Scientific review focuses on hypoxia-inducible factors
The biochemical mechanisms that control the stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) and the molecular strategies that can be exploited pharmacologically to promote or inhibit HIFs are the focus of a new scientific review published by faculty in the Department of…
In Memoriam: Anna Steinberger
Anna Steinberger, PhD, professor emerita of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, died Dec. 28, 2023, in Houston. She was 95. A native of Poland, she and her husband Emil emigrated to the United States after World War II, by way…
Looking Ahead
John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD, took the helm as executive dean of McGovern Medical School and H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences Sept. 1, 2022. Following his first year on the job, he reflects on…
Teaching Challenge
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Academic Medicine Student Organization and the Medical Student Research Office host the 2nd Annual McGovern Medical School Teaching Competition, Dec. 6 in MSB 3.001. At the competition, students give a 5-minute talk on…
Fields Banquet
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Department of Neurology hosts the annual Fields Banquet, following the Fields Lecture, Nov. 17. The lecture was presented by Jeffery Saver, MD, professor of vascular neurology at UCLA Health in Los Angeles.
On Display
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The UTHealth Houston Neuroscience Research Center, in collaboration with Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine, hosts the 29th Annual Neuroscience Poster Session, Dec. 2 in the UTHealth Houston Cooley University Life Center.
Cheng honored as ASPET Fellow
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has named Xiaodong Cheng, PhD, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, and Mary Mischer Distinguished Professor in Molecular Medicine, as a member of its 2023 Class of Fellows….
Willerson Lecture to feature Serruys
The Department of Internal Medicine presents the James T. Willerson Annual Endowed Lecture at 4 p.m., Jan. 8, in MSB 2.006. The 2024 edition of the lecture features Patrick Serruys, MD, PhD, professor of interventional medicine and innovation at the…
Horton named ASF’s top academic mentor
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship named Mary Kollmer Horton, MPH, MA, PhD, assistant professor in the Office of Educational Programs and director of the Medical Student Research Office, as its 2023 Academic Mentor of the Year. “This award meant the world…
Dean’s Lecture
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications K. Lance Gould, MD, professor and the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished University Chair in Heart, presents the Dean’s Lecture Dec. 5 in MSB 3.001. Gould presented on “Prevention, intervention, and physiology versus anatomy in randomized…