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 receives $500,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels® grants to help fund fight against childhood cancer

September 29, 2023

Elizabeth Orcutt first learned about Li-Fraumeni syndrome — a hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome that increases the risk of certain types of cancers — in October of 2019 after her then 6-year-old daughter Lydia Orcutt woke up feeling unwell. “She was extra, extra cuddly and complained of a stomach ache,” Orcutt recalled. “Her symptoms rapidly escalated […]






Gear Up Against Kids Cancer bike race set for April 1

March 28, 2023

  The second Gear Up Against Kids Cancer bike race will take place this Saturday, April 1, in Wilson County. Proceeds from the event will fund laboratory science at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, which is part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. “The event motto is ‘When Fighting […]




Gear Up Against Kids Cancer bike race set for April 1

March 28, 2023

Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (March 28, 2023) — The second Gear Up Against Kids Cancer bike race will take place this Saturday, April 1, in Wilson County. Proceeds from the event will fund laboratory science at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, which is part of The University of Texas Health Science […]