Psychiatry to host Houston Addictions Conference
The Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host the 2023 UTHealth Houston Psychiatry Academy Addiction Disorders Conference, Aug. 25 in the Denton A. Cooley, MD and Ralph C. Cooley, DDS University Life Center (7440 Cambridge…
Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature: Jordan Lake, MD, MSc
Each month, the Women Faculty Forum presents its Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature, highlighting the women faculty at McGovern Medical School who are leaders in medicine, research, and education. This month’s feature is Jordan Lake, MD, MSc, associate professor…
MindGames team wins back-to-back championships
For the fifth time in 11 years, the UTHealth Houston Psychiatry MindGames team brought home the trophy from the national competition of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), thanks to team members Caroline McCool, MD; Hunter Hinman, MD; and Daniel Liaou,…
Keeping kids safe from Houston mosquitoes
If it’s summer in Houston, you can expect to see mosquitoes. Our climate provides the perfect storm of heat, humidity, frequent rain, and mild winter temperatures that rarely kill them. Experts are seeing more mosquito activity in 2023 than last…
Dean’s Research Awards
The Graduate Student Education Committee awards Shun-Ming Ting; Pujun Guan; Servando Hernandez Vargas; Melissa Franch; and Ulises Gonzalez with the Dean’s Research Scholarship Award, May 24.
Selfie Time
Photo by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Interns from the Department of Neurology gather for a group selfie as part of their annual headshot day, June 14 at McGovern Medical School.
Spotlight: Amy Macias
Graphic by Omar Aguado/Office of Communications Don’t miss the latest edition of Spotlight, featuring Amy Macias, senior program manager for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
A hitchhiker’s guide to the hospital
“I am not sure what roads lay ahead when starting this journey. From student to resident to educator, the trip was shorter than I thought it would be. Looking in the rearview mirror, a lot of growth, happiness, and change….
First Person: Calderón lives dream of improving medicine in Ecuador
First person is an occasional series, providing firsthand accounts of outreach programs involving our McGovern Medical School community. This issue features Camila Calderón Molestina, MD, staff physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Four years ago as my residency application…
Novel research on neural stem/progenitor cells in adult spinal cord published in Cell Reports
Research from the lab of Jiaqian Wu, PhD, professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery and the Institute of Molecular Medicine, identifying new subpopulations of cells that could be leveraged to promote regeneration following spinal cord injury has…