UT San Antonio researchers develop model to improve machine-learning predictions

October 12, 2026

  Over the past decade, artificial intelligence, AI, has been increasingly used for medical and neuroimaging research. While there have been great advances in detecting dementia with this technology, one of the remaining problems is the ability to apply predictions across multiple populations. To correct this problem, scientists at The University of Texas Health Science […]


Everyday choices may shape brain health across a lifetime

September 21, 2026

UT San Antonio researchers are exploring how everyday choices, cardiovascular health, sleep patterns and emerging biological markers may influence Alzheimer’s disease risk. Their work is advancing understanding of dementia prevention, early diagnosis and the factors that help people maintain cognitive health and independence as they age.

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Texas Public Radio: San Antonio study finds that even light exercise can protect the aging brain

August 13, 2026

Claudia Satizabal, PhD, associate professor with the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center and health System of The University of Texas at San Antonio, and one of the lead authors in study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging, was quoted in this article. […]