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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Researcher Resources
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Research by School
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 invents device to protect health care workers from COVID-19
After seeing colleagues use bulky, makeshift hoods made out of
plexi-glass for protection while treating coronavirus-infected patients,
Dr. Steven Venticinque thought he could come up with a better shield.
Results published of remdesivir, COVID-19 trial
San Antonio patients with severe COVID-19 lung disease contributed to an international study published May 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study outlined preliminary results of the recent Adaptive Covid-19 Treatment Trial, conducted partly in San Antonio, testing a new anti-viral drug called remdesivir.
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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[Online Course] Entering Mentoring
Monday, July 6, 2020
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[Online via Webinar] Building Social Networks to Land Your Next Job
Friday, July 10, 2020
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[Online Seminar] Lab to Launch: Venture Capital Fundraising
Monday, July 13, 2020