CSA News

LuZhe Sun, Kay Oyajobi, & Pei Wang – Renewal of the T32 from NCI!

August 2, 2022

Congratulations to LuZhe Sun, Kay Oyajobi, and Pei Wang on the competitive renewal of the T32 from NCI!


Ellen Kraig – Selected for funding via the RECOVER OTA mechanism for collaborative Covid research!

July 18, 2022

Congratulations to Drs. Ellen Kraig, Dean Kellogg, Jr., Tom Patterson and Doug Seals on being selected for funding via the RECOVER OTA mechanism for collaborative Covid research! The title of the award is, Pathophysiological Mechanisms of PASC: Inflammatory Mediators of Endothelial Dysfunction in the RECOVER Cohort.


Dr. Sudha Seshadri & Habil Zare, Ph.D. – San Antonio Report!

July 14, 2022

Congratulations to Habil and Sudha! Their work was featured in the San Antonio Report. See below. UT Health San Antonio on global team discovering Alzheimer’s clues Sponsored by: UT Health San Antonio, July 4, 2022


Noboru Hiroi – Renewal of R01!

July 5, 2022

Congratulations to Noboru Hiroi on the competitive renewal of his R01 titled, Postnatal mechanisms of cognitive development in mice!


New Manuscript in Nucleic Acids Research!

July 5, 2022

Congratulations to Henry Miller, Simon Levy, Bess Frost and corresponding author, Alex Bishop on a new manuscript in Nucleic Acids Research, impact factor 16.97!  And to UT Health colleagues Daniel Montemayor and Kumar Sharma. Quality-controlled R-loop meta-analysis reveals the characteristics of R-loop consensus regions Henry E Miller, Daniel Montemayor, Jebriel Abdul, Anna Vines, Simon A […]


James D. Lechleiter – Novel brain injury treatment tested in 1st human subject

June 21, 2022

Congratulations to Jim on his compound going to clinical trials!   Novel brain injury treatment tested in 1st human subject Drug conceived at UT Health San Antonio was safe, effective in animal studies       Contact: Will Sansom


Bess Frost – Oskar Fischer Prize New Award!

June 13, 2022

Congratulations to Bess Frost on this new award!  She has received one of the $500,000 prizes for her theory on the cause of Alzheimer’s disease! UTSA awards $4 million to Alzheimer’s researchers around the world  Laura Garcia, Staff writer, San Antonio Express-News June 8, 2022 PDF View


Yidong Bai – New NIH R21!

June 13, 2022

Congratulations to Yidong Bai on a new NIH R21!


Rama Sharma – Completing the ACUE Certificate Program to Engage Students!!

May 24, 2022

Congratulations to Rama Sharma for successfully completing the ACUE certificate program to engage students in online learning! Behind every student’s success is strong faculty support – UT Health San Antonio (uthscsa.edu) – Published On: May 23, 2022


CSA – Awardees at Department Retreat!

May 23, 2022

A big THANK YOU to the CSA Retreat Organizing Committee: Lily Dong Kris Vogel Lucy Fell Nick Lucio Ben Miller Dave Cavazos Xi Yu Cole Evans Desirae Morales Also, a thank you to our audiovisual support at the retreat, Cory Lopes, and photographers Dave Cavazos and Alan Sakaguchi. Congratulations to all award winners! Poster Awards […]