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June 12, 2019
Raul F. Membreño, a a third-year medical student in the Long School of Medicine, has been selected for the 2019-2020 Medical Research Scholars Program by the National Institutes of Health. He is one of only 50 students selected nationwide. The year-long research training program allows medical, dental, and veterinary students to pause their university studies […]
June 12, 2019
State health officials are calling on Texans to wear blue June 14 to commemorate National Men’s Health Week and honor those who have overcome health challenges. The purpose of Men’s Health Week is to increase awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. This year, Men’s […]
June 11, 2019
The Parking and Traffic Safety Committee is looking to collect survey data from all employees and students regarding their current public transit usage, as well as their potential usage should discounted fares be offered at some point in the future. You’re invited to take the Campus Transportation Survey here.
June 11, 2019
The School of Nursing will offer free and confidential HIV testing on National HIV Testing Day, June 27. Tests will be available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by appointment only and take about 30 minutes. Supplies are limited; tests will be available for only 50 students and 50 staff members. The tests do not […]
June 10, 2019
Researchers at UT Health San Antonio, in collaboration with the University of Texas at San Antonio, have developed a new class of drugs called capsazepine analogs, which bear structural similarities to capsaicin. In preclinical testing on mice, the drugs have shown promise in dramatically reducing the size of tumors. See the Express-News coverage of this […]
June 7, 2019
The award for early-career investigators comes with a $250,000 grant.