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February 16, 2022
Yidong Bai, PhD, professor, Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, was recently awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio, whose mission is focused on improving community health. The funds will be used to investigate the role of mitochondrial regulation and dysfunction in childhood type 2 diabetes, which is particularly […]
February 10, 2022
Is improving your public speaking or leadership skills a goal for 2022? The UT HSC Toastmasters Club can help. Toastmasters is a proven program designed to help members give better speeches, think on their feet and lead meetings. By actively participating in regular meetings, members and guests hone skills, such as speaking within a specific […]
January 31, 2022
Heidi Ko, MD, joins our breast oncology team as an assistant professor focusing on breast medical oncology. Dr. Ko received her medical degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey. She completed her residency in internal medicine at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. […]
January 28, 2022
Noted diabetes researcher Ralph DeFronzo, MD, has received the 2022 Luminary in Cardiometabolic Medicine award from the Metabolic Institute of America. Dr. DeFronzo is chief of diabetes at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and deputy director of the University Health System’s Texas Diabetes Institute. As the […]
January 24, 2022
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), reporting this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, identified a mechanism through which two antiviral genes, when mutated, promote a childhood cancer called pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Scientists at Oklahoma State University and Cornell University collaborated […]
January 24, 2022
Ali Seifi, MD, a neuro-intensivist at UT Health San Antonio, appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank on Jan. 21, winning a $250,000 offer for 20% equity from Mark Cuban for his hiccup-relieving invention. Dr. Seifi, an associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and director of the Neuro-ICU, invented a straw-like device that a person suffering […]
