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The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas awarded five new grants to fund research and prevention programs.
Over the next five years, more than $2.5 million will be given to the School of Nursing to improve first-time pass rates on a nursing licensure exam and faculty instruction.
Salud America! has received a grant to develop new, culturally tailored educational content to promote and support the health of Latino children.
The latest news in faculty appointments and honors.
Dr. Boulos Toursarkissian initiated the endovascular surgery program for the abdominal aorta at the Health Science Center. With new technology and the addition of top-notch faculty, the program has expanded to include the less-invasive technique for the thoracic aorta. The program takes a multidisciplinary approach to health care – faculty physicians from multiple departments and […]
The aorta is the body’s largest artery. Shaped like a candy cane and about the diameter of a garden hose, the aorta extends from the heart down through the chest and abdomen, where it divides into a vessel that carries blood to the abdominal organs and legs. Aneurysms Aneurysms can develop anywhere in the aorta. […]
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Larysa Sholom was 16 when she arrived in the United States from the Ukraine as an exchange student. With great trepidation but courage, she left her family behind to pursue an education and expand […]
The Health Science Center has taken another proactive step in combating bioterrorism while calming public fears. The institution launched the new Center for Public Health Preparedness and Biomedical Research (CPHPBR). The CPHPBR will educate the public and train local health care providers in bioterrorism prevention and treatment. It will also facilitate research for vaccines against […]
What goes through the mind of a cancer doctor who learns he has cancer?