UT Health San Antonio contributes rare dataset to Kids First pediatric research initiative

October 3, 2024

  In the study of uncommon congenital disorders, collaboration is key to potential new insights and discoveries. The Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program Data Resource Center announced in September the public release of three comprehensive datasets related to childhood cancers and congenital disorders, one of which was provided by The University of Texas […]

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Healing young minds: UT Health San Antonio’s initiatives to address the adolescent mental health crisis

September 6, 2024

This story is featured in the September 2024 issue of the Bexar County Medical Society’s San Antonio Medicine Magazine. For the past decade, adolescent mental health disorders have skyrocketed, an issue propelled even further by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health has declined surreptitiously for millions of people in recent years, affecting even the youngest among […]





UT Health San Antonio scientist awarded $300,000 grant to study effect of Spanish-language interpretation on child mental health outcomes

August 7, 2024

A researcher with (UT Health San Antonio) was awarded a $300,000 research project grant through the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium’s New and Emerging Children’s Mental Health Research initiative. Jessica Sandoval, MD, associate clinical professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in the Joe R. and […]