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 […]




UT Health San Antonio announces inaugural Synergy grant awards for early-stage applied research

August 15, 2023

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) Office of Technology Commercialization and the Office of the Vice President for Research recently announced the awardees for the inaugural Synergy Gap Fund. Earlier this year, the Office of Technology Commercialization and the Office of the Vice President for […]




School of Health Professions professor aims to elevate and expand dysphagia research in South Texas

June 7, 2023

Giselle Carnaby, PhD, MPH, professor in the Department of Health Sciences with cross-appointments in the Departments of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences and Disorders in the School of Health Professions at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio, is passionate about her research, which focuses on swallowing disorders (dysphagia), swallowing rehabilitation methods and survivorship.   



UT Regents fund pioneering trauma care research center

November 28, 2022

The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Nov. 17 approved $2.5 million to establish the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative at UT Health San Antonio in partnership with University Health’s Level 1 Trauma Center at University Hospital and the U.S. Department of Defense. The new trauma care research center will be the first and only one of its kind in the United States, according to UT System.




Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program receives accreditation

August 11, 2022

  Four years after welcoming its first cohort of students, the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program has received its five-year accreditation. “This is a five-year milestone we reached, and this is going to turn into another chapter,” said Associate Professor and Department Chair Fang-Ling Lu, PhD, CCC-SLP. “We’re going to keep improving and […]

Speech-language pathology professor instructs master's students