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February 10, 2021
In this Fox 29 story, Dr. Luz Garcini, UT Health San Antonio’s Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), explains that gathering and tracking health data from underserved areas is the first way to address how to get these communities the health resources they need during the pandemic. Watch the story.
February 3, 2021
Discover your biases with the “Find Out If You Have Implicit Bias and What to Do Next” Action Pack from the Salud America! program at UT Health San Antonio.
February 2, 2021
Dr. Rosalie Aguilar, Institute for Health Promotion Research, was interviewed by KENS 5 TV on the issue that less than 10 percent of Latinos in Texas have been vaccinated and offered factors that contribute to this statistic. Read and watch the story.
February 2, 2021
Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, Institute for Health Promotion Research, is quoted at the end of this article in Inside Higher Ed about how academic medical institutions, including historically Black and Hispanic-serving institutions, need to address issues of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in their communities through research and outreach. Read the story.
February 1, 2021
Dr. Francisco Cigarroa’s opinion piece, celebrating 5,000 life-saving transplants at our University Transplant Center, was published in the Laredo Morning Times; while 2020 was a tragic year in which COVID-19 claimed the lives of so many, University Transplant Center pushed forward as generous organ donors made it possible to save lives through transplant surgery. Read […]
February 1, 2021
By Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, submitted to the San Antonio Express-News as an opinion piece and published on Jan. 29, 2021. While 2020 was a difficult year in which COVID-19 claimed the lives of so many, University Transplant Center pushed forward, as generous organ donors allowed us to save lives through the miracle of transplant […]