Women Faculty Forum – Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature: Susanna Spence, MD

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 Susanna Spence, MD, professor in the…


Research Committee presents Spatial Omics workshop

The Medical School Research Committee will host Spatial Omics: The New Era for Precision Medicine, a collaborative workshop to be held from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., April 2 in MSB 2.135. Understanding the spatial context of the changes and…


Chandra earns resident paper award

The Southern Neurosurgical Society awarded Ankush Chandra, MD, PGY-5, in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, with the Augustus McCravey Resident Paper Award. The August McCravey Resident Paper Award is given in honor of Augustus McCravey, MD, and was…


Gold Standard

Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School students are inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society at the Gold Humanism Induction Ceremony, Feb. 17. Keynote speaker for the event was D. Ryan Hall, MD, assistant dean for admission…


Cagle, Anderson named 2024 Distinguished Alumni

McGovern Medical School has named Leslie Cagle, MD ’83; and Larry Anderson, MD, PhD ’00, as its 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipients. The Distinguished Alumnus Award honors alumni of McGovern Medical School who have made significant contributions in the areas…


Trio of alums receive Early Career Achievement Awards

The Early Career Achievement Award honors alumni of McGovern Medical School who have exhibited excellence and significant career contributions in the areas of medical science and education from the completion of their residency or fellowship through their first eight years…


Spring has Sprung

Photos by Roman Petrowski/Office of Communications March 20 is officially the first day of Spring in 2025, and the flowers around campus at McGovern Medical School are already in bloom.


Arts & Resilience

The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics presents the Arts & Resilience Lecture Series, at noon, March 26 in MSB B.603 and on Zoom. Join the Center for an inspiring art lecture by John Slaby, a self-taught artist with a…


Research reveals new approach to measure ophthalmic artery blood flow

McGovern Medical School research detailing a novel non-invasive measurement of blood flow in the ophthalmic artery recently was published in Cell Reports Method. Led by Iraida Sharina, PhD, associate professor of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, the paper, “Non-invasive Real-time Pulsed Doppler…


McGovern Medical School Class of 2025 students are ready for Match Day

From personal tragedy to volunteer work to a classmate’s enlightening speech, they were inspired by different events onto a common pathway that will lead to a career in medicine. On Friday, March 21, these students are among more than 200…