Go Texan Day
Graphic by Omar Aguado/Office of Communications It’s rodeo time in Houston! The anticipation for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has been building, and now it is time to show your excitement. Participate in a city-wide celebration for Go Texan…
Findley inducted into Shine Academy
The University of Texas System recognized J. Chase Findley, MD, associate professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and assistant dean for Educational Programs, for his teaching excellence and commitment to enhancing health science…
LaPar serves as AHA Torchbearer
The American Heart Association honored Damien LaPar, MD, MSc, associate professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, as a “Torchbearer” at the annual Heart Ball, February 15. The role of torchbearer at the heart ball recognizes LaPar’s role in…
Nobel Laureate Bertozzi to present Knobil Lecture
The McGovern Medical School Office of Research Affairs welcomes Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, 2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, as the 2025 speaker for the annual Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, March 4. Bertozzi will present on “Therapeutic opportunities in glyoscience,” at 10:50…
Kolonin publishes research on role of telomerase in metabolic health
The laboratory of Mikhail Kolonin, PhD, published a new report, “Caloric Restriction and Telomere Preservation in TERT Knockout Adipocyte Progenitors Does Not Rescue from Metabolic Dysfunction due to a TERT Function in Adipocyte Mitochondria” in Aging Cell, which studied the effect…
Hancock announces Biochemistry leadership change
Executive Dean John Hancock announced that following 28 years as chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rod Kellems, PhD, will step down from this position at the end of this month. He will remain on the Department…
Celebrating Women and Girls in Science
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The McGovern Medical School Women Faculty Forum hosts its seventh annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science Symposium, on Feb. 11. The symposium’s keynote speakers were Polaris Dawn Astronauts Sarah Gillis and…
Heart Month
Graphic by Omar Aguado February is designated as American Heart Month. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. but impacts some communities disproportionately. We encourage you to join efforts around the country to promote heart health…
Skull Base Societies
Jacques J. Morcos, MD, professor, chair, and John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, recently served as the president of the 9th Congress of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies,…
Turning Pro: Bungo named Distinguished Faculty in Professionalism Education
“Education toward professionalism is more than being skilled and knowledgeable. It requires a lifelong transformational change in how we think, act, and feel as doctors. Our professional formation (Turning Pro) is shaped by the community in which we are surrounded.”…