{"id":14,"date":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/dcsa\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-09-04T09:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:40:23","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/dcsa\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;far&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our Missions <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leading advances in innovative, collaborative and multidisciplinary research focused on health and disease<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Revolutionize research with groundbreaking scientific discoveries relevant to the people of South Texas <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drive research that promotes improvements in health care <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extend the boundaries of biomedical research into new frontiers <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSome people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.\u201d &#8211; Wayne Huizenga <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Education<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Empower students to achieve their full potential <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Promote lifelong intellectual curiosity <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instill confidence through knowledge <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Develop progressive and innovative approaches to enhance learning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLive the life you\u2019ve dreamed\u201d &#8211; Henry David Thoreau <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our vision <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To be a premier academic department producing research and educational innovation that provides direction to the future of biomedical research and education<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;] \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized colorized-patientcare\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/dcsa\/view-all-profiles\/\" title=\"\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"icon-uth-shield\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Faculty Directory<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a> \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/dcsa\/employment\/\" title=\"Employment\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"icon-uth-shield\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >CSA Open Positions<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a> \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized colorized-academics\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/dcsa\/csa-contact-information\/\" title=\"Contact Information\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"icon-email\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Contact Information<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a>[vc_column_text]<div class=\"panel outline\"><p class=\"close bold\">UT San Antonio<\/p><p class=\"close bold\">Department of Cell Systems & Anatomy<\/p><p>7703 Floyd Curl Drive<br>\nSan Antonio, TX 78229<br>\nMail Code: 7762<\/p><ul class=\"loose-list\"><li><a aria-label=\"call  210-567-3800\" href=\"tel: 210-567-3800\"><span class=\"circle circle-left\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-phone\"><!--Phone Icon--><\/i><\/span><\/span> 210-567-3800<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;far&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] Our Missions Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Leading advances in innovative, collaborative and multidisciplinary research focused on health and disease Revolutionize research with groundbreaking scientific discoveries relevant to the people of South Texas Drive research that promotes improvements in health care Extend the boundaries of biomedical research into new frontiers \u201cSome people dream of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2154,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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