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December
  • Wednesday, December 19, 2012
    Two elected to UT Academy of Health Science Education    

  • Wednesday, December 19, 2012
    Patient navigation can speed breast cancer diagnosis   

  • Wednesday, December 19, 2012
    Dental School studying new dental unit waterline technology   

  • Wednesday, December 19, 2012
    Dr. Gong receives $162,000 grant, statewide pediatric award    

  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    School of Nursing welcomes Estonian health care visitors   

  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    Newer technology improves detection of stillbirth’s cause   

  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    NIH selects Perez as model of the minority neuroscientist    

  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    President Kalkwarf honored for outstanding leadership   

  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    CPRIT funds CTRC study on glioblastoma drug resistance    

  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    Dr. Martínez Rogers discusses ‘fiscal cliff’ at White House   

  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    Regents approve new university for South Texas   

  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    Rapamycin research results in new biotech company    


  • November
  • Friday, November 30, 2012
    CTRC researchers involved in SA Breast Cancer Symposium    

  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
    Sale of holiday greeting cards supports two HSC programs   

  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
    Forty-eight faculty members receive promotion or tenure    

  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
    Dr. Curiel publishes textbook on tumor immunotherapy   

  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
    HSC receives DiversityFIRST™ achievement award   

  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
    Regents establish scholarship in Chancellor Cigarroa’s name   

  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
    Dr. Bailey saves cardiac patient's life with TAVR procedure   

  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
    UT Medicine signs affiliation agreement with MinuteClinic    

  • Wednesday, November 14, 2012
    Respiratory care students teach kids about asthma   

  • Wednesday, November 14, 2012
    Four research teams receive UTS quality improvement grants    

  • Tuesday, November 13, 2012
    Neuroscientist studies how nerves conduct impulses in MS   

  • Tuesday, November 13, 2012
    $1.2 million funds studies of Alzheimer’s cell biology   

  • Tuesday, November 13, 2012
    Unlocking the mysteries of Conrad’s brain   

  • Tuesday, November 13, 2012
    Screening program to test baby boomers for hepatitis C    

  • Tuesday, November 13, 2012
    Bat flower research attracts biomedical investor    

  • Tuesday, November 13, 2012
    M.D.-Ph.D. scholars, STRF to benefit from Adler gift   


  • October
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Free lecture to support families caring for cancer patients   

  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Apply for Exito! training/internships by March 1   

  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Children’s cardio-metabolic risk affected by activity level   

  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    School of Nursing to host diversity summit Nov. 7   

  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    CTRC oncologist to lead statewide liver cancer trial   

  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Presidential Distinguished Lecture to be held Nov. 2   

  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Linda Smith, Ph.D., receives $450,000 grant for CLS   

  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Dental School breaks ground on new era of clinical practice   

  • Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    Test of HSC Alert system will be held on Friday, Oct. 19   

  • Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    Juntos Podemos mentors disadvantaged nursing students   

  • Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    UT Medicine physician improves treatment of COPD   

  • Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    Nursing faculty receive national, international honors   

  • Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    $1 million grant to increase occupational therapists in schools    

  • Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    HSC to host inaugural San Antonio Vaccine Symposium    

  • Tuesday, October 02, 2012
    Social Media Toolkit now available   

  • Tuesday, October 02, 2012
    Snow or ice? Take HSC Alert’s advice   

  • Tuesday, October 02, 2012
    Serve as a mentor for a military veteran   

  • Tuesday, October 02, 2012
    Four faculty receive NARSAD Young Investigator Grants   

  • Tuesday, October 02, 2012
    Children with cancer to benefit from $250,000 grant   

  • Tuesday, October 02, 2012
    New emergency medicine residency announced   

  • Tuesday, October 02, 2012
    New hope for taming triple-negative breast cancer   

  • Tuesday, October 02, 2012
    Salud America! gets $2.1 million to fight childhood obesity    


