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Dr. Sandra G. Adams named 2025 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor
May 5, 2025
The University of Texas Health Science Center a San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) proudly announces that Sandra G. Adams, MD, MS, FCCP, professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, has been named a 2025 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor. This prestigious award recognizes 10 outstanding Texas professors each year […]
Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
April 29, 2025
Shweta Bansal, MD, FSAN; Charles A Herzog, MD Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing public health concern. However, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in CKD is not kidney failure but cardiovascular (CV) disease. In this panel ReCAP, nephrologist Dr Shweta Bansal of the University of Texas, San Antonio, and cardiologist Dr Charles […]
Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease
April 29, 2025
Click here to register to watch the live webinar Wednesday April 30th, 2025 at 2p.m. CEST. This webinar will provide an update on the role of non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (nsMRAs) in today’s clinical kidney and cardiovascular disease landscape. The webinar will highlight both recent and ongoing clinical trial and real-world findings. Case studies will […]
Metabolite in urine predicts diabetic kidney failure 5-10 years early; oral therapeutic drug shows promise in mice
August 24, 2023
Urine levels of adenine, a metabolite produced in the kidney, are predictive and a causative biomarker of looming progressive kidney failure in patients with diabetes, a finding that could lead to earlier diagnosis and intervention, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) reported Aug. […]
Department of Medicine Clinical & Innovative Therapeutics Pilot Program Awardees
March 23, 2021
Congratulations to the 2020-2021 Awardees Guanshi Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor/Research, Division of Nephrology Submission Title: PLPP3-mediated LPA signaling in aging kidney Luke Norton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor/Research, Division of Diabetes Submission Title: Quantitation of Hepatic Mitochondrial Fluxes in Humans with NAFLD