Big congratulations to the 2025 Community Engagement Small Project Grant winners! The Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) and the UTSA College of Health, Community are awarding $5K to 7 community-academic partnerships across South Texas. These grants support research, education & outreach that improve public health.
Effect of a Produce Prescription Program and Healthy Teaching Kitchen Intervention on Biometrics and
Food Intake in Veteran Food Insecurity and Type 2 Diabetes
Devjit Tripathy, Tanya Greenough and Cristina Elizondo
Pre-Health Academy for Tomorrow's Healers (PATH):
Building a Responsive and Skilled Health Care Workforce for South Texas
Angel Gonzalez, Sekinat McCormick and Johnny Vahalik
Brainwaves & Brushstrokes: Using Neurofeedback to Foster Creativity in Children
Jason Rosenfeld, Amandine Grenier, Breeanne Soteros, Yvette Benavides and Andy Benavides
Lead Exposure Assessment among Westside San Antonio Communities Served by the House of Neighborly Service
Emmanuel Iyiegbuniwe, Sandra Morales, Inez Cruz and Cristina Barroso
Cultural Responsivity Training for San Antonio Homelessness Service Professionals: An Acceptability and Efficacy Study
Ian Johnson, Amy Stone and Lex Loro
Bridging the Gap in Life Transition: A Community-Engaged Approach in Rural South Texas
Erika Thompson and Beatrice Lozano
Wear Orange SA: Community-Engaged Research & Education for Gun Violence Prevention
A grant expansion is bringing new hope to Texas communities by allowing Be Well Texas and its statewide partners to expand treatment access, improve continuity of care and reach both rural and urban communities with life-saving services.
We are especially proud of Dr. Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, founding director of the Be Well Institute and one of our distinguished CTSA leaders, for her leadership in this important work.
Translational Technology Resource (TTR) Award Now Accepting Applications! by iims-ctsa@uthscsa.edu
The Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) is now accepting applications for Translational Technology Resource (TTR) awards to support genetic analyses at the single-cell level and spatial level. The proposed research must have relevance to clinical and/or translational science.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Proposals received on or before the 15th of a given month will be reviewed by the 15th of the following month.
2025 Virtual T1-T4 in 3 (Minutes) Challenge by IIMS-CE@uthscsa.edu
This event highlights multidisciplinary UT Health San Antonio research projects that fall within the spectrum of translational science. Presenters share their research for 3 minutes to a mixed audience of community members, students, and faculty utilizing language and concepts that are easy to understand – with 1 slide.
2025 IIMS Community Engagement Symposium REGISTER and SUBMIT ABSTRACTS by IIMS-CE@uthscsa.edu
Join us for a day filled with insightful discussion, networking opportunities, and community building. This event will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at the Neighborhood Places (3014 Rivas Street San Antonio Texas 78228). Community members, students, healthcare practitioners, and researchers interested in community campus partnerships for health research.
Nuts & Bolts of Executing a Clinical or Population Research Study Register Now! by leta.moser@austin.utexas.edu
Expert panels will cover key recruitment and retention topics and addressing specialty populations. Participants will practice designing a recruitment or retention strategy in breakout groups. This workshop is sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School through the Health Transformation Research Institute and the Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science.
Thursday, September 18 from 1:00PM - 4:00PM via Zoom
Mike's Blog - Coming into the Home Stretch Fiscal year 2025 is painfully but thankfully coming to a close in the next couple of months. As I’ve remarked to staff, when bad things happen and someone says, “I’ve seen worse,” hopefully this will be their last new ‘worse’ benchmark. Typically, around this time, we are in mop up mode with a few last-minute issues receiving attention as well as our excellent Center bean counters keeping us up to date on our budget status...Continue Reading
Mike's Blog - Hobbling Towards the End of the Year As FY25 comes to a close, most people at NIH are simply hoping to catch their breath before we learn what awaits us in FY26. The budget is (as typical) still pretty murky. The president has submitted a budget request which included an overall 40% reduction in total NIH funding as well as a reorganization plan...Continue Reading
CTSA Scholars and Trainees Expand the Reach of Translational Science
A new study in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science found that research by CTSA KL2 scholars and TL1 trainees has significant academic and public impact, with nearly 20% of over 30,000 publications receiving high Altmetric Attention Scores. CTSA-supported scientists are increasingly influencing public discourse and policy, especially when their work is highly cited or policy relevant. This cross-hub collaboration demonstrates the value of innovative metrics and partnerships in advancing translational science and real-world health outcomes. Continue Reading
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