Facilities, Planning, and Engineering win energy conservation award
In Celebration of Earth Day, April 22, UTHealth Houston is highlight the various ways the university’s community is investing in our planet. The UTHealth Houston Office of Facilities, Planning, and Engineering was recognized as a leader in energy conservation by…
First 50th Reunion
The world, the Texas Medical Center, and McGovern Medical School looked completely different in 1973. Richard Nixon was president, a gallon of gasoline cost an average of 39 cents, The Godfather won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the…
NIH renews Dowhan, Bogdanov’s 50-year grant
The National Institutes of Health(NIH) has granted William Dowhan, PhD, and Mikhail Bogdanov, PhD, professors in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, a renewal for their grant titled “Dynamic Lipid and Protein Organization in Cell Membranes.” The renewal is…
Page wins President’s Award for Leadership
Julie Page, CPA, senior associate dean for Clinical Business Affairs at McGovern Medical School, is one of six members of the UTHealth Houston community to earn the prestigious President’s Award for Leadership for dedication to the university and the people…
Lounging Around
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Students and faculty at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital celebrate a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the new LBJ Student Lounge April 3. Patricia Darnauer, executive vice president of the Harris Health…
Healing the Heart
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery hosts the 15th annual Houston Aortic Symposium Frontiers in Cardiovascular Diseases, March 16-18 at The Westin Oaks. The three-day symposium features topics on structural heart, aortic root/BAV,…
Celebrating Women’s History
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School holds a Women’s History Month Celebration in the Leather Lounge, March 31. Participants received a bag of cookies and a card with a quote from women in STEM and women physicians…
Baker wins lifetime achievement award
Janet Baker, DMO III, Department of Emergency Medicine, is this year’s recipient of the Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine James Scheulen Lifetime Achievement Award. She received the award at the organization’s March annual retreat in Dana Point, Calif….
Physiatry students receive Outstanding Student Interest Group Award
McGovern Medical School students in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Student Association were presented the Outstanding Student Interest Group Award at the Association of Academic Physiatrists’ Physiatry ’23 National Conference Feb. 21-24 in Anaheim California. The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation…
Schmitz named SRNT fellow
The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) has named Joy Schmitz, PhD, professor and Louis A. Faillace, MD, Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as a member of its 2023 Fellowship class. The status of…