Throwback Thursday: Webber Plaza
Take a trip back in time to when Webber Plaza looked a little bit different than it does today.
Soares, Meyer complete phase II of study on psilocybin
Results of a Phase II trial studying a synthetic form of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, which included co-investigators Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD, Pat Rutherford Jr. Chair; and Thomas D. Meyer, PhD, LP, professor, from the Louis A. Faillace, MD,…
Grants 101 scheduled for Jan. 9-10
The New Investigator Development Program (NIDP), led by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, offers an introductory grant preparation program, Grants 101, for junior faculty member and administrative support staff Jan. 9-10. Grants 101 is…
AMA announces 2023 Inpatient E/M Changes
Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, the American Medical Association will simplify selecting a code level, making changes to the inpatient setting that make office and facility setting requirements uniform for all physicians and billing practitioners. To prepare for the changes, the…
Jayaraman awarded $3.5 million grant
A five-year, nearly $3.5 million grant to study the mechanisms of brain receptors involved in neurological disorders such as learning disabilities has been awarded to Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD, professor and John S. Dunn Chair in the Department of Biochemistry and…
Project Completed
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical Students from the Summer Research Program present their findings at the SRP Research Forum, Oct. 26 in the Leather Lounge.
Understanding Migraines
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Peter Goadsby, MD, PhD, presents the 2022 William S. Fields Lecture, Nov. 11 in MSB 3.001. Goadsby, director of the NIHR King