Youth-onset Type 2 diabetes is derailing the lives of young adults

September 27, 2019

Jane Lynch, M.D., a pediatric endocrinologist at UT Health San Antonio, is truly on the front lines of San Antonio’s alarming increase of Type 2 diabetes in children. Since 2005, more than 1,000 youth under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with the disease in her clinic at the Texas Diabetes Institute on South […]

Photo of a child measuring her sugar level in a doctor's office.

San Antonio has a new designation: Dementia Friendly City

September 27, 2019

If you look at our city’s greatest successes, they have been accomplished by individuals and groups working together toward a common goal. A great example of this is the announcement that San Antonio is now a Dementia Friendly City. This designation, from Dementia City America, was announced June 15 by our School of Nursing, which […]



Fluzone vaccine available

September 25, 2019

Fluzone High-Dose, an influenza vaccine designed specifically for people age 65 and older, is available in the Wellness 360 clinic in the School of Nursing. UT Select members should bring their insurance card and ID badge; walk-ins 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Women in Medicine Month, Part III

September 18, 2019

September is Women in Medicine Month. Read about the achievements and talents of some of UT Health San Antonio’s women faculty in the third in a series of newsletters. Read the newsletter

LINC seeking proposals for interprofessional projects

September 18, 2019

The Office of Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC), within Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs, has released a request for proposals (RFP) from faculty to advance interprofessional education pilot projects at UT Health San Antonio. Grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 will be awarded, and submissions demonstrating interprofessional collaboration by two or more co-Principal Investigators […]