KSAT 12: Woman who battled diabetes, cancer shares story of survival
April 12, 2024
Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD, chief, endocrinology division, and associate professor of medicine, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
KENS TV: VERIFY | Does green tea help ease nicotine addiction?
April 1, 2024
Arlene Reyes, MD, department of family and community medicine, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
BNN Breaking: Killeen: A Texas City Championing Healthy Eating and Community Support
January 3, 2024
Debora Melo van Lent, PhD, nutrition scientist, was mentioned in this roundup piece about the contribution of diet to brain health. Read More
Fox 29: UT Teen Health earns prestigious Level 1 Trauma-Informed Certification
March 29, 2023
Kristen Plastino, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology, professor, vice chair, clinical operations and director, UT Teen Health, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
UT Health San Antonio selected for $3 million grant to train community health workers in South Texas
November 17, 2022
Goal is to increase workforce to serve marginalized populations, rural communities Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 17, 2022) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will leverage a three-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to train […]
Diabetes self-care reached by 32% who built trust with community health workers
September 26, 2022
Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 26, 2022) — One-third of 986 patients achieved long-term self-care of their type 2 diabetes after building trusting relationships with community health workers (promotores in Spanish) over 12 weeks, according to a newly published study by faculty of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San […]
