Weaver receives award from ASAM
Michael Weaver, MD, professor in the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, received the Annual Award from the American Society of Addiction Medicine at the ASAM annual conference in April, in Washington, DC. The award recognized Weaver’s outstanding contributions…
From McGovern to TV: Dr. Down Below will see you now
When Fenwa Milhouse, MD, ’08, first came to McGovern Medical School (then The University of Texas Medical School at Houston), she had no idea which path she wanted to take in her career. She was admittedly “just excited to be…
John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center receives impact award
The state-of-the-art John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston has received accolades for being a piece of art itself. The Houston chapter of the Urban Land Institute awarded the UTHealth Houston Department of Facilities, Planning, and Engineering the Development…
Research sheds light on oxygen treatment for cardiovascular diseases
Collaborative research from two McGovern Medical School departments on the role of oxygen in cardiovascular disease treatment recently was published in Nature Reviews Cardiology (Impact Factor 49.4). Basic scientists and clinicians from the departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain…
Not All Wounds Are Visible
Graphic by Omar Aguado/Office of Communications June is designated as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are currently 12 million people in the United States living with PTSD. Even though PTSD…
Cool Off With Pride
Photos by Roy Prichard/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School students, faculty, and staff, celebrate the beginning of Pride month with the Cool Off With Pride event in the Leather Lounge and Webber Plaza. Participants were treated to a sweet treat…
Teaching Excellence Awards
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School faculty receive the annual Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards at a ceremony May 10 in the Fifth Floor Gallery.
18 students named Schweitzer fellows
Eighteen McGovern Medical School students have been accepted to the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship class of 2023-24. Panayiotis D. Kontoyiannis, Madilyn Feik, Sanjay Neerukonda, William Lavercombe, Sana Khan, Breanna Alonzo, Courtney Huynh, Mary Li, Bryana Stigers, Amira Bajracharya, Niveya James, Preethi…
First Person: Scholar to Council Member: An Alumnus Success Story
First person is an occasional series, providing firsthand accounts of outreach programs involving our McGovern Medical School community. This story originally appeared in the 2022 JAMP Program Repot. A few months ago, I sat for the first time as a…
Surrain wins NIH Pathway to Independence Award
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Sarah Surrain, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the Children’s Learning Institute, with the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award. The Pathway to Independence Award is designed to facilitate a timely transition of outstanding postdoctoral…