Class of 2024 Match Day
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications. Video by Danny Palomba/Office of Communications. Students from the McGovern Medical School Class of 2024 learned where they will be completing their residencies as part of the annual Match Day celebration, March 15. Take…
MMS Satellite Fitness Center opens in April
The new McGovern Medical School Fitness Center is slated to open in April with a two-week free trial membership for all UTHealth Houston faculty, staff, residents, and students who have pre-registered. The 1,800-square-foot space in the MSB penthouse, which has…
Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature: Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH
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 Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH, associate professor in…
Hotez to present Kirkendall Lecture
The Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine welcomes Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, DSc (Hon), dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, as the keynote speaker for the Walter M. Kirkendall, MD and…
Meet the 2023-24 UTHealthLeads McGovern Medical School fellows
UTHealthLeads is a one-year student fellowship program to develop future leaders in health care. In the program, UTHealth Houston students learn how to develop self-awareness, increase their leadership confidence, lead others, and effectively influence systems. A total of 23 UTHealth…
How to Save a Life
Photos by Roman Petrowski/Office of Communications The McGovern Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine hosts a Save A Life Event to teach tourniquet uses and wilderness first aid, March 5 in Webber Plaza.
Spotlight: Rebecca Mazzola
Graphic by Omar Aguado/Office of Communications Don’t miss the latest edition of Spotlight, featuring Rebecca Mazzola, senior executive assistant in the Department of Dermatology.
Celebrating Black History Month
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School students in the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) host a Black History Month celebration Feb. 29 in the Leather Lounge.
Dessauer named chair of IBP
Following an international search, Executive Dean John Hancock has announced that Carmen W. Dessauer, PhD, is the new chair of the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, effective March 18, 2024. Dessauer currently serves as professor of integrative biology and…
Class of 2024 to meet their matches March 15
One student survived a cancerous brain tumor. Another was called to medicine when a family member suffered a panic attack on an airplane and no doctors were on board. A third worked his way through the military and became an…