Headline News: Inside.news: Faculty Senate presents awards   
Posted: Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Health Science Center faculty and staff members are highlighted in several stories in inside.news. Among them are Mickey Parsons, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, and Jane Youngers, who received awards from the Faculty Senate. Also, a dozen expert faculty members are in the midst of educating legislators from several states about cardiovascular disease during their visit to the Health Science Center. .....more»

Headline News: Presidents’ Reception Nov. 5 to honor four HSC presidents   
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
The four presidents of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will be honored at noon on Thursday, Nov. 5, at a Presidents’ Reception, to be held in the Health Science Center Auditorium on the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus......more»

Headline News: Loving nephew helps uncle with lifesaving liver transplant   
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
The University Transplant Center, a partnership between The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and University Health System, perform lifesaving surgeries, including living-donor liver transplants that give patients on transplant waiting lists more hope for the future......more»

Headline News: Forty-six students receive $270,000 in SALE scholarships   
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
The San Antonio Livestock Exposition (SALE) presented $270,000 in scholarships to medical, nursing and health professions students at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The scholarships, presented on Oct. 13, make it possible for 46 students to begin or continue their educations at the Health Science Center......more»

Headline News: HSC helps UT System earn national ranking in philanthropy   
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio played a key role in The University of Texas System’s record-breaking year for philanthropy that placed the UT System second in the nation for fiscal year 2008-2009. The Health Science Center, along with two other UT System health institutions, brought in nearly 70 percent of the funds raised systemwide. .....more»

Headline News: CTRC announces new executive leadership   
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 23, 2009) — Three cancer specialists with successful track records in a combination of roles including clinical research, drug development, patient care and administration, have been chosen to lead the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. .....more»

Headline News: Experts rethink screening for breast and prostate cancer   
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
SAN ANTONIO (October 20, 2009) — Twenty years of screening for breast and prostate cancer have not brought the anticipated decline in deaths from these diseases, argue experts from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in an opinion piece published in the <i>Journal of the American Medical Association</i>......more»

Headline News: Medical Arts & Research Center opens to patients    
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 22, 2009) — The newest attraction at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a striking, eight-story building filled with the latest technology and featuring the medical practices of the same doctors who teach and conduct world-class research in the School of Medicine. The Medical Arts & Research Center is the home of UT Medicine San Antonio, the School of Medicine’s clinical practice and the largest medical practice in Central and South Texas. .....more»

Headline News: inside.news: Information Security hosting workshops   
Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
President William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, urges faculty and staff to protect their laptop computers and USB drives as the sensitive information they might contain could become a target for thieves......more»

Headline News: Laredo foundations support Health Science Center programs   
Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The South Texas Outreach Foundation has awarded a $50,000 gift to the UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Health Professions......more»