Dec 02, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas — The rate of opioid and other drug overdoses is on the rise in Texas, but there has been no statewide system to collect overdose data—until now. An interdisciplinary team of developers, designers, clinical partners and researchers led by Dell Medical School and the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University […]
Apr 15, 2021
Karen Johnson was at home in her makeshift bedroom office — one of her five cats crawling on her keyboard — when she got the email saying that UT had gotten its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The date was Dec. 14, 2020. The next day, UT started administering its first shots to front-line […]
Mar 30, 2021
The Veteran Spouse Network (VSN) began in January 2016 as an online and in-person forum for veteran spouses in Texas to define resources and programming needs for themselves and their families. Today, the VSN has grown to a network of more than 1,000 veteran spouses and committed partners. The VSN offers opportunities for members to […]
Jan 26, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas — A new “engine” that aims to improve health and prosperity for 1 million vulnerable people in Texas and beyond by 2030 has been co-established in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. The Impact Factory, a first-of-its-kind, cross-sector collaboration, will foster civic innovation, […]
Jan 22, 2021
Dr. Ana Avalos, assistant professor of Pediatrics at Dell Medical School, reviews myths and facts about currently approved COVID-19 vaccines
Nov 20, 2020
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