History of the STDOI
The South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI) was established on October 13, 2014, to be a focus for world-class biomedical research programs at the new UTRGV School of Medicine. With diverse research efforts in the areas of diabetes, obesity, heart disease, ocular health, psychiatric disease, osteoporosis, and infectious diseases of border health relevance such as Chagas disease and tuberculosis, the STDOI is working to address the public health problems of the region. The STDOI research team is increasing the amount of NIH funded research at the university and thereby helping UTRGV to achieve its goal of becoming an Emerging Research University. The STDOI administratively was placed in the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio while the UTRGV and its School of Medicine were in development. UTRGV was created in September 2015. Upon the establishment of UTRGV, the STDOI became part of the UTRGV School of Medicine.