Writing fellow published in Paris Review

When Emily Barr learned that the McGovern Center for Humanities & Ethics would offer a writing fellowship, she applied with a specific goal in mind – to submit for publication an essay she began working on years earlier as part…


Bartley named Outstanding Student in Gross Anatomy

The Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy has named Brooke Bartley, MD, ’24, as the winner of the Outstanding Student in Gross Anatomy 2024 Award. The award honors Bartley for her excellent performance in the Gross Anatomy course during her first…


Summer Research

Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The McGovern Medical School Office of Educational Programs hosts U.S. undergraduate students and first-year medical school students for the Summer Research Program. Students receive hands-on laboratory research experience from UTHealth Houston faculty members throughout…


Discovering Gerotherapeutics

Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications George Kuchel, MD, presents the 2024 Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture, on May 21 in MSB 3.001.


Congratulations, Class of 2024

Video by Danny Palomba/Office of Communications. Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications. McGovern Medical School celebrated its newest alumni doctors at the Class of 2024 Commencement Ceremony on May 10 at NRG Arena. A full photo gallery of all of…


Benjy F. Brooks, MD Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award: Akemi Kawaguchi, MD

Akemi Kawaguchi, MD, associate professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery, is the 2024 winner of the Benjy F. Brooks, MD, Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award. “I am surprise, elated, and humbled to receive this award,” Kawaguchi said. “I am so…


UTHealth Houston receives $3.4 million in grants for trauma research initiatives

Groundbreaking research initiatives to advance the treatment of traumatic injuries at UTHealth Houston have been funded with $3.4 million in grants from the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Collaborative (TRC4), an initiative of The University of Texas System. “These research…


Physicians to trade stethoscopes for sheet music at ‘Doctors in Recital’

The Steinway Piano Gallery is set to host an evening of music with its upcoming event, “Doctors in Recital,” featuring local physicians who are trading stethoscopes for sheet music in support of a noble cause. Scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday,…


Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature: Carmen Dessauer, 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 Carmen Dessauer, PhD, professor, chair, and…


Humanities Graduation

Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics, honors the graduates of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration & Clinical Humanities Certificate Program, March 26 in the Fifth Floor Gallery.