Night on Call
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Fourth-year medical students participate in the Night-on-Call simulation at the Surgical and Clinical Skills Center on Feb. 26. The simulation helps them be better prepared for the clinical setting they will soon be experiencing…
Senior Research Day
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Students present their work during the Spring Senior Research Day. The John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical Student Research Award is for outstanding research by a student during their time at McGovern Medical…
What Can We Discover?
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Office of Research Affairs hosts the annual McGovern Medical School Research Retreat, March 5 at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine. Keynote speaker for the event Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD, presented on “Social…
Bright named Distinguished Faculty in Professionalism Education
The McGovern Medical School Office of Professionalism has named Asia Bright, PhD, assistant professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and director of the Office of Professionalism, as the winner of the John P. and…
Pediatric Residency Program awarded AAP Visiting Professorship
The American Academy of Pediatrics has awarded Sandra McKay, MD, FAAP, associate professor, and Prajakta Yeragi, MD, assistant professor, and the Department of Pediatrics Residency Program, with a Leonard P. Rome CATCH Visiting Professorship Grant to promote advocacy for children and…
Office of Continuing Medical Education welcomes Ruiz as director
The McGovern Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education welcomed Mayra Ruiz as its new director, effective Dec. 11, 2023. In March 2022, McGovern Medical School transitioned its accreditation for continuing medical education (CME) activities to its Office of Continuing…
A tale of resilience: Samsuhadi’s journey to medicine
Second-year medical student Karina Samsuhadi’s path to medicine is woven with threads of fortitude and gratitude after she struggled with housing instability. Her journey to medicine began in the heart of familial sacrifice. Born to parents who traversed oceans and…
All About the Brain
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The UTHealth Houston Neuroscience Research Center hosts Brain Night For Kids, March 14 at the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Science. The event is designed for children and their families to increase…
Gold Standard
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School welcomes the newest members of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, Feb. 26. The mission of Gold Humanism Honor Society is to recognize individuals who are exemplars of humanistic patient care and…
2024 AOA Induction
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society welcomes the 2024 McGovern Medical School class of inductees March 5. Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship and the highest…