Bipolar disorder researcher Bowden to accept NARSAD prize in New York

October 16, 2008

Charles L. Bowden, M.D., a clinical professor of psychiatry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio who has led 80 research studies of bipolar disorders and mood-stabilizing medications, will receive the NARSAD Falcone Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research this week.

Diabetes pioneer to deliver 7th Presidential Distinguished Lecture Oct. 24

October 15, 2008

Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, invites the university community and the public to the Seventh Annual Presidential Distinguished Lecture, this year presented by C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.

HRSA grant provides $346,000 for UT Health Science Center Physician Assistant program

October 14, 2008

The grant will provide reimbursement to faculty members who travel between San Antonio and the Laredo Campus Extension (LCE), travel funds for students receiving clinical training throughout South Texas, financial assistance to help with costs associated with student community health and medicine projects, and funds for faculty development.

UT Medicine San Antonio opens Westover Hills clinic

October 8, 2008

UT Medicine San Antonio, the clinical practice of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine, opened its newest clinic today in Westover Hills – a rapidly growing area in west San Antonio that is also home to the new Microsoft data center and SeaWorld.

Briscoe Library to host celebration of women in medicine exhibit

October 2, 2008

Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians,” a traveling exhibition of women physicians’ inspiring stories from the mid-1800s to the present, is coming soon to the UT Health Science Center’s Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library.