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November 12, 2008
Hundreds of medical residents at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will learn to recognize substance abuse problems as they develop and to intervene quickly and effectively, thanks to a recently awarded federal grant.
July 2, 2008
An estimated 20,000-plus people in San Antonio who use cocaine each year initially feel a heightened sense of reward or pleasure with the illegal stimulant.
December 6, 2007
Stemming the rising tide of adolescent substance use and related suicidal behaviors is the goal of an internationally known research group that recently relocated to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio from North Carolina.
March 7, 2006
The National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review appointed Jair C. Soares, M.D., of the Health Science Center, to the Neural Basis of Psychopathology, Addictions and Sleep Disorders Study Section.
September 20, 2005
Claudia S. Miller, M.D., M.S., of the Health Science Center, chaired a national conference Sept. 19 and 20 at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) at Research Triangle Park, N.C.
July 20, 2004
John T. Pichot, M.D., director of addiction research for the South Texas Veterans Health Care System and associate professor of psychiatry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has been appointed to the National Advisory Panel for Buprenorphine Training.