From Discovery to Diagnosis: How UT San Antonio Researchers Are Transforming Endometriosis Care

In November 2024, Forbes Magazine featured Hera Biotech in an article titled “No More Invasive Tests: Hera Biotech’s Endometriosis Solution,” spotlighting a team working to change how one of the most misunderstood women’s health issues. Among the company’s founders were two of UT...
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Wasmuth named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hrabowski Scholar

Elizabeth Wasmuth, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and co-director of the cryo-EM facility at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has been selected by the Howard Hughes...
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Congratulations to Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD, on his Rising UT STAR Award!

Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD, from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) Health Science Center, received a $150,000 University of Texas System Rising STARs (Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention) award to fuel research into the mechanisms underlying...
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UT Health San Antonio researcher awarded five-year, $2.53 million NIH grant to study alcohol-assisted liver disease

Liver transplants associated with alcohol-related disease are growing at a rapid pace, shifting research to address pathologies behind the ailments in light of a limited supply of organ donors. At the forefront is Mengwei Zang, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized leader in...
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American Cancer Society awards nearly $1 million to UT Health San Antonio cancer researcher

Zhijie “Jason” Liu, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and CPRIT (Cancer Prevention and Research Institute...
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Martin Schwacha, A Musician and a Scientist

Classical music on the radio. The smell of turpentine and cigar smoke. These were some of Dr. Martin Schwacha’s memories of childhood. Dr. Schwacha grew up in a family that had a fondness for the arts. His father played the violin and was an accomplished artist who painted large...
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Dr. Philip LoVerde: A Lifelong Passion for Schistosomiasis Research

For almost 50 years, Dr. LoVerde has been working on schistosomiasis research and continues to travel around the world doing field research.
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Dr. Michael Liss study shows MRI technique improves detection of aggressive prostate cancer

Dr. Michael Liss specializes in cancer of the genitourinary system including kidney cancer and prostate cancer. The study, “Restriction Spectrum Imaging-Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Improve Prostate Cancer Imaging in Men on Active Surveillance,” was published in July in The...
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