Holiday Spirit
Photos by Dwight Andrews and Danny Palomba/Office of Communications Preparations for the Holiday Season have begun at McGovern Medical School and the spirit can be felt throughout campus. The Leather Lounge now hosts a decorated tree, while offices from the…
Past, Present, and Future
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Department of Pediatric Surgery presents the annual Robert E. Gross Lectureship, featuring Bob Bartlett, MD, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, Nov. 9 at Memorial Hermann Hospital-TMC. Bartlett’s lecture was titled, “ECMO…
Feeling Crafty
Photos by Danny Palomba/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School Employee Relations Committee hosts the annual Holiday Craft Show Dec. 6 in the Leather Lounge.
Researchers receive $2.3M grant to study environmental influences on children’s health
Thomas Northrup, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Kristina Whitworth, PhD, and Elaine Symanski, PhD, at Baylor College of Medicine, received funding from the National Institutes of Health as part of the Environmental influences…
Newest Faces of McGovern: Hannah Thompson
What inspired you to want to pursue a career in medicine? My love and interest for medicine was cultivated by many experiences. However, it was the terminal cancer diagnosis that my grandfather received when I was eight years old that…
Bhandari honored for outstanding presentations
The American College of Emergency Physicians awarded Salil Bhandari, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, as the Rookie Speaker of the Year at the ACEP 2023 Scientific Assembly in Philadelphia. The award is given to one emergency…
In Memoriam: George Weinstock, PhD
George Weinstock, PhD, former professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, died Nov. 26, 2023. He was 74. A world leader and pioneer in genomics, he recently retired as associate…
Share the Spirit
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health is partnering with DePelchin Children’s Center to help local families this holiday season. You can make a child’s holiday dreams come true by fulfilling their wish lists of wants and needs. Visit go.uth.edu/HolidayDrive23 to…
Shape of Things to Come
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Jeffrey Saver, MD, professor of vascular neurology at UCLA Health, presents the 2023 William S. Fields Lecture, Nov. 17 in MSB 3.001. Fields’ lecture was titled “The Shape of Things to Come: Advances in…
Thanks for Giving
Graphic by the UTHealth Houston Office of Development Thank you to our generous community of McGovern Medical School supporters who came together to make a difference on Giving Tuesday! In just 24 hours, we raised $3,050 for our student’s white…