program: South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program

Friday, August 20, 2021 Candidacy Ceremony and Convocation Friday, August 20, 2021 3:30 p.m. via Livestream Due to updated University guidelines, only participants and their invited UT Health San Antonio affiliated guests may attend in person. GSBS Grab-and-Go Meal from Chris... Read More →

Clare Murray, a student in the South Texas Medical Scientist Training (M.D./Ph.D) Program, has been selected as a Translational Science Training TL1 scholar for 21-22. The Translational Science Training (TST) TL1 Program at UT Health San Antonio is supported by a NIH / National... Read More →

UT Health San Antonio’s new Presidential Ambassador Scholars for 2021 were officially recognized by President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, at a small luncheon on May 14 in the Academic and Administration Building. Typically held with a reception and guest speakers, this year’s... Read More →

Chronic pain is a major medical cause of disability around the world. And although recommendations of dietary fats are often made in management of diabetes, autoimmune disorders and cardiovascular diseases, the role of dietary lipids in pain conditions is relatively unknown. The... Read More →

Congratulations to Dr. James Lechleiter, professor in the Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy and the inventor and patent holder on technology licensed to Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals. Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals was mentioned on MedCityNews for completing a Series A funding that... Read More →

UT Health San Antonio held its first ever in-person commencement ceremony for graduates across the six schools. The ceremony was held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 22nd at the Alamodome. More than 1,000 students — 827 in May and 211 this summer — applied to graduate from the... Read More →

Your name, program, dissertation title. Ryan Reyes, South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D./Ph.D.), Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. (Molecular Immunology and Microbiology Discipline), Microenvironment-specific immunity alters anti-programmed death ligand 1 and... Read More →

“I’m so proud of my students,” said Dr. Jose Cavazos, professor and assistant dean for the South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program. “They are finding exciting opportunities that fit their families and are able to continue growing as physician-scientists.” Jacob is... Read More →