Bovay Lecture features Barzilai March 21
Nir Barzilai, MD, director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will present the 2025 Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Annual Lecture, at 11 a.m. March 21 in the Beth Robertson Auditorium at the Institute…
McGovern improves national ranking in NIH funding
McGovern Medical School has increased its National of Institutes of Health funding, reaching the top 35 percent of U.S. medical schools. With a total of $122,058,619 in NIH funding in 2024, McGovern is listed as 51st among all U.S. medical…
Surgical Competition
Photos by Katie Norman, MD/Medical Director of the Surgical and Clinical Skills Center The Sim Interest Group hosted hosted a Simulation Competition, Feb. 26 in the Surgical and Clinical Skills Center at McGovern Medical School. The MS1s have been working…
Postdoc Valentines
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School postdocs celebrate Valentine’s Day with a Valentine’s Day Lunch sponsored by the UTHealth Houston Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Feb. 14.
Go Texan Day
Graphic by Omar Aguado/Office of Communications It’s rodeo time in Houston! The anticipation for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has been building, and now it is time to show your excitement. Participate in a city-wide celebration for Go Texan…
Findley inducted into Shine Academy
The University of Texas System recognized J. Chase Findley, MD, associate professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and assistant dean for Educational Programs, for his teaching excellence and commitment to enhancing health science…
LaPar serves as AHA Torchbearer
The American Heart Association honored Damien LaPar, MD, MSc, associate professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, as a “Torchbearer” at the annual Heart Ball, February 15. The role of torchbearer at the heart ball recognizes LaPar’s role in…
Nobel Laureate Bertozzi to present Knobil Lecture
The McGovern Medical School Office of Research Affairs welcomes Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, 2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, as the 2025 speaker for the annual Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, March 4. Bertozzi will present on “Therapeutic opportunities in glyoscience,” at 10:50…
Kolonin publishes research on role of telomerase in metabolic health
The laboratory of Mikhail Kolonin, PhD, published a new report, “Caloric Restriction and Telomere Preservation in TERT Knockout Adipocyte Progenitors Does Not Rescue from Metabolic Dysfunction due to a TERT Function in Adipocyte Mitochondria” in Aging Cell, which studied the effect…
Hancock announces Biochemistry leadership change
Executive Dean John Hancock announced that following 28 years as chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rod Kellems, PhD, will step down from this position at the end of this month. He will remain on the Department…