WHAT: “From Bench to Bedside: Converting Concepts to Cures” – The University of Texas System Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee Winter Meeting
WHEN: 1:30-5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23
WHERE: Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, 8403 Floyd Curl Drive in the South Texas Medical Center (Due to construction, all entering traffic will be via Medical Drive; call contact persons for instructions.)
WHO: Three prominent researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will discuss their work and the impact it has had on people’s day-to-day lives. The speakers include Julio C. Palmaz, M.D., inventor of the world’s first stent; Sunil K. Ahuja, M.D., M.Sc., who is helping to demystify HIV and AIDS; and Ian M. Thompson, M.D., who has led groundbreaking studies on prostate cancer.
NOTES: UT Health Science Center President (and incoming UT System Chancellor) Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., will deliver opening remarks. Dr. Ahuja will speak at 1:55 p.m., followed by Dr. Thompson at 2:25 p.m. Then, following tours of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and table discussions, Dr. Palmaz will speak at 4:15 p.m. Each researcher will be available to speak to media for 10 minutes after his presentation.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is the leading research institution in South Texas and one of the major health sciences universities in the world. With an operating budget of $668 million, the Health Science Center is the chief catalyst for the $16.3 billion biosciences and health care sector in San Antonio’s economy. The Health Science Center has had an estimated $36 billion impact on the region since inception and has expanded to six campuses in San Antonio, Laredo, Harlingen and Edinburg. More than 24,000 graduates (physicians, dentists, nurses, scientists and other health professionals) serve in their fields, including many in Texas. Health Science Center faculty are international leaders in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, aging, stroke prevention, kidney disease, orthopedics, research imaging, transplant surgery, psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, pain management, genetics, nursing, dentistry and many other fields. For more information, visit www.uthscsa.edu.