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Dissertation Defense Announcement for Erik Marchant – “Inflammation in Skeletal Muscle: Mechanisms, Therapeutic Strategies, and Implications for Aging and Insulin Resistance.” Wednesday April 8th, 2026 (Click for additional details)

March 25, 2026

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Congratulations to Shaarang Mitra of Pugh lab on his publication “Tonic GABAA receptor currents in Cerebellar Purkinje cells of wild-type and DMDmdx mice” published on Scientific Reports!!!

March 6, 2026

Tonic GABAA receptor currents in Cerebellar Purkinje cells of wild-type and DMDmdx mice

Congratulations to Dr. Sell of Bhat lab on her first author publication “Human CNTNAP1 Variants Associated with Severe Neurological Deficits: Additional Cases and Literature Review” in Muscle & Nerve

February 11, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Chen for his recent interview on MedicalResearch.com “UT Health San Antonio Study Finds Lows Dose THC Plus Celecoxib May Prevent or Delay Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease”!!! (Click on link to view)

February 6, 2026

Announcing the 2026 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Graduation Ceremony

January 26, 2026

We are pleased to announce the upcoming graduation of our Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and invite you to join us in celebrating this important milestone. Please note, this year’s graduation ceremony will differ from the past five years as there will NOT be a combined Health Schools ceremony at the Alamodome. Each school, including the […]

Congratulations to Dr. Blake Rasmussen for being highlighted on The Source; “The new front line in the science of aging.” | TPR (Click here to TPR’s episode and audio interview)

January 26, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Chen for being highlighted in the UTHSCSA Newsroom article titled “THC-anti-inflammatory drug pairing shows Alzheimer’s prevention potential”!!! (Click on link to view article)

January 15, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. He for her recent publication titled “Sulfatide deficiency-induced astrogliosis and myelin lipid dyshomeostasis are independent of TREM2-mediated microglial activation” published on Nature Communications (Click on link to view article)!!

January 9, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Chen for his recent publication titled “Endocannabinoid signaling in epilepsy” published on Neurobiology of Disease (Click on link to view article)!!

December 9, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Chen for his recent publication titled “Endocannabinoids and Alzheimer’s disease. Chapter 27, in Olivier Manzoni and Viviana Trezza (Ed), Handbook of Endocannabinoid Function in the Central Nervous System.” published on Elsevier!!

December 9, 2025