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 (external link). Research was led by Irene Stafford, MD, associate professor…
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 (external link).
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 (external link), 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 (external link) by UTHealth Houston at TIRR Memorial Hermann. Neurogenic bladder, also called…
Women Faculty Forum – Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature: Susanna Spence, MD
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 Susanna Spence, MD, professor in the…
Research Committee presents Spatial Omics workshop
The Medical School Research Committee will host Spatial Omics: The New Era for Precision Medicine, a collaborative workshop to be held from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., April 2 in MSB 2.135. Understanding the spatial context of the changes and…
Chandra earns resident paper award
The Southern Neurosurgical Society awarded Ankush Chandra, MD, PGY-5, in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, with the Augustus McCravey Resident Paper Award. The August McCravey Resident Paper Award is given in honor of Augustus McCravey, MD, and was…
Gold Standard
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School students are inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society at the Gold Humanism Induction Ceremony, Feb. 17. Keynote speaker for the event was D. Ryan Hall, MD, assistant dean for admission…