the next five years. Kumar Sharma, M.D., assumed […]