The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Reeves, William Brian
Funded by
NIH-DIABETES/DIGESTIVE/KIDNEY DISEASES
Collaborating Institutions
PENNSTATE
The program is designed to provide short-term experience and training inbiomedical research for undergraduate students from racial/ethnic-underrepresented groups, and forstudents from disadvantaged backgrounds. For the renewal, Penn State is joining with the Universityof Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) to enhance recruitment of URM studentsand increase the scope of student research experiences. W. Brian Reeves, M.D., Chair of Medicine atUTHSCSA and previously the PI of Penn State STEP-UP will serve as the contact PI. Dr.
The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Minervini, Vanessa
Funded by
NIH-NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
Prescription opioids (mu opioid receptor agonists) are the drugs of choice for treating moderate to severe pain,despite well-documented adverse effects of those drugs (e.g., abuse, respiratory depression) and significantpublic health concerns. Mu opioids are the most widely abused of all prescription medications and fataloverdoses have reached epidemic levels. Thus, there is a dire need for more effective treatments for pain withfewer deleterious effects.
The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Chun, Yong-Hee Patricia
Funded by
NIH-DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
Collaborating Institutions
UTSA
Developmental defects of enamel include amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) and molar-incisor hypomineralization (MIH). Both conditions affect the quality and quantity of enamel and severely disrupt oral functions in children with loss of occlusion, tooth sensitivity, and increased caries susceptibility. Children with AI or MIH have greater needs for dental treatment throughout their life and often exhibit dental behavioral management problems. While AI is a rare disease, MIH is found in many different populations with a prevalence from 2.4% to 40.2%.
The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Evans-Moore, Teresa
Funded by
NIH-GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
Empowering K-12 STEM Teachers through a Bioscience Academy United States science education is in crisis. In spite of efforts to make school districts accountable through the 'No Child Left Behind' legislation, the top-down approaches employed failed to yield improved secondary educational outcomes.