Study: Community health clubs adapt to improve vaccine hesitancy among South Texas Latino community during COVID-19

November 25, 2024

  During the COVID-19 pandemic, community health clubs in the South Texas area quickly adapted to virtual programs to address misperceptions about the virus and vaccines and provide timely, scientifically accurate information. A study led by Jason Rosenfeld, DrPh, MPH, associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of […]

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World-renowned Alzheimer’s researcher receives $300,000 UT System Faculty STARs award

November 20, 2024

Agustin Ruiz, MD, PhD, professor and director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases’ Biological Core laboratory and the Keith M. and Pat V. Orme Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) received a $300,000 UT System […]

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Trailblazing neuroscientist studies cognitive deficits in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

November 20, 2024

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common form of childhood muscular dystrophy and one of the most severe forms of inherited muscular dystrophy. The x-linked genetic condition causes mutations in the dystrophin gene that leads to progressive muscle weakness.  Typically affecting boys, it occurs in about every 1 in 3,500 to 5,000 male births, with […]