{"id":11359,"date":"2019-04-25T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T01:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/?p=11359"},"modified":"2019-04-26T21:39:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T21:39:52","slug":"momentum-is-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/momentum-is-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Momentum is building"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11362\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11362\" class=\"wp-image-11362\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/2019_New-Barshop_001-1.jpg\" alt=\"Barshop Institute and South Texas Research Facility\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/2019_New-Barshop_001-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/2019_New-Barshop_001-1-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/2019_New-Barshop_001-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/2019_New-Barshop_001-1-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An open-air pedestrian bridge will cross over Floyd Curl Drive and connect the Barshop Institute to the South Texas Research Facility. The new Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies is a three-story, 109,000 gross-square-foot building. Construction is expected to be complete by December 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination and wonder.\u201d \u2014Ronald Reagan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you had the opportunity to take a stroll across any of our campuses today, you might overhear conversations that pivot on words such as \u201cgrowth,\u201d \u201cexcitement\u201d and \u201cmomentum.\u201d What is so rewarding for us here at UT Health San Antonio is that these words ring true.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are among the top-ranked institutions in Texas for aging research funding from the National Institute on Aging. We are ranked in the top 4 percent worldwide of organizations that receive National Institutes of Health funding. Our university leads the world\u2019s largest research group focused on combat PTSD and other related conditions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In our clinical mission, UT Health Physicians comprises the largest medical practice in Central and South Texas, supporting 1.6 million patient visits each year through 800 providers in more than 100 specialties and subspecialties. Birthplace of the Palmaz stent that came to be hailed as one of the \u201c10 Patents that Changed the World,\u201d ours is a multifaceted academic health center with proven strength in translating research breakthroughs into clinical trials and, eventually, into therapies and treatments for patients.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like other academic health centers across the country, UT Health San Antonio trains the physicians, nurses, dentists, other health care professionals and scientists of tomorrow. Having missions of education, research and patient care is perhaps what best defines an academic health center. But our climb to the summit does not stop there. Without our fourth mission\u2014to serve and engage the community\u2014there would be no reason for our resolute commitment to growth.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the chief catalyst of San Antonio\u2019s\u00a0$40.2 billion biosciences and health care industry, we share our excitement for the future as we collaborate with multiple public and private organizations across the community, including The University of Texas at San Antonio, Southwest Research Institute, Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Bexar County Hospital District.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A glimpse of our momentum is seen in the new facility we\u2019re building for one of the world\u2019s premiere aging research institutes, the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. Concurrently, our new Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer\u2019s and Neurodegenerative Diseases is poised to step onto an international stage in its truly comprehensive approach to battling these horrible diseases.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With our missions serving as our motivation, inspiration and direction for everything we do, we also know that growth and success will come to fruition only as the result of each of us working together.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for all you do to support this amazing journey.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP<br \/>\nPresident and Professor of Medicine<br \/>\nUT Health San Antonio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having missions of education, research and patient care is perhaps what best defines an academic health center. 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