MSRO launches research search engine for students
The Medical Student Research Office (MSRO) has launched the Research Opportunity Search Engine, a new database to help students at McGovern Medical School identify research opportunities year-round. A major need for students applying to specialty and subspecialty residencies is research…
14th Annual Yatsu Day set for Nov. 10
The UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases will host the 14th Annual Yatsu Day Symposium, “Nurturing Brain Health and Preventing Stroke,” from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Nov. 10, in the Alkek Auditorium (Room 120) at the Cizik…
Regua earns women’s cancers development award
Angelina Regua, PhD, assistant professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, was awarded a 2-year, $206,000 grant from the Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers Career Development Award, in partnership with Pelotonia and the American Association for…
Hamilton receives funding for HOMES project
Jane Hamilton, PhD, MPH, associate professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration…
Farewell, Claire
Photos by Danny Palomba/Office of Communications Claire Brunson, executive director of management services, celebrates her retirement following 35 years of service to McGovern Medical School with family, friends, and colleagues at a reception Monday in the Fifth Floor Gallery.
Emergency Medicine Awards
Photos by Greg Metoyer Jr./Department of Emergency Medicine Libby Liu, PA, and Hashim Zaidi, MD, receive a pair of prestigious awards at the recent Harris Health System Medical Staff Emergency Medicine Faculty Appreciation Event. Liu was selected as the Advanced…
Postdoc Excellence
The Postdoctoral Association and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at UTHealth Houston have named five McGovern Medical School postdoctoral research fellows as the winners of the 2023 President’s Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research. The 2023 winners (and their mentors)…
Center for Humanities and Ethics hosts “Primary Care”
The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics, in collaboration with Thomas R. Cole, PhD, and Bill Monroe, will host a staged reading of “Primary Care,” at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 9 at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center…
Newest Faces of McGovern: Connor Crowe
What inspired you to want to pursue a career in medicine? I feel like I grew up interested in science and biology, and as I got older I realized that I would enjoy a career in which I could study…
Parchem earns pair of prestigious physician-scientist career grants
Jacqueline Parchem, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, has received a pair of prestigious grants to pursue innovative research that aims to improve maternal and child health by advancing our…