The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) is one of seven Schools and Colleges of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.

The school was established in 1972 along with the School of Allied Health Sciences, and the same year the university was designated officially by the State of Texas

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 as The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

In 1987, the school received a $15 million donation from H. Ross Perot made to the Institute of Biotechnology (now with the Dept of Molecular Medicine).

The school is located adjacent to the University of Texas Health Science Center medical school.

Departments

The School houses 12 departments. These are:

• Biochemistry
• Biomedical Engineering
• Cellular and Structural Biology
• Clinical Investigation
• Clinical Lab Sciences
• Dental Hygiene
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Molecular Medicine
• Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Physiology
• Radiology/Radiological Sciences/Medical Physics