Clinical Trials Day

McGovern Medical School Celebrates International Clinical Trials Day, May 20 in the Leather Lounge. International Clinical Trials day is an opportunity to recognize the essential role that clinical research plays in advancing medical knowledge and improving patient care. Behind every…


A Piece of Advice

We caught up with some of the graduating doctors of the Class of 2025 to ask them what is one piece of advice they would give to themselves as first years.


John Freeman Faculty Teaching Award – Han Zhang, MD

Han Zhang, MD, professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy is the 2025 recipient of the John H. Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching. Chosen by the senior class, this is the eighth time Zhang has received the award, which…


McGovern shines at Health Science Education conference

McGovern Medical School was well-represented at the 2025 Innovations in Health Science Education 21st Annual Conference for The University of Texas System Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education, with 40 attendees and a multitude of grant and…


Novel nanoscintillator concept leads to improved outcomes in pancreatic cancer

Research from the lab of Sunil Krishnan, MD, professor and John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, seeking to push the limits of light-activated therapies used to kill cancer cells has…


Student author pens book for pediatric dermatology patients

Inspired by her sister’s journey with skin conditions, a rising fourth-year student at McGovern Medical School has combined her passion for dermatology and storytelling to create a children’s book designed to help young patients embrace and celebrate their skin. “My…


Perioperative Medicine Retreat

Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Institute of Perioperative Medicine hosted its inaugural Research Retreat, April 18 at the TMC3 Collaborative Building. Keynote speaker for the event was 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Gregg L. Semenza, MD,…


Smythe Lecture

Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Fred Gage, PhD, Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, presents the 2025 Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture, April 8 in MSB 3.001. Gage…


Schweitzer Fellows

Congratulations to the 13 McGovern Medical School students accepted as the 2025 cohort for the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. The students who were selected are: Asha Ayyar, Mary Chen, Kennedy Cook, Faith Folorunso, Emily Irikannu, Lexis Khetsavanh, Alyssa Miller, Neha Patil,…


Pediatrics to host resident, fellow research symposia

The Department of Pediatrics will host the 3rd Annual Pediatric Research Symposium and the 14th Annual Pediatric Fellow Research Symposium May 21 and May 22, respectively. The 3rd Annual Pediatric Resident Research Symposium is a free event held from 12:30-4:30…