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Headline News: CPRIT awards $1 million to HSC researchers
Posted: Thursday, April 05, 2012
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio was awarded $1 million by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas on March 30 to fund instrumentation that will help researchers develop new cancer-fighting drugs. Andrew Hinck, Ph.D., a professor of biochemistry in the School of Medicine, is the principal investigator for the grant......more»
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Headline News: Valley study promotes exercise for breast cancer survivors
Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Do encouraging, personalized messages, received on a regular basis, inspire women to exercise after they’ve been treated for breast cancer? The School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio is enrolling Hispanic survivors of breast cancer for a 16-week clinical research exercise study conducted in Harlingen to address this topic......more»
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Headline News: Seminar Friday probes issues in aging for families, caregivers
Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
UT Health Science Center San Antonio physician and author Jerald Winakur, M.D., (pictured) who has been featured on radio talk shows and in newspapers across the U.S., will be the luncheon keynote speaker at a conference on managing the issues in aging. The conference, to be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, March 23, at the Omni San Antonio Hotel, is sponsored by the School of Health Professions. It is free and open to the public. .....more»
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Headline News: Nanotherapy: Tiny tools hit brain tumors with big radiation
Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
For the past 40 years, radiation has been the most effective means of treating deadly brain tumors called glioblastomas. Although the targeting technology has been refined, the beam sometimes affects healthy brain tissue causing serious side effects. UT Health Science Center San Antonio researchers, including Andrew Brenner, M.D., Ph.D., (pictured) have developed a way to deliver nanoparticle radiation directly to the tumor......more»
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Headline News: Dr. Holly to speak on critical role of primary care providers
Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Primary Care Week, a student-led effort at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio that celebrates the importance of primary care providers to the health care system, will culminate Wednesday, March 21, with a keynote address by James L. Holly, M.D. Dr. Holly is a family physician who advocates for a patient-centered approach. A poster session will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., followed by the keynote address in the Pestana Lecture Hall......more»
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Headline News: Dr. Holly to speak on critical role of primary care providers
Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Primary Care Week, a student-led effort at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio that celebrates the importance of primary care providers to the health care system, will culminate Wednesday, March 21, with a keynote address by James L. Holly, M.D. Dr. Holly is a family physician who advocates for a patient-centered approach. A poster session will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., followed by the keynote address in the Pestana Lecture Hall......more»
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Headline News: Primary Care Week activities set for March 19-23
Posted: Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Reflecting a national movement aimed at fostering primary care providers, the UT Health Science Center has a new grassroots organization called Primary Care Progress......more»
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Headline News: Two Health Science Center offices take on new names
Posted: Tuesday, March 06, 2012
The Office of Development and the Office of External Affairs have changed their names to the Office of Institutional Advancement and the Office of Communications, respectively......more»
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Headline News: Three SHP faculty receive state outstanding educator awards
Posted: Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Three faculty members from the School of Health Professions have been or soon will be honored with an award from their respective professional association as the top educator in their field this spring......more»
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Headline News: CTRC lecture March 8 focuses on cures for cancer in nature
Posted: Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Nature has provided the materials for many of the most effective medicines in use today, and scientists continually look to nature to find what other healing compounds it holds......more»
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