  • September
  • Friday, September 21, 2012
    Physician Assistant Studies to celebrate 10th anniversary    

  • Friday, September 21, 2012
    Faculty Senate presents annual leadership awards    

  • Friday, September 21, 2012
    Bill Greehey encourages donations to the SECC   

  • Friday, September 21, 2012
    Nurse practitioners could solve health-care dilemma   

  • Friday, September 21, 2012
    ALS Association, UT Medicine lift up patients, families   

  • Friday, September 21, 2012
    Dr. Garcia receives Hispanic Dental Association award    

  • Friday, September 21, 2012
    Biochemists receive $1.7 million grant to study heart disease   

  • Thursday, September 06, 2012
    Childhood virus RSV shows promise against adult cancer   

  • Wednesday, September 05, 2012
    Promotoras to lead Latinas in physical activity study    

  • Wednesday, September 05, 2012
    PSA study contrasts national task force recommendation    

  • Wednesday, September 05, 2012
    Barshop Institute contributes to NIA calorie restriction study   

  • Wednesday, September 05, 2012
    SHP receives grant to improve minority, military graduation    

  • Wednesday, September 05, 2012
    HSC joins UTSA in Center for Innovation in Drug Discovery   

  • Wednesday, September 05, 2012
    Sports medicine collaboration announced   

  • Wednesday, September 05, 2012
    UT System OKs new Academic Learning and Teaching Center   


  • August
  • Tuesday, August 21, 2012
    CARE website provides resources for behavioral concerns   

  • Tuesday, August 21, 2012
    Two receive doctoral fellowships for work in biology of aging   

  • Tuesday, August 21, 2012
    Register now for the Vulcan Funshoot benefiting CTRC    

  • Tuesday, August 21, 2012
    Physician Assistant Studies program receives $980,000 grant   

  • Tuesday, August 21, 2012
    Study shows promise for individuals with Tourette syndrome    

  • Tuesday, August 07, 2012
    Pre-Olympic research examines foot injuries of runners   

  • Tuesday, August 07, 2012
    Girls gain confidence, learn about careers at health camp    

  • Tuesday, August 07, 2012
    Rapamycin boosts cardiac and skeletal muscle function   

  • Tuesday, August 07, 2012
    J. Larry Holly, M.D., to receive Distinguished Alumni Award   

  • Tuesday, August 07, 2012
    Olympic Games cap off Healthy Choices for Kids camp   

  • Tuesday, August 07, 2012
    CPRIT gives Health Science Center researchers $1.8 million    

  • Tuesday, August 07, 2012
    Dental School receives $2.5 million for faculty development   


  • July
  • Monday, July 23, 2012
    Regional Campus in Laredo to focus on obesity, diabetes   

  • Monday, July 23, 2012
    CTRC Director Ian Thompson, M.D., debates PSA testing    

  • Monday, July 23, 2012
    Low-cal diet’s effects seen in fly brain, mouthpart   

  • Monday, July 23, 2012
    Dr. Pavlin’s daughter is swimming in the Olympics   

  • Monday, July 23, 2012
    Respiratory care department receives national award   

  • Monday, July 23, 2012
    Journalist T.R. Reid to discuss quest for better health care   

  • Monday, July 23, 2012
    $560,000 in collaborative grants to improve patient care   

  • Monday, July 23, 2012
    Study: Air in expectant moms’ homes contains pesticides   

  • Thursday, July 12, 2012
    Eight receive $200,000 in teaching awards; Medellin honored   

  • Wednesday, July 11, 2012
    Protein regulation outside cancer cells may lead to new drug   

  • Wednesday, July 11, 2012
    Doctors overlook chemical illnesses, study finds   

  • Wednesday, July 11, 2012
    Hormone curbs depression-like symptoms in stressed mice   

  • Wednesday, July 11, 2012
    Three faculty members receive national recognition   

