Research and Progress
Construction of Center for Brain Health more than a third complete
April 19, 2024
Construction on the $100 million Center for Brain Health, a new patient care and clinical trials facility of UT Health San Antonio, is now about 35% complete, with full completion expected by September 2025 and an anticipated opening in December 2025. The Center for Brain Health — located at 4940 Charles Katz Drive — is […]
Texas Public Radio: Fighting Alzheimer’s at the eye doctor
April 2, 2024
Margaret Flanagan, MD, is a neuropathologist at the Biggs Institute — an expert in brain tissue and how it changes in the presence of diseases like Alzheimer’s. Dr. Flanagan is working on a test to help detect dementia early at the eye doctor’s office. Listen here to learn more: Science & Medicine: Fighting Alzheimer’s at the […]
Studying a vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease in those with Down syndrome
March 21, 2024
How the connection of Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease could be the start to a vaccine against Alzheimer’s. Significant levels of amyloid beta plaques and tau tangles in the brain are classic hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. These precursors are also prevalent in the understudied population of those with Down syndrome. Although nearly all people with […]
KSAT: Brain thinning could predict dementia 5 to 10 years before symptoms, local study shows
January 30, 2024
Through a decade’s worth of findings, researchers at the Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio are discovering a connection between the thickness of brain tissue to dementia risks. Claudia Satizabal, PhD, associate professor at the Biggs Institute and lead researcher on this study, said duplicating this marker could be […]
$32 million NIA grant boosts long COVID cognition study of under-studied populations including South Texas Hispanics
December 14, 2023
COVID-19’s long-term effects on cognition in older adults will be studied for five years thanks to a $32 million federal grant awarded to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio). The National Institute on Aging (NIA) grant, with UT Health San Antonio as the coordinating center, […]
TPR: Science & Medicine: Using AI for brain health diagnoses
October 29, 2023
Artificial intelligence may be somewhat unsettling, but it also has the potential to improve and even save lives, according to Mohamad Habes, PhD, assistant professor of radiology and director of the neuroimaging core at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health Science Center San Antonio. To listen to the podcast or […]
CNN: Genetic predisposition toward higher blood pressure, cholesterol may be linked to Alzheimer’s risk, study finds
May 18, 2023
Sudha Seshadri, MD, director of the Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, was interviewed by CNN on a research study showing certain forms of higher blood pressure and cholesterol with a genetic link could be related to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. To read the full article, visit CNN.com.
UT Health San Antonio scientists tie obesity to Alzheimer’s-related genes
February 22, 2023
Obesity in midlife and in women most closely linked to dementia. In a new study, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) link obesity with 21 Alzheimer’s disease-related genes, providing a potential mechanistic explanation for why Alzheimer’s is sometimes more frequent among adults who experienced obesity […]
US News: 21 Genes Could Link Midlife Obesity & Alzheimer’s Risk
February 22, 2023
US News and Report features the new research study findings of Claudia Satizabal, PhD, and Sudha Seshadri, MD, of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio. The study reviews the connection between obesity and Alzheimer’s disease-related genes. To read the article, visit USNews.com.
Texas Tribune: The Rio Grande Valley is at the epicenter of an Alzheimer’s spike among Latinos and is now the focus of new research efforts
February 4, 2023
Sudha Seshadri, MD, founding director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, speaks to the spike of Alzheimer’s disease in South Texas and how in partnership with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the institute is looking at why there are so many cases in South […]