UT System Rising STARs award to advance prostate cancer research

November 18, 2022

Elizabeth Wasmuth, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), has received a Rising Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) award in the amount of $250,000 to support her cancer research into studying the molecules responsible […]


New issue of Future magazine out now

November 14, 2022

  The 2022 issue of Future, the official magazine of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, is now available. The magazine profiles the significant work of the school’s faculty, highlighting their innovative research and the complex process of turning breaking discoveries into approved treatments. Central to this issue is the theme […]




Beam-Signing Ceremony Set for Newest Outpatient and Surgery Center to Serve Growing Northwest Bexar County

November 14, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu Monica Taylor, 210-450-8970, taylorm1@uthscsa.edu MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT:         Leaders from UT Health Physicians, the clinical practice of UT Health San Antonio, contractors and community supporters will gather for a special beam-signing ceremony for the new UT Health at Kyle Seale Parkway outpatient and surgery center. This event marks […]




Students learn empathy through hands-on exercise

November 2, 2022

A first-year medical student had an unusual class assignment. He pretended to be a 13-year-old girl begging a pawn shop owner for a few dollars to help feed hungry siblings. The unorthodox exercise was part of a poverty simulation that more than 200 Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine students participated in […]

Students sitting at a table participating in a poverty simulation. White background and green chairs.


Survivorship: Life After Cancer

November 1, 2022

Mays Cancer Center offers a survivorship program to patients to prevent cancer from reoccurring through interventions and surveillance to help them live well after treatment.




Mays Cancer Center Partners with Nation’s Top Cancer Organizations to Endorse Initiative to Increase Lung Cancer Screening in the United States

November 1, 2022

Joint call to action urges individuals, providers and insurers to increase access to and utilization of low-dose CT screening for those at high risk for lung cancer Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 1, 2022) – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, accounting for almost 25% of […]