Web-based weight management program is effective, new study shows
January 17, 2008
A newly published research study demonstrates that a weight-management program delivered over the Internet is effective for weight loss and preventing weight gain.
UT Health Science Center program helps incarcerated women avoid returning to prison
January 16, 2008
Empowering incarcerated women to make positive changes in their lives that keep them from returning to prison was the topic of a national workshop presented recently by Mickey L. Parsons, Ph.D., M.H.A., R.N.
Generous anniversary gift to Barshops creates UT Health Science Center’s first chair in respiratory care
January 16, 2008
A surprise 55th wedding anniversary gift to longtime philanthropists Ann and Sam Barshop by their children and friends has created the first endowed chair in respiratory therapy at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
TB research in high gear at Edinburg RAHC
January 15, 2008
Twenty-one months after the opening of the Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) Medical Research Division at Edinburg, a dozen research scientists are conducting studies in the state-of-the-art building, including a team led by microbiologist Subramanian Dhandayuthapani, Ph.D., known by his colleagues as Dr. Pani.
Patterson elected to infectious disease subspecialty board
January 7, 2008
Thomas F. Patterson, M.D., FACP, professor of medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and director of the San Antonio Center for Medical Mycology, has been elected to a two-year term as a member of the Subspecialty Board on Infectious Disease of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long donate $25 million
January 7, 2008
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long, an Austin couple who share a deep love for Texas and its citizens, donated $25 million to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio on Dec. 31.