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Bench to Bedside and Beyond
UT Health San Antonio is the primary training site for health professionals serving the South Texas region. As a result of long-standing partnerships and productive relationships formed since its founding, UT Health San Antonio has grown to be a major education and research institution and is the chief catalyst for the leading sector of the San Antonio economy, the biosciences and health care industry. Designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the US Department of Education, the Health Science Center is the largest comprehensive health sciences university in South Texas, and the only tier-one research institution in South Texas.
Long School of Medicine faculty are international leaders in behavioral health, neuroscience, imaging research, cancer, diabetes, healthy development and aging, and many other fields. Their affiliation with UT Health San Antonio other provides access to institutional core facilities, 13 UT Health San Antonio centers and institutes, funding programs, six clinical care partners, and several partner institutions (including the Texas Biomedical Research Institute and the Southwest Research Institute).
Additional Research Highlights
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Mission in biomedical science
Cancer research at UT Health San Antonio, is getting a $23 million boost from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Various laboratories of UT Health San Antonio will benefit from the new CPRIT support, while additional funds will expand drug development research and clinical trials.
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Clinical
Ramon Cestero, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCM, trauma surgeon and clinical professor in the Department of Surgery, invented a new design for an abdominal surgical retractor, helping to advance surgical procedures and improve patient outcomes.
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Translational
Shaun K. Olsen, PhD, has been awarded a $1 million UT System Faculty STARs award to conduct innovative research to better understand the molecular mechanisms of diseases and advance drug discovery efforts for treatment.
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Community
San Antonio is the third city nationwide to be designated as a "Dementia Friendly City." UT Health San Antonio's Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases works to stem the tide of Alzheimer’s and other dementias with the latest evidence-based care, research, and education.
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