Momelotinib, a once-daily pill, significantly improved outcomes of patients treated for myelofibrosis, a rare but fatal bone marrow cancer, researchers reported.

Vasan Ramachandran, MD, a distinguished public health researcher at Boston University, has been named founding dean of The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio, a strategic collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio. He starts his new role Sept. 1. 

The four-year Health Resources and Services Administration grant will fund access to community-based health care for foster care children and their families in 28 counties in Central Texas and the Hill Country.

For decades, Adelita Cantu, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been an advocate for public health issues ranging from exercise for kids and seniors to nutrition and food security to the need for good air quality and clean water. See the recent “SA Lights 2022” profile highlighting her work. 

The university’s Office for Graduate Medical Education recently held an immersive training experience detailing challenges in the current health care ecosystem. The aim: Expose residents and fellows to how they can create a more equitable health care environment.

The School of Nursing’s Green Wellness Program: Plants-2-Plate is seeking participants for two new cohorts starting in August and September focused on healthy eating and stress reduction.

In this KENS 5 Medical Minute, Cassandra Olson-Williams, DO, primary care sports medicine, explains how to recognize different types of heat injuries and the signs, symptoms and dangers of overheating. 

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UT Health San Antonio President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, is quoted in this article.

Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, Rehabilitation Medicine, was chronicled in multiple news stories for her July 2022 testimony in Washington, D.C., on the impacts of long COVID.

Jan Patterson, MD, Medicine-Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for this story.

Amelie Ramirez, DrPH, and Patricia Chalela, DrPH, Population Health Sciences/Institute for Health Promotion Research, were interviewed in this podcast.

Ronald Stewart, MD, trauma surgeon and chairman of the Department of Surgery, is the author of this op-ed.