NPR: How COVID-19 affects the brain

January 19, 2021

Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, interviewed by NPR Science Correspondent Jon Hamilton, is mentioned in this story about how COVID-19 affects the brain. Listen here. 


San Antonio Express-News: Latinos and other underserved San Antonio groups most impacted by pandemic, but reluctant to take vaccine

January 14, 2021

Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio, and Dr. Luz Garcini, UT Health San Antonio’s Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), were interviewed for this San Antonio Express-News story about how to reach Latinos and other underserved San Antonio groups who may be reluctant to get the […]


News 4: Defying the odds: How baby Ily turned her helmet into a crown

January 7, 2021

Darren Poidevin of the Cranial Remolding Program at UT Health San Antonio and Heather and Jason Guckian, parents of patient and Baby Miss America Ily Guckian, are the subjects of this News 4 San Antonio story about Ily’s journey and pageant win. Read and watch the story. San Antonio Express-News: In a leopard-print helmet, San […]


The Washington Post: Large-scale global study to investigate links between COVID-19 and cognitive decline

January 6, 2021

Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin and Dr. Sudha Seshadri, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, have done multiple media interviews including one for The Washington Post, regarding an article published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association; the article cites decades of scientific evidence suggesting it is very likely that COVID-19 […]


KSAT 12: Researchers in San Antonio discover how alcohol limits the ability to pay attention

December 31, 2020

A new study published by researchers at UT Health San Antonio found that alcohol impacts a person’s decision-making under the influence. The work is funded by generous support from the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation and by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute […]