CPRIT awards millions to UT Health San Antonio

August 18, 2017

Cancer prevention programs and initiatives to recruit faculty to UT Health San Antonio got a $3.5 million boost from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The awards, announced Aug. 16, bring total funding to UT Health San Antonio by CPRIT to about $74.6 million since the program began in 2008. The UT Health Cancer […]

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Nephrology division chief named

August 15, 2017

Kumar Sharma, M.D., was named chief of the Division of Nephrology and vice chair for research in the Department of Medicine.





Research advances fight against deadly parasite

August 8, 2017

Scientists at UT Health San Antonio have discovered why oxamniquine, a drug used to treat a global infection called schistosomiasis, is only effective against one species of the parasitic flatworm.





Our Strategic Vision 2018-2022

August 1, 2017

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has published its Strategic Vision for fiscal years 2018-2022.