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          MISSION STATEMENT:
   Working to foster and enrich both student and faculty talent development at UTSA in 
   the area of mental health research with an emphasis on addressing the the mental health issues of a
   large underserved and understudied sector of South Texas.

  Principal Investigator

   Raymond T. Garza. Ph.D.

 

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the web site of the South Texas Initiative for Mental Health Research (STIMHR). This grant has been awarded to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Psychology Department by the Department of Health & Human Services—National Institute of Health to advance UTSA's mental-health research program by addressing the mental-health issues of a large, underserved, and understudied sector of South Texas. Through such services as research awards, external avenues of funding, a new data lab, and the alignment of invaluable community entities, the support of STIMHR bolsters both faculty and student research activities concerning crucial mental-health issues.

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 STIMHR Services

This site offers helpful information to Mental Health researchers that include:

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  • Links to current grant and funding opportunities for mental-health research. more>>

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  • Links to resources for mental-health research including population and mental-health databanks. more>>

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 Strategic Priorities and Goals

The South Texas Initiative for Mental Health Research (STIMHR) is a collaborative effort intended to increase mental-health research at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Specifically, STIMHR strives to enhance the capacity of faculty to undertake research focusing on mental-health issues in South Texas as well as provide mentorship opportunities and research awards to UTSA graduate students pursuing study in the domain of mental health. more>>

Graduate Student Research Awards
Graduate students who are involved in mental-health research or are planning to pursue this type of research are invited to participate in the research awards program.
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2007 and 2008 Graduate Student Research Award Application>>

Faculty Research Awards
UTSA faculty who are involved in mental-health research or are planning to pursue this type of research are annually invited to participate in the summer research awards program. more>>

2006 and 2008 Faculty Research Award Recipients>>

 Program Organization

STIMHR includes the collaboration of faculty and staff from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSCSA) who represent a variety of disciplines, including Anthropology, Communication, Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology, and Sociology. more>>

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