Researchers honored with Innovation in Oral Care Award

March 9, 2004

A team from the Dental School and School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is one of only four groups worldwide to win the 2004 Innovation in Oral Care Award, which will be conferred this week by the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and GlaxoSmithKline.





Fulbright scholar visits Health Science Center

March 2, 2004

Tatia Mei Chun Lee, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of psychology at The University of Hong Kong, is visiting The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio from March to August 2004 as a recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Program grant.


400 leaders dedicate Children’s Cancer Research Institute

March 2, 2004

More than 400 community leaders, elected officials, university regents, and faculty and staff ushered in a new era of South Texas cancer research Feb. 24 at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio with the dedication of the Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), a $50 million research facility anchored by the principle that childhood cancer is an excellent model for studying cancer in general.