Satellite fitness center set to open at McGovern Medical School
For those who have always wanted a return of a fitness center to the Medical School Building, the wait is almost over. A 2,000-square-foot space on the upper floor of McGovern Medical School will be the future home to the…
Smile for the Camera
Photo by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Members of the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program stop for a selfie after taking headshot and group shot photos, Feb. 15.
Debes, Dragoi publish work on optogenetic control of brain circuits in Science
Recent research from the lab of Valentin Dragoi, PhD, Rochelle and Max Levitt Distinguished Professor in the Neurosciences, revealing for the first time that cortical feedback projections carry attentional signals to individual neurons and cell populations in visual cortex, has…
McGovern Medical School students looking forward to meeting their matches March 17
Immigrants and children of immigrants are among the 225 students in the McGovern Medical School Class of 2023, who will learn Friday, March 17, where they will take the next step in their careers as physicians. Classmates include a former…
Physician Writers
Photos by Roman Petrowski/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School welcomed internationally recognized author Samuel Shem as part of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics Arts & Resilience Program, March 7. Shem, the pen name of Stephen Bergman, MD, PhD,…
Teddy Bear Care
Photos from Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Students from several UTHealth Houston schools joined together to give back to the community with free health care screenings at the UTHealth Cares Community Health Fair Feb. 18 at UT Physicians Multispecialty-Jensen Clinic. A…
A Unique Collaboration
Photo courtesy of Adan Rios, MD The 2023 Ernst Knobil Award was presented to Dr. Philip Scherer, PhD, professor and Gifford O. Touchstone and Randolph G. Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research at the UT Southwestern Medical Center. Scherer (middle),…
Register now for the 2023 Psychiatry Update Conference
The 2023 UTHealth Houston Psychiatry Update Conference, “Optimizing Clinical Care Using Technology: Clinical Mental Health Care and Digital Psychiatry,” will be held Saturday, April 22, at the Cooley University Life Center (7440 Cambridge St.). Hosted by the Louis A. Faillace,…
Ting wins Mordecai Y.T. Globus New Investigator Award
The American Stroke Association honored Shun-Ming Ting, with the Mordecai Y.T. Globus New Investigator Award. Ting is a PhD candidate at McGovern Medical School and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences….
Orlando honored as ASA Fellow
Barbara Orlando, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Launched in May 2017, the Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists designation…