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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Researcher Resources
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Research by School
Top Stories
Grant expands studies of BRCA in breast, ovarian cancer
Patrick Sung, D.Phil., recruited to the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology at UT Health San Antonio from Yale, in early 2019, is a leading researcher in BRCA1 and BRCA2, particularly focusign on the genes' role in DNA repair.
Postdoc fellow named Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar
Kelly McGlothen-Bell, Ph.D., RN, nurse researcher and postdoctoral fellow at UT Health San Antonio, has been selected as a 2019 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Researchers check synthetic version of capsaicin for cancer-killing effects
Researchers have developed a new class of drugs called capsazepine analogs, which bear structural similarities to capsaicin and have shown promise in mice to dramatically reducing the size of tumors.
UT Institutions earn top 5 spot in the world for U.S. patents granted
Researchers and inventors at University of Texas institutions are once again among the world's most innovative, based on the number of patents granted in 2018.
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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Timing is Everything
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
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Piecing together the Opioid crisis: How MCAM can save lives
Thursday, August 29, 2019
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San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Friday, August 30, 2019