NIH awards $2.4 million grant to UT Health San Antonio and ADA Science & Research Institute to study responsible antibiotic use

April 27, 2022

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, April 27, 2022 — The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $2.4 million grant to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), which will work in collaboration with the American Dental Association Science & Research Institute (ADASRI) to […]

UT Health San Antonio offers summer program for people with aphasia

April 26, 2022

Article by Kate Hunger, UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO (April 26, 2022) — The news of actor Bruce Willis’ aphasia diagnosis is drawing attention to a condition that is fairly common but not well understood by the general public. Aphasia is a condition that affects a person’s ability to communicate. People with aphasia can […]

Ukrainian humanitarian crisis hits home for Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute scientist

April 26, 2022

Dmytro Kovalskyy, PhD, research scientist-senior at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, receives real-time updates from friends and colleagues living in Ukraine. One of those keeping him informed is his twin brother, Olexander, who remains there, while some family members have fled the country to Poland. Dr. Kovalskyy, a board member of the nonprofit Ukrainian […]

PhD candidate Saliba receives translational science outstanding trainee award

April 20, 2022

Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu CHICAGO (April 20, 2022) — Afaf Saliba, MSc, a student in the PhD in Integrated Biomedical Sciences degree program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, today received a Translational Science Award from the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS). ACTS, a non-profit membership association […]

In the race to solve Alzheimer’s disease, scientists find more needles in the haystack

April 19, 2022

Thanks to international collaboration, more genetic variations for Alzheimer’s disease are known today than ever before. The list of gene variants recognized for late-onset Alzheimer’s grew from one in 2009 to 40 in 2022. This month, scientists published a list of 75, some of which are considered as prime drug targets. Drug development is underway. […]