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.



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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.



UT Health San Antonio

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.



Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP

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, […]