Run for the Rose
Photos courtesy of LaTanya Love, MD McGovern Medical School students in the Rose Society participate in the 21st Annual Run for the Rose March 30 at TMC3 Helix Park. Amalia Guardiola, MD, serves as the leader of the Rose Society…
Population Health Symposium set for April 10
The Office of Population Health invites UTHealth Houston faculty, staff, and residents to join the inaugural Population Health Symposium from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., April 10 at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine. Registration for the event is…
Stem cell trial for early Alzheimer’s disease begins at UTHealth Houston
A stem cell therapy trial aimed at reducing neuroinflammation in patients with presymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease is underway at UTHealth Houston. In Alzheimer’s disease, deposits of beta-amyloid and tau lead to the buildup of plaques and tangles in the brain, which…
Gage to present Smythe Lecture April 8
McGovern Medical School welcomes Fred “Rusty” Gage, PhD, Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, as the keynote speaker for the 2025 Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture, on April 8….
QI project increases syphilis screenings, JAMA
A recent viewpoint article stressing the importance of point-of-care syphilis testing to combat the troubling rates of congenital syphilis among pregnant patients in Texas has been published in JAMA. Research was led by Irene Stafford, MD, associate professor in the…
Match Day 2025
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Video by Danny Palomba/Office of Communications To view the entire 2025 Match Day photo gallery, click here.
2025 AOA Induction
Photo by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society welcomes the 2025 McGovern Medical School class of inductees March 17. Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship and the highest…
AME ED Talks
Photos By Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Academy of Master Educators and the Office of Educational Programs hosted the AME “ED Talks”: Conversations with Master Educators, Feb. 27 in the Fifth Floor Gallery. The theme of the event was “Notes…
Spotlight: Nancy Wilson
Graphic by Omar Aguado/Office of Communications For this week’s Spotlight, go behind the scenes and take a moment to get to know Nancy Wilson, senior support specialist, Department of Pediatrics, community/general, LBJ Hospital.
New clinical trial tests gene therapy vector for overactive bladder in SCI patients
A modified herpes virus that targets spinal cord nerve cells to treat neurogenic bladder in people with spinal cord injury is underway in a first-in-human clinical trial by UTHealth Houston at TIRR Memorial Hermann. Neurogenic bladder, also called neurogenic lower…