  • Wednesday, July 11, 2012
    Heart pump device bridges teenager to her second chance   

  • Wednesday, July 11, 2012
    Easter Island drug raises cognition throughout life span   

  • Wednesday, July 11, 2012
    Dental School receives $4.5 million for five-state PBRN   


  • June
  • Tuesday, June 26, 2012
    Graduation profile: Green Beret Roland Paquette   

  • Tuesday, June 26, 2012
    Nursing faculty, students remind elders to stay cool   

  • Tuesday, June 26, 2012
    School of Nursing unveils new Simulation Center   

  • Tuesday, June 26, 2012
    Skype at night connects S.A. researcher to Chinese laboratory   

  • Tuesday, June 26, 2012
    250 leaders commemorate RAHC’s 10th anniversary   

  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    Students grateful for having learned from human bodies    

  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    Women’s Faculty Association presents leadership awards    

  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    Five faculty inducted into the Academy of Master Teachers   

  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    Marsha Griffin, M.D., to receive national AAP award    

  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    Insomnia? How better sleep may help cancer patients   

  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    Radical change for routine prostate cancer treatment    

  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    Ribbon-cutting Wednesday for nursing simulation center   

  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    Voelcker grant goes to CTRC researcher Dr. Jennifer Carew   


  • May
  • Wednesday, May 30, 2012
    Four faculty members receive national recognition   

  • Tuesday, May 29, 2012
    New endowed professorship to benefit RAHC   

  • Tuesday, May 29, 2012
    Registration open for Summer Institutes on EBQI   

  • Tuesday, May 29, 2012
    HSC professor helps revise definition of deadly lung disease   

  • Tuesday, May 29, 2012
    Peer coaching can help lower patients’ blood pressure   

  • Tuesday, May 29, 2012
    Respiratory specialists help transport ill, injured children    

  • Tuesday, May 29, 2012
    More minority participants needed for aspirin study    

  • Tuesday, May 15, 2012
    Apply soon for University Teaching Excellence Course    

  • Tuesday, May 15, 2012
    Review finds ICU stays for the worst asthma drop 74 percent   

  • Tuesday, May 15, 2012
    NAC luncheon highlights School of Nursing accomplishments   

  • Tuesday, May 15, 2012
    UT Health Science Center announces 2012 commencements   

  • Tuesday, May 15, 2012
    Researchers find a key to rodents' exceptional longevity   

  • Tuesday, May 15, 2012
    Dental School faculty and program in the national spotlight   

  • Tuesday, May 15, 2012
    Children with Type-2 diabetes a challenge to treat   

  • Wednesday, May 02, 2012
    New bereavement outreach comes to the Rio Grande Valley   

  • Wednesday, May 02, 2012
    Sixth class graduates from HSC’s LEAD Institute   

  • Wednesday, May 02, 2012
    Refugee-assistance group wins national, HSC student awards   

  • Wednesday, May 02, 2012
    Study: Liver cancer rate higher in South Texas Hispanics   

  • Wednesday, May 02, 2012
    Baptist Health Foundation gives $222,000 in scholarships   


  • April
  • Tuesday, April 17, 2012
    Multimedia Services offers 3-D human anatomy collection    

  • Tuesday, April 17, 2012
    Go Green Fair April 26 to promote healthier environment   

  • Tuesday, April 17, 2012
    SHP sponsors two conferences on healthy aging    

  • Tuesday, April 17, 2012
    Groundbreaking held for VA clinic on Laredo campus    

  • Tuesday, April 17, 2012
    2012 Presidential Student Ambassador Scholars announced   

  • Tuesday, April 17, 2012
    Medical faculty member appointed to AAFP commission   

  • Tuesday, April 17, 2012
    New promise for cancer treatment in elderly patients   

  • Thursday, April 05, 2012
    Library’s ‘Faces of Hope’ photo exhibit begins April 18   

  • Thursday, April 05, 2012
    Regional Campus to host conference on healthy aging    

