Love named interim president of UTHealth Houston
LaTanya Love, MD, an esteemed leader known for fostering academic success and enhancing the overall student and employee experience, has been named interim president of UTHealth Houston, effective March 1. The University of Texas System announced Love’s interim role on…
McGovern Medicine
The latest issue of McGovern Medicine is available online now! McGovern Medicine is a yearly review of important news at McGovern Medical School, with this edition highlighting the Space Medicine Program, the future of AI in medicine, gun safety, and…
20 Years of Humanities
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The John P. McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics celebrates its 20th anniversary Feb. 5. The McGovern Center hosted a special lecture featuring Erin Lamb, presenting on “Health Humanities: Looking Backwards, Sideways, and Forward.”
Heart Healthy
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The McGovern Medical School community joined the UT System in celebrating Heart Month with a walk for heart health in Webber Plaza on Friday, Feb. 7.
Bonow to present Willerson Lecture
The Department of Internal Medicine presents the James T. Willerson Annual Endowed Lecture at noon, Feb. 27 in MSB 3.001 and virtually via Zoom. The 2025 edition of the lecture features Robert O. Bonow, MD, Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished…
Introducing the new 3D STED microscope at McGovern
A new chapter in scientific discovery is unfolding at McGovern Medical School with the installation of a cutting-edge super-resolution microscope: the Abberior Facility Line Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) system. This innovative technology is the first 3D-STED microscope in the Texas…
Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature: Kendra Carmon, PhD
Each month, the Women Faculty Forum presents its Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature, highlighting the women faculty at McGovern Medical School who are leaders in medicine, research, and education. This month’s feature is Kendra Carmon, PhD, associate professor in…
Two McGovern research projects receive Rice-TMC seed grants
Two McGovern Medical School research projects received seed grants in 2024 through the Provost’s TMC Collaborator Fund. These grants were facilitated by Rice University’s Office for Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Research (ENRICH). In total, seven research partnerships involving…
Fetal institute to focus on clinical care, research discovery, and education
Five years after the first groundbreaking fetoscopic spina bifida repair surgery using an innovative patch pioneered by researchers at UTHealth Houston, the fetal medicine team is celebrating the milestone of more than 100 procedures performed by the physicians and the…
Skills Session
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications. First-year students at McGovern Medical School participate in an OBGYN Skills Session as part of the Doctoring I Program on Jan. 30 in the Surgical and Clinical Skills Center.