From studies of mental disorders to brain-degenerating diseases, five research projects from the Health Science Center were awarded seed grants for multidisciplinary research on the human brain.
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Area teens will benefit from two grants awarded to the university’s UT Teen Health initiative that promotes healthy choices for adolescents.
Study shows overweight and obese Hispanic children with increased behavioral counseling and education are more likely to adopt healthier lifestyles.
Postdoctoral research scientists will get a chance to grow their teaching skills and inspire a new generation of college students to enter research careers.
Seven faculty members were awarded Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards by the UT System Board of Regents.
Bandana Chatterjee, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine, is a new fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has conducted almost a quarter-century of prostate cancer research in the Long School of Medicine. Andrea Giuffrida, Ph.D., was appointed vice president for research after serving as ad interim since May 2014. […]
Researchers at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center were awarded more than $5 million in grants from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to help in projects ranging from examining the on/off switch of a cancer-fighting molecule to preventing liver cancer in a majority Hispanic South Texas population. “I’m not surprised, but I’m […]
Four School of Medicine faculty were honored at the national meeting of the American College of Physicians: Marvin Forland, M.D., MACP, professor emeritus of medicine who helped launch the Long School of Medicine, received the Texas Chapter Centennial Award. A founding faculty member of the Health Science Center, Dr. Forland recorded a video history interview. View Ralph […]
A national online network to reduce obesity received a one-year, $1.3 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Salud America! The RWJF Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children, created in 2007, is a San Antonio-based network of 10,000 parents, leaders, academics and advocates seeking environmental and policy solutions to Latino obesity. The […]