  • Thursday, April 05, 2012
    Lab publishes findings on serotonin in autism mouse models   

  • Thursday, April 05, 2012
    Primary care doctors help patients win race to good health   

  • Thursday, April 05, 2012
    Interprofessional education opportunities blossom    

  • Thursday, April 05, 2012
    Nursing Dean Eileen T. Breslin voted AACN president-elect    

  • Thursday, April 05, 2012
    Community service learning featured at conference today   

  • Thursday, April 05, 2012
    CPRIT awards $1 million to HSC researchers   


  • March
  • Wednesday, March 21, 2012
    Valley study promotes exercise for breast cancer survivors    

  • Wednesday, March 21, 2012
    Seminar Friday probes issues in aging for families, caregivers   

  • Wednesday, March 21, 2012
    Nanotherapy: Tiny tools hit brain tumors with big radiation   

  • Wednesday, March 21, 2012
    Dr. Holly to speak on critical role of primary care providers   

  • Wednesday, March 21, 2012
    Dr. Holly to speak on critical role of primary care providers   

  • Tuesday, March 06, 2012
    Primary Care Week activities set for March 19-23   

  • Tuesday, March 06, 2012
    Two Health Science Center offices take on new names   

  • Tuesday, March 06, 2012
    Three SHP faculty receive state outstanding educator awards   

  • Tuesday, March 06, 2012
    CTRC lecture March 8 focuses on cures for cancer in nature    

  • Tuesday, March 06, 2012
    Protocol reduces sternal wound infections in children   

  • Tuesday, March 06, 2012
    France elected councilor to national pharmacology society   

  • Tuesday, March 06, 2012
    President’s Council luncheon draws community leaders   


  • February
  • Friday, February 24, 2012
    Call South Texas Poison Center when chemicals ingested   

  • Friday, February 24, 2012
    Translational science research day sparks networking    

  • Friday, February 24, 2012
    Edgewood students receive preventive dental care at the HSC   

  • Friday, February 24, 2012
    Dr. Ramirez named to scientific panel on childhood obesity    

  • Friday, February 24, 2012
    Comedian to entertain at Cancer Center Council luncheon   

  • Friday, February 24, 2012
    Meeting focuses on translational research in addiction   

  • Friday, February 24, 2012
    Auditorium named for HSC alumnus James Holly, M.D.   

  • Friday, February 24, 2012
    Regents approve new oral health care center    

  • Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    Test of HSC Alert emergency notification system is on Feb. 17    

  • Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    Clinical safety projects improve patient care at UT Medicine   

  • Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    Physician Assistant Studies to offer two-year master's degree   

  • Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    Study: Urine test may predict high-risk prostate cancer   

  • Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    More South Texas kidney cancer patients have diabetes   

  • Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    Free lecture to explain how exercise can help cancer patients   

  • Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    School of Nursing to offer Doctor of Nursing Practice degree   

  • Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    Faculty, staff honored with 2012 Presidential Awards   


  • January
  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Two physical therapy faculty receive national appointments   

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Scientists find novel mechanism of glioblastoma   

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    80 ethnic minority participants needed for aspirin study   

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Three dental faculty begin national leadership roles   

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    HSC joins coalition to fight PTSD and traumatic brain injury   

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Rare kidney disease shows how salt, potassium are moderated   

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Two HSC scientists receive $4.7 million from CPRIT   

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Department of Urology is tops in 2011 NIH funding   

  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    Dr. Austad named interim director of the Barshop Institute   

  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    Hydrogen sulfide reduces glucose injury in kidney cells   

  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    Dr. Medellin joins UT Academy of Health Science Education   

  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    Dr. Ramirez elected to C-Change board of directors   

  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    CTRC lecture Jan. 12 to discuss role genes play in cancer   

  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    UT Medicine physicians among Best Doctors in America®    

  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    CTRC, Health Science Center researchers receive grants   

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