UTHealth Houston joins SATURN trial
A clinical trial evaluating the role of statins in the risk of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in patients presenting with ICH, has opened for enrollment at UTHealth Houston. The study, led locally by C.J. Jared Chen, MD, assistant professor in…
You Will Be Missed
Photo by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, including Carmen Dessauer, PhD, chair ad interim; Monica Gardner, DMO; and Executive Dean John Hancock, celebrates the retirement of Lisa Byrd, senior administrative coordinator (middle right), Aug….
Pediatric Professionals
Photo by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Department of Pediatrics residents Alyssa Short (far left) and Adriana Torres (far right) decorated the office door of Kimberly Cooper, fellowship program coordinator (middle left), and Shirlene Edwards (middle right) for GME Professionals Day….
Beauty from Baptiste
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications. Art by Mathieu JN Baptiste The McGovern Medical School Art Wall features paintings from Mathieu JN Baptiste. Baptiste was born in Port Au Prince, Haiti, and is based in Houston. He spent his early…
Bhandari wins John P. McGovern Award
Karthik Bhandari, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, is the 2023 recipient of the John P. McGovern Award as the exceptional clinical teacher. The John P. McGovern Award is given annually to the outstanding clinical faculty member…
McGovern student published in JAMA Network Open
A review of evidence supporting the 2022 US Food and Drug Administration’s drug approvals conducted by Amanda Koong, MS, a second-year student at McGovern Medical School has been published in JAMA Network Open. This study was completed in collaboration with…
Meet McGovern’s newest faces
The 2022-23 school year is in full swing at McGovern Medical School, as the Class of 2027 wrapped up their orientation and students returned to campus Aug. 7. The incoming class features 240 medical school students from 71 different undergraduate…
Research published on novel therapy for choroid plexus carcinoma
A recent case report highlighting a potential novel therapy for adult patients with choroid plexus carcinoma, led by Jay-Jiguang Zhu, MD, PhD, director of neuro-oncology and professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, has been published in JCO Precision Oncology. Choroid…
Lacuey awarded $3.1M NIH grant for SUDEP study
A five-year, $3.1 million grant to study preventive strategies for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has been awarded to UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri, MD,…
Say Cheese, Class of 2027
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The McGovern Medical School Class of 2027 gathers for a group photo on the lawn of the Jesse Jones Library, during their orientation activities.