Brain health experts share research, hope at Think Science event

September 29, 2025

Three leading experts in neurology and aging gathered at UT Health San Antonio Sept. 22 for Texas Public Radio’s Think Science event to share the latest in brain health research. Programs at UT Health San Antonio provide hope that scientific advances may one day make Alzheimer’s a disease of the past.




Inaugural cohort completes UT-MSTAR summer research program

September 3, 2025

New NIH-funded program aims to grow pipeline of students in aging research across Texas A new multi-site, eight-week research program aims to engage first-year medical students interested in aging medicine. The Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center received National Institutes […]


New Center for Brain Health pairs expert care with scientific discovery

July 21, 2025

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s (UT Health San Antonio) new Center for Brain Health will be a transformational facility bringing clinical care, innovative research and caregiver support together under one roof to revolutionize how we understand and treat diseases of the brain. The $100 million, 103,000 square-foot center was […]




University among top-ranking academic research medical centers

February 22, 2024

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) received $131.5 million in National Institutes of Health funding in federal fiscal year 2023, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The university ranked No. 72 out of the 2,886 public and private institutions that received […]




Novel AI algorithm quantifies brain lesions to inform risk of stroke

November 30, 2023

Listen to Texas Public Radio’s Science & Medicine, a podcast that explains how scientific discovery at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio advances the way medicine is practiced around the world. Artificial intelligence may be somewhat unsettling, but it also has the potential to improve and even save lives, according to Mohamad Habes, PhD, assistant professor of radiology at […]




UT Health Science Center San Antonio develops tool that counts brain lesions in seconds

July 13, 2023

Novel AI algorithm precisely quantifies perivascular spaces that signal risk of stroke. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (July 13, 2023) — An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio accurately counts brain lesions on MRI scans within seconds. Once it is adapted to the […]