Monday, July 21, 2025
  Community, Health

By Maria Gonzalez

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – JULY 21, 2025 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Institute of Neuroscience, in collaboration with the Rio Grande Valley Cancer Health Disparity Research Center, invites the community to its inaugural World Head and Neck Cancer Day event on Wednesday, July 23.

This free public event will be held at 2902 Haine Drive in Harlingen from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The day will feature essential health screenings, educational presentations and community resources focused at raising awareness of head and neck cancers and promoting early detection. Attendees will have access to screenings for blood pressure, vision, depression and glucose levels, plus services from various nonprofit organizations dedicated to health and wellness.

Dr. Ihsan M. Salloum, director of the UTRGV Institute of Neuroscience, emphasized the importance of collaboration with Dr. Subhash C. Chauhan, a professor in the UTRGV School of Medicine and director of the South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research, and Dr. Everardo Cobos, interim dean of the UTRGV School of Medicine, in tackling cancer health disparities in the region.

“This event reflects our commitment to advancing community health through education, early detection and access to vital resources,” Salloum said. “We are proud to work alongside Dr. Chauhan and Dr. Cobos, along with community organizations to deliver these critical resources to residents of the Rio Grande Valley.”

For more information, contact noe.garza@utrgv.edu or call 956-296-1482.



ABOUT UTRGV

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas. This transformative initiative provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine and a School of Podiatry, and made it possible for residents of the region to benefit from the Permanent University Fund – a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and other institutions.

UTRGV has campuses and off-campus research and teaching sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley including Brownsville (formerly The University of Texas at Brownsville campus), Edinburg (formerly The University of Texas-Pan American campus), Harlingen, Weslaco, McAllen, Port Isabel, Rio Grande City and South Padre Island. UTRGV, a comprehensive academic institution, enrolled its first class in the fall of 2015; the School of Medicine welcomed its first class in the summer of 2016, and the School of Podiatric Medicine in the fall of 2022.