At UT Health San Antonio we are investing in our priority research areas: aging, cancer, diabetes, immunology & infectious diseases, neurosciences and population health/outcomes research while promoting a culture that values research, collaboration and innovation.
The Office of the Vice President for Research provides access to resources and services to support researchers throughout the conduct of research and discovery. Our aim is to foster a research culture that drives innovation, collaboration and recognition of our researchers
A research team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio, seeks to prevent Hispanic childhood obesity with the help of a five-year, $1 million grant from Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio.
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UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are reporting promising results following a minimally invasive procedure that dissolved abdominal fat in two patients. The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes.
UT Health San Antonio researchers were recognized for their published papers in the Journal of Endodontics as representations of innovative thought and significant advances in the endodontic field.
Latinos with cancer face a tough survivorship journey. Many suffer advanced disease, poor quality of life, and stressful social and economic inequities. This is why a new, first-of-its-kind national cohort study will unpack the social, cultural, behavioral, psychosocial, biological, and medical influences on post-cancer life in Latino cancer survivors to fill a crucial gap in knowledge about their survivorship experience.
Helped develop the world's first stent (Palmaz Stent), used to treat blood vessel blockages
Discovered how to increase the types of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin with potential to cure Type 1 diabetes
Invented the EZ-IO to rapidly infuse fluids into the bone marrow cavities of patients in shock
Discovered a link between finasteride and prevention of prostate cancer in men
One of two universities nationwide with a Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center, Claude D. Pepper, and a Nathan Shock Center
Tuesday, June 29, 2021