Kuchel to present Smythe Lecture May 21

McGovern Medical School welcomes George Kuchel, MD, professor of medicine and Travelers Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology at UConn Health, as the keynote speaker for the 2024 Cheves Smythe Lecture on May 21. The Cheves Smythe Lecture, hosted by the…


McGovern hosts SGEA Conference

McGovern Medical School joined Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Medical Branch in hosting the 2024 Southern Group on Education Affairs (SGEA) Annual Conference April 11-13 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak by the Galleria. The theme…


Applications open for 2024 Pruessner Scholarship

The Harris County Academy of Family Physicians is accepting applications for the Harold T. Pruessner, MD, Medical Student Scholarship. The deadline to apply is May 31. Applicants must be third-year medical students in good standing and, have completed their family…


ACC President Biga to present Distinguished Speaking Series

American College of Cardiology (ACC) president Cathleen Biga, MSN, FAAC, will speak at UTHealth Houston on May 14 as Cizik School of Nursing celebrates the launch of its new Cardiovascular Advance Practice Series. The UTHealth Houston Office of Faculty Affairs…


Research uses machine learning to distinguish threats

Nearly 100 years after Pavlov first proposed conditioned threat associations, researchers from McGovern Medical School are using machine learning to understand how the brain detects and responds to threats, paving the way to new treatments for fear-based and anxiety disorders….


Goodine and Murphy Award Winner

Payton Blackburn (middle left) and Mary High (middle right) are the 2024 winners of the Glenda M. Goodine and Thomas J. Murphy Student Award. The award was presented by Thomas Murphy, MD (left) and Carlos Moreno, MD (right). The award…


Honoring Kathrine McGovern

Photos and text courtesy of Hermann Park Conservancy In honor of Kathrine McGovern, students from McGovern Medical School visited Hermann Park to assist with a variety of gardening projects. Mrs. McGovern made an incredible impact in the community along with…


Spotlight: Jasmin Cambel

Graphic by Omar Aguado/Office of Communications Don’t miss the latest edition of Spotlight, featuring Jasmin Cambel, educational programs coordinator III, in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.


UTHealth Houston students take part in mass casualty simulation

UTHealth Houston’s Center for Interprofessional Collaboration held its annual large-scale mass casualty simulation Thursday, April 11, an effort to train students in responding to mass casualty incidents. In the exercise, held at the Cooley University Life Center courtyard, employees portrayed…


Novel ELIP research published in Pharmaceutics

Research from the Department of Internal Medicine, published in Pharmaceutics, and titled “Efficient Gene Editing for Heart Disease via ELILP-Based CRISPR Delivery System,” explored a novel approach for efficient gene editing in heart disease treatment through the use of echogenic…