Research at UT Health San Antonio
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Breakthrough Discovery & Innovation Across the Institution
UT Health San Antonio is the premier academic research center of the seventh largest city in the country. The interdisciplinary basic and clinical research across the institution's five schools (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Health Professions, and Graduate) is the chief catalyst of the $40.2 billion health care and biosciences sector of the city.
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Top Stories
Taking the lead on transitioning out of social distancing
UT Health San Antonio experts have been appointed by San Antonio Mayor
Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff to develop strategies
to help the city and county safely ease social distancing restrictions
while also combating the spread of coronavirus. Barbara Taylor, M.D., M.S., associate professor in the Division of
Infectious Diseases in the Long School of Medicine, will lead the new
COVID-19 Health Transition Team.
Dr. Venticinque's startup, Olifant Medical, receives SBIR Grant
Four San Antonio technology companies have won an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contracts, including Olifant Medical. The highly competitive U.S. government
program awards non-dilutive funding for companies to develop advanced
tech innovation for the market.
Researchers aim at the heart of COVID-19 cardiac damage
To understand and prevent COVID-19-induced heart disease, researchers at
UT Health San Antonio will follow recovered patients for the next 10-15
years, all the while studying basic mechanisms that underlie the
cardiac damage now observed in one-fifth of COVID-19 patients.
Hitting the lab to fight COVID-19
Researchers around the globe are hitting the lab harder than ever to
fight the coronavirus pandemic. At UT Health San Antonio, special
funding has been awarded to nine researchers who are working on projects
that have the potential to make an impact on this crisis.
Milestones
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Helped develop the world's first stent (Palmaz Stent), used to treat blood vessel blockages
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Discovered how to increase the types of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin with potential to cure Type 1 diabetes
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Invented the EZ-IO to rapidly infuse fluids into the bone marrow cavities of patients in shock
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Discovered a link between finasteride and prevention of prostate cancer in men
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One of two universities nationwide with a Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center, Claude D. Pepper, and a Nathan Shock Center
Events
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Updates: Conducting Human Research During the Pandemic
Thursday, June 11, 2020
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Updates: Conducting Human Research During the Pandemic
Thursday, June 11, 2020
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SURF 2020 (Virtual)
Thursday, June 25, 2020 - Thursday, June 25, 2020