The Presidential Distinguished Scholar award was presented to Robert A. Clark, M.D. Photo by Lester RosebrockFaculty and staff members who exemplify exceptional leadership in their fields were recognized at the 2011 Presidential Awards ceremony. The Health Science Center’s highest honor, the Presidential Distinguished Scholar award, was presented to Robert A. Clark, M.D. Dr. Clark is […]
Two outstanding UT Health Science Center researchers, Patricia Dahia, M.D., Ph.D., and Shou-Jiang (S.J.) Gao, Ph.D., have received the Cancer Therapy & Research Center’s (CTRC) Discovery of the Year award. Dr. Dahia, assistant professor of hematology and medical oncology, and a team of researchers […]
Every donor makes a difference. The following are just a few of the many gifts that enable the university to make lives better in San Antonio, South Texas and the world. An initial gift of $10,000 from friends, colleagues and former students of the late Edward G. Rennels, Ph.D., established The Rennels Memorial Award for […]
Three researchers at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) are advancing promising investigations, aided by $2.2 million in grants from the state’s Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Patricia Dahia, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of hematology and medical oncology, was awarded $919,898 to continue her work after identifying an adrenal cancer gene. […]
The Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio presented $202,500 to support 53 scholarship recipients. “The Baptist Health Foundation is making a significant investment in a large and critically important cadre of health professionals for our region and state,” said William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, Health Science Center president. “Half of the recipients (27 of 53) […]
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced $28.2 million in funding for a trio of projects that include Health Science Center researchers. The UT Health Science Center’s Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) has received $23.5 million to help develop a statewide clinical trials network called CTNet.Anand Karnad, M.D., professor of hematology […]
Each year more than 1.2 million Americans suffer a heart attack. In a third of these individuals, the damage results in heart failure, a progressive condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s oxygen needs. Half of these 400,000 survivors will die within five years. A blood test to diagnose […]
After a decade of success reducing Latino cancer through research, training and education, locally based Redes En Acción: The National Hispanic/Latino Cancer Research Network has received a new $5.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to bolster and expand its cancer-fighting efforts. The new grant will bolster Redes’ efforts through 2015 and pave the […]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the awarding of a $1.66 million grant to the Health Science Center to encourage individuals of diverse backgrounds to seek doctoral degrees in the neurosciences. Lead investigators on the grant are Alan Frazer, Ph.D., professor and chairman of pharmacology, and David Weiss, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School […]
The federal government awarded $10 million over five years to the Health Science Center to continue an innovative sex education program in the region’s schools. The Sex Education Program, directed by Kristen Plastino, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, focuses on education to community stakeholders at all levels, providing medically accurate, age-appropriate information to […]