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The news of actor Bruce Willis’ aphasia diagnosis is drawing attention to a condition that is fairly common but not well understood by the general public.

Aphasia is a condition that affects a person’s ability to communicate. People with aphasia can have difficulty understanding or expressing themselves verbally, in writing — or both.

“Most people haven’t heard of it even though their chances of actually encountering it are relatively high,”

San Antonio is known for collaboration and mutual support in the life science sector. The Translational Science (TS) PhD degree program is one such example.  A joint degree program between the UT Health San Antonio, UTSA, and UT Austin (the degree-granting institutions) and the UT School of Public Health (as a collaborating institution), the TS PhD degree program was established and approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in 2011 as a 72 credit-hour joint degree program