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A boost in the fight against cancer

Cancer prevention programs and faculty recruitment initiatives got a $3.5 million boost from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.


Leader of the pack

The National Cancer Institute has selected UT Health San Antonio Cancer Center as one of nine institutional members of the NCI’s elite Cancer Systems Biology Consortium.


With honors

Five faculty members were honored with the 2017 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award from The University of Texas System.


When devastation hits

When Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Gulf Coast in August as a Category 4 storm, the university community immediately responded.


Margie and Bill Klesse, Mary Henrich and President William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, and honorees Lacie and Joe Gorder visit at the 2017 UT Health San Antonio President’s Gala.

Helping hearts

More than 1,500 attended the 2017 President’s Gala, which established the Lacie and Joe Gorder President’s Endowment in Heart Disease Research.


Ann Griffith in lab

Championing rising investigators

The Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund approved more than $2.3 million in new research funding for rising investigators at UT Health San Antonio.


soldier holding kid's hand.

Supporting military families

A national report indicates that the prevalence of depression among military caregivers may be up to four times higher than the U.S. adult population.


New network for veteran support

UT Health San Antonio has launched an initiative to increase the number of community clinicians qualified to provide the leading therapies in post-traumatic stress disorder.


Silhouette of a man struggling with mental illness.

Meeting a need

The Meadows Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Transitional Care Clinic, an innovative psychiatric program operated by the Department of Psychiatry.


Joel Torres, M.D., stands on a dirt road in the Rio Grande Valley.

A journey home

As a kid, Joel Torres, M.D., spent summers working the fields to help feed his family. He grew up and traveled the country for the best education. Now he's back home, a doctor working to make the Rio Grande Valley healthier.


mosquito

It’s coming. Are we ready?

From unknown to a worldwide pandemic in one year, Zika is a looming threat to South Texas as mosquito season heats up. Health care practitioners are bracing for impact.


Small rosary on a baby blanket

To have and to hold

When a child dies at birth, tests and medical procedures suddenly stop. Years ago, this was also where the patient’s care ended. Today, nurses are realizing this is a critical moment when the standard of care should strengthen.


Stop watch with blood dripping from the top and the words

Tick tock

Trauma is the leading cause of death of children, and bleeding is a major preventable cause. It takes only minutes to bleed to death, but quick action can save lives.


Oral device helps with breathing

Sweet dreams

Sleep apnea can lead to high blood pressure, heart attacks and other illnesses. So UT Dentistry opened the Sleep Disorders Center to offer a dental approach to help patients get their zzz's.


Anand Karnad, M.D. hugging patient

Essay: House call

Caring for people who have cancer does not stop when treatments stop. Anand Karnad, M.D., chief of hematology and medical oncology, shares the value of a house call.