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.


Fresh Space

Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School celebrates the reopening of the renovated Fifth Floor Gallery on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Construction on the space began on May 17, 2024, and includes AV and lighting systems, new acoustical panels,…


UTMove

Photo by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Department of Neurology hosted the inaugural UTHealth Houston Movement Disorders Symposium, on Jan. 25. The  Department of Neurology would like to thank all speakers, attendees, and sponsors for making the event a huge…


White to present Dean’s Lecture, Feb. 12

The Office of Research Affairs welcomes Eileen White, PhD, to present the 2025 Dean’s Lecture at 12:15 p.m., Feb. 12 in MSB 1.006. White is the deputy director, chief scientific officer, and associate director for basic research at the Rutgers…