Neurosurgery’s history in the Long School of Medicine dates back to the school’s infancy. The Division of Neurosurgery was founded in 1967 by Jim L. Story, M.D., at the Robert B. Green Hospital in downtown San Antonio. In 1974, the residency training program became fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). […]
“Mentor,” “mom,” “scientist” and “game-changer” are fitting words to describe Xin-Yun Lu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology in the School of Medicine at the Health Science Center. As a devoted mom, Dr. Lu attentively raises her children and steers them on a path toward success. Similarly, as a dedicated researcher, Dr. Lu is consistently […]
Vivienne Rebel, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of cellular and structural biology, and Gail Tomlinson, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics, are two women in science who play crucial roles at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute. Dr. Rebel dedicates her time to research that could one day translate to new therapies, while Dr. Tomlinson cares for […]
School of Medicine researchers’ discovery proves effective as cancer treatment Discoveries in science sometimes come by serendipity, when hard and consistent work done in one area of interest leads to a stunning discovery in a related or even unrelated area. Santanu Bose, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology and immunology in the Joe R. and Teresa […]
Taking homegrown discoveries – research findings from laboratories in San Antonio – and turning them into drugs to treat disease is the focus of a new center built through a collaboration between the UT Health Science Center San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The Center for Innovation in Drug Discovery […]
The Clinical & Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, which selected the Health Science Center and its South Texas partners for CTSA funding in 2008, is undergoing an evolution at the National Institutes of Health, where a new institute, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), now administers the CTSA program. The CTSA program at […]
Hyundai Motor America and local Hyundai dealers brought the Hyundai Hope on Wheels™ program to San Antonio, presenting a $250,000 Hope Grant to scientists in the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. The Hope Grant will support studies of myelodysplasia and leukemia conducted by Alexander Bishop, D.Phil., and Vivienne Rebel, […]
Virginia Bowden, Ph.D., loves the slopes of Telluride, Colo., where she and her husband, Charles Bowden, M.D., own a condominium. “We’ve been skiing since the 1970s, currently about 30 days a year,” she said. “For me the appeal is the mountain views.” In 1997 she fractured her hip while skiing at Winter Park. The bone […]
Steven Austad, Ph.D., professor of cellular and structural biology, points to clams in an aquarium at the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. The institute is part of at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. “The lighter ones, typically called ‘hard clams,’ are served in restaurants and live 100 […]
After the 40th birthday it becomes necessary to write notes — and then try to remember the location of the notepad. Learning and memory decline with age, and for some the cliff is Alzheimer’s disease. Thankfully, scientists from the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at the UT Health Science Center […]