Research
Just the Facts: Centers and Institutes
October 21, 2020
The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio is home to world-class research and patient care centers focusing on cancer, diabetes, aging, Alzheimer’s, substance use, and traumatic stress disorders.
Just the Facts: High-Impact Journals
October 21, 2020
Research findings from the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio are published in the country’s most esteemed high-impact journals.
Honoring a Foundation of Innovation
October 21, 2020
At UT Health San Antonio’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, medical trailblazers having been taking risks and developing innovative devices and medications since the doors opened in 1968. These faculty inspire today’s investigators.
Researcher Developing New Child, Family Lab
July 14, 2020
Elizabeth Brownell, Ph.D., M.A., is developing the School of Nursing’s Child and Family Laboratory to continue her research of the benefits of human milk on infants.
Research Designed to Improve Health of Asian American Immigrants
June 29, 2020
Jisook Ko, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN, is conducting research to help Asian Americans who suffer from high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes. She assembled a multi-disciplinary research mentoring team to understand the cause of the health disparities.
Nursing Professor Receives Trailblazer Award
June 26, 2020
Kathleen Stevens, Ed.D., RN, ANEF, FAAN, received an inaugural 2019 Distinguished Evidence-based Practice Trailblazer Awards from the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare.
Providing Pediatric Cancer Patient Care
December 17, 2019
At the Pediatric Blood and Cancer Center, pediatric hematology and oncology physicians are offering children advanced and compassionate patient care.
Specialists Help Young Adults Battling Cancer
December 17, 2019
UT Health physicians are dedicated to helping adolescents and young adults, a special group battling cancer. These patients juggle many responsibilities while fighting for their lives.
World-Renowned Biochemist Returns to UT Health
December 17, 2019
Patrick Sung, D.Phil., moved his extensive lab to UT Health San Antonio to continue his research on DNA repair and specifically the function the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes play in that repair.
Battling Opioid Epidemic with Science, Compassion
December 17, 2019
Jennifer S. Potter, Ph.D., M.P.H., national expert on opioid use disorder, performs research on the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders and is leading a statewide treatment effort.
Accolades
December 17, 2019
Congratulations to Long School of Medicine physicians and researchers who have been recognized for excellence in education, patient care and research.
Dean’s Message
December 17, 2019
Dear friends, In medicine, for every advance you make, it feels like you also can take a step back. For example, when I was a young oncologist, I never thought we would see a survival plateau in metastatic melanoma, but today we do. With the new immune checkpoint inhibitors for melanoma, we can generate long-term, […]