Doctoral student Sara Masoud earns $250,000 grant to partner with Latino communities for dementia care research

February 2, 2022

Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Sara Masoud, MPH, a doctoral student in translational science at UT Health San Antonio and staff member at its School of Nursing, has received a nearly $250,000 Eugene Washington Engagement Award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. This grant will fund Masoud and her project team to […]

UT Health San Antonio, University Health perform region’s first surgery for Alzheimer’s disease

February 1, 2022

Deep brain stimulation targets memory-forming circuits. Media contacts: Will Sansom, UT Health San Antonio, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Elizabeth Allen, University Health, (210) 358-2344, elizabeth.allen@uhs-sa.com   SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 1, 2021) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and clinical partner University Health are among 27 sites worldwide […]

UT Health De Zavala brings personalized health care close to home

January 31, 2022

Written by Eileen Teves Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – UT Health San Antonio’s newest state-of-the-art primary and specialty care location is now open and accepting patient appointments. Known as UT Health De Zavala, the 9,000-square foot practice is located at 4306 De Zavala Road, near the Lockhill Selma Road intersection in northwest […]

Can HIV infection be prevented? First mRNA vaccine study for HIV in San Antonio’s history is getting underway.

January 27, 2022

    Media contacts: Will Sansom, UT Health San Antonio, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Shelley Kofler, University Health, (512) 294-5224, Shelley.Kofler@uhs-sa.com SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 27, 2022) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and clinical partner University Health soon will begin a Phase 1 clinical research study of an HIV vaccine candidate […]

Landmark national study resumes after COVID-enforced pause

January 24, 2022

Scientists look at the molecular mechanisms behind exercise’s health, anti-aging benefits. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 24, 2022) – After a 15-month-long COVID-19 stoppage, a landmark National Institutes of Health effort to detail the exact molecular mechanisms that explain exercise’s health and anti-aging benefits is again under way. “We’re very excited […]