Hancock hosts inaugural town hall meeting
Executive Dean John Hancock hosted his first Town Hall meeting Jan. 30 in an online format. In addition to his update on the school, LaTanya Love, MD, dean of education, and Richard Andrassy, MD, senior vice president for clinical affairs…
Stitched Up
Members of the McGovern Medical School Student Clinical Skills Society participate in a suture clinic, Jan. 27 in the Human Structure Facility Anatomy Lab.
Terri-FIC Career
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School celebrates the retirement and “Terri-FIC” career of Theresa Koehler, PhD, Jan. 27 in MSB 2.103. Koehler joined the faculty at McGovern Medical School in 1991 and became chair of the Department…
UTHealth Houston Saves a Life
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The UTHealth Houston Saves a Life community outreach program teaches how to save a life using an AED, Jan. 25 in Webber Plaza. UTHealth Houston Saves a Life aims to teach bystanders simple, life-saving…
MBID Research Retreat scheduled for March 2
Registration is open for the 2023 Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease (MBID) Research Retreat. The annual event will be held March 2 at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine (1825 Pressler Street). The retreat, which began in 2008, aims…
Med Students for Memories helps relieve pain of infant loss
On her first shift as a medical student at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, Elisa Williams was faced with tragedy when a patient and family suffered the birth of a stillborn child. “I was at LBJ and felt like I had…
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, named UTHealth Houston’s new chief academic officer
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, a world-renowned physician-scientist and leader in academic medicine, has been named executive vice president and chief academic officer at UTHealth Houston, effective January 2023. Narula has begun working with the six deans and members of the UTHealth…
Hardwicke receives state award for excellence
Robin L. Hardwicke, PhD, FNP-C, HIV medicine provider with UT Physicians and professor of internal medicine, is the 2023 recipient of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) State Award for Excellence in Texas. For her excellence in clinical practice…
Spector’s Spectacles
Artwork by Laura Spector The latest exhibit of the McGovern Medical School Art Wall features works from Laura Spector. Spector, a performance and video artist, began creating artwork in 1994. In 1996, Spector began her acclaimed Museum Anatomy project, collaborating…
Donating Life
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School hosts a blood drive Jan. 19 in the Leather Lounge.