Health Science Center recognized nationally for hepatitis work

May 18, 2016

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH) was recognized Thursday [May 19] by the White House at its 2016 National Hepatitis Testing Day observance in Washington, D.C. The White House acknowledged the center’s initiatives to screen, evaluate and cure chronic hepatitis C virus infection in diverse health care settings caring for low-income populations across South Texas.

UT Health Science Center dental student appointed University of Texas System student regent

May 17, 2016

Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Varun Pokkamthanam Joseph, a fourth-year dental student from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, as the new student regent for The University of Texas System Board of Regents.

UT Health Science Center initiates master’s degree in medical laboratory science

May 16, 2016

People looking for employment in San Antonio’s $30.6 billion biomedical and health care industry will be glad to know that the UT Health Science Center San Antonio is now offering one of the few entry-level master’s degree programs in medical laboratory science in the nation.

PTSD linked to low levels of fat hormone

May 11, 2016

Researchers in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio now report a biological mechanism that might explain why individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder are less able to extinguish the fear of past dangers.

CTRC, School of Medicine leaders respond to FDA decision to regulate e-cigarettes, vaping

May 6, 2016

Regulating e-cigarettes and vaping in the same way as cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is “a welcome step toward reducing the nation’s cancer burden,” said Ian M. Thompson Jr., M.D., director of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

CTRC celebrates cancer survivorship with 5K run/walk May 14

May 5, 2016

In a celebration of cancer survivorship, people from throughout San Antonio who are receiving cancer treatment or who have overcome cancer can run or walk for free in the Cancer Therapy & Research Center’s “Give Cancer the Boot!” 5K Run/Walk on May 14.