Submitted by BioMed SA

San Antonio’s two University of Texas institutions constitute a research powerhouse that fuels the city’s healthcare and bioscience sector.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ranks in the top 5% of universities that receive National Institutes of Health funding. Federal, state and private grants, awards and contracts approach $200 million annually. 

UTHSCSA’s five health professional schools have nearly 3,000 students in approximately 50 degree and certificate programs on six South Texas campuses. Its medical and dental schools rank second nationally in the number of Hispanics obtaining graduate professional degrees.

Research at UTHSCSA will expand further with construction of the 250,000-square-foot South Texas Research Facility recently funded by the Texas Legislature and The University of Texas System Board of Regents.

The University of Texas at San Antonio, on track to become a top-tier research university, has launched more than a dozen new Ph.D. programs in the past five years.  New facilities include the 227,000-square-foot Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building, with 70 laboratories, and the 22,000-square-foot Tobin Laboratory.

Collaboration between UTHSCSA and UTSA continues to grow with creation of the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute.  Since its inception in 2004, SALSI has funded 25 collaborative proposals worth nearly $5 million and created two joint doctoral programs in biomedical engineering and neuroscience.

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