Health & Medicine

Following a successful track record of 23 years with University Health Services (UHS) at The University of Texas at Austin, Jamie Shutter has been selected as UHS’ new director. She has served as interim director of UHS since September 2011.

The University of Texas at Austin welcomes today’s vote by the Board of Regents to invest in building a new medical school that will be part of our flagship university.

The Child and Family Laboratory supports high-quality experiences for young kids and research and teaching for faculty and students across disciplines.

Pervasive racial bias in American medical practice adversely affects treatment and diagnosis for African American patients, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done

It’s official. The University of Texas at Austin is tobacco-free.

Four Austin-based nonprofit organizations have received $408,017 in grants from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health to work toward meaningful, systemic changes in public policy that will advance mental health services for children and adults in Texas.

Lydia Steinman in the Department of Nutritional Sciences talks about the meditative joy of gardening and busts some myths about organic versus conventional gardening.

A University of Texas at Austin professor and his research collaborators have been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to conduct research that will significantly increase our knowledge about artificial heart valves and lead to the development of valves that are more…

Event: “Serving Texas Through Health Disparities Research” conference sponsored by the St. David’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research.

In this video, Professor Tanya Paull explains how next-generation medicine may be able to combat cancer using genetically personalized treatments.

Event: The Austin Forum on Science, Technology and Society will host “Teen Researcher: Discovering A New Treatment for Ovarian Cancer” presented by Google Global Science Fair gra