Congratulations to Erik Marchant on being named the 2025 GSBS Presidential Ambassador!

March 21, 2025

The UT Health San Antonio Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) Presidential Ambassador joins the ambassadors of the other 5 schools in supporting and engaging with the Acting President. The Ambassador attends institutional functions where they represent the GSBS student body. The Ambassador is chosen for their engagement in GSBS activities, strong communication skills, and […]





Congratulations to Pepper Center Core Leader Tiffany Cortes, MD, on her new publication in Obesity!

March 18, 2025

Congratulations to Pepper Center Core Leader Tiffany Cortes, MD, on her new paper outlining the importance of addressing lifestyle-based approaches to preserving bone and muscle with weight loss in older patients and identify best practices for doing so.  Dr. Cortes is an Assistant Professor/Clinical in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes. […]




Support from the San Antonio Nathan Shock Center Animal Core contributed to a recent publication in GeroScience

March 12, 2025

Support from the San Antonio Nathan Shock Center Animal Core contributed to a recent publication of translation of 17α-estradiol as a gerotherapeutic intervention in non-human primates. A pilot study evaluating dosing tolerability of 17α-estradiol in male common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) Roshini Sathiaseelan, Jose V V Isola, Roberto Santín-Márquez, Daniel Adekunbi, Michal Fornalik, Adam B Salmon, […]


Congratulations to David Gius, MD, PhD, on his CPRIT award!

March 6, 2025

David Gius, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, received CPRIT’s individual investigator research award for clinical trials in the amount of $1,390,420 to fund a four-year, phase 2 clinical trial for women with estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer. UT Health Newsroom Press Release CPRIT Press Release




Congratulations to Masahiro Morita, PhD, on his CPRIT award!

March 6, 2025

Masahiro Morita, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and a researcher with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at UT Health San Antonio, received a $900,000 individual investigator award from CPRIT to study how obesity increases the risk of liver cancer by investigating the mechanisms by which […]




Congratulations to Blake Rasmussen, PhD, and lab on their publication in Aging Cell!

March 4, 2025

The lab of Blake Rasmussen, PhD collaborated with the late Mike Sheetz, PhD lab to Rejuvenate Senescent Cells with low frequency ultrasound.  Dr. Rasmussen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Director of the Center for Metabolic Health, and an investigator with the Sam And Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity […]




Congratulations to Blake Rasmussen, PhD, and lab on their publication in Geroscience!

February 27, 2025

A new study from the lab of Blake Rasmussen, PhD has identified new functional regulators of the differences in exercise response between young and old men.  These might be future targets to improve exercise output in older populations.  Dr. Rasmussen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Director of the […]




Congratulations to David Gius, MD, PhD, and his lab on their publication in Free Radical Biology and Medicine!

February 26, 2025

Congratulations to the lab of Dr. David Gius. His lab’s recent publication outlines how the regulation of mitochondrial antioxidant MnSOD drives mitochondrial physiology and heart dysfunction.  Dr. Gius is a Professor of Radiation Oncology, the Assistant Dean for Research with the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, and the Associate Cancer Center […]




Congratulations to Lily Dong, PhD, and lab on their publication in Diabetologia!

February 25, 2025

Newest publication from the lab of Lily Dong, PhD, identifies a new player in the regulation of metabolic function. The hormone LRG1 is a significant contributor to diet-induced diabetes in animal models and may be a promising therapeutic target.  Dr. Dong is Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy. Diet-enhanced LRG1 […]