School of Health Professions News

SHP to host Frontera de Salud volunteer information session

Thursday, August 29, 2019

By Kate Hunger 

Janna Roberts wants students in the School of Health Professions to know they are welcome to volunteer with Frontera de Salud, an interprofessional, student-run organization that provides preventive health services and education to the medically underserved in San Antonio and South Texas. 

SHP commencement includes first SLP class

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

By Kate Hunger 

For the first time ever, the School of Health Professions commencement was held at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts.

About 150 students from Emergency Health Sciences, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Physical Therapy, Respiratory Care and Speech-Language Pathology participated in the May 18 ceremony, said David Henzi, Ed.D., Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Occupational Therapy and Physician Assistant Studies graduations were held in December. 

Meet the new library liaison for the School of Health Professions

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

By Kate Hunger 

The School of Health Professions has a new library liaison: Rebecca Ajtai, MLIS.

Ajtai, an experienced and enthusiastic medical librarian who has always loved science, joined the Library Liaison Services team in March. The primary point of contact for the School of Health Professions, Ajtai most recently spent seven years as a research librarian at the Texas Heart Institute Library in Houston. She also has worked at Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative.

Students and faculty inducted to Alpha ETA Society

Monday, May 20, 2019

By Kate Hunger

The School of Health Professions Alpha ETA Society inducted new student and faculty members in April.

To be eligible for membership in the society, undergraduates must earn at least a 3.5 GPA and show a capacity of leadership and achievement to be eligible for membership, while graduate students must have a 3.8 GPA and demonstrate the same leadership and achievement qualities.

Annual Allied Health Games included official Fiesta event

Monday, May 20, 2019

By Kate Hunger

This year’s annual Allied Health Games activities lineup included something different: an official Fiesta event.

The opportunity to participate in the Chromosome 18 Starfish Dash 5K during the games on April 27 made the annual competition among teams of School of Health Professions students particularly exciting because it also helped raise awareness of chromosome 18 abnormalities, said organizer and second-year MOT student Tori Villarreal.

Students recognized for leadership, research and more

Monday, May 20, 2019

By Kate Hunger

When Carolyn Perez first began the Speech-Language Pathology master’s program, she had not yet felt the pull of research. But after observing the research passion of her mentor, Rocío Norman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor, and working on a research project involving traumatic brain injury, Perez was hooked.

“Research is where it’s at,” she said of the potential of research to make a difference.

New SHP faculty members complete teaching excellence course

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

By Kate Hunger 

Megan Lynn Llamas, MA, BSRC, RRT, Respiratory Care assistant professor, has already put into practice strategies she learned during the recently offered Teaching Excellence Short Course for new faculty.

After taking the course, she asked students how they optimally learn and adjusted her teaching approach based on their responses. 

Students visit India over spring break

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

By Kate Hunger 

When a group of UT Health San Antonio students traveled to India in March, they engaged in academic and clinical experiences during their time at the Manipal College of Health Professions—but the learning didn’t stop there. 

The nine students from the departments of Speech-Language Pathology and Physician Assistant Studies and the School of Nursing also had the opportunity to engage in cultural experiences: They visited temples, learned about Ayurveda and yoga, bathed and fed elephants at a rescue sanctuary and even attended a wedding. 

Medical Laboratory Sciences program receives new director

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

By Kate Hunger 

When Gerardo Ramos, MS, Ph.D. MT (ASCP), F-ABFT, began his new role as program director of the Division of Medical Laboratory Sciences in January, it was a homecoming of sorts.

Ramos earned a bachelor’s degree in clinical laboratory science from UT Health San Antonio in 1994. In the intervening years, he earned master’s degrees in toxicology and higher education administration, and a doctoral degree in toxicology, all while serving in the U.S. Air Force and developing his expertise in leadership and forensic toxicology. 

New associate dean for research values the power of collaboration

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

By Kate Hunger 

The School of Health Professions welcomes its newly appointed Timothy A. Reistetter, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA, Associate Dean for Research.

Previously appointed professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), where he served as director of the post-doctoral certificate program in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Reistetter also is a professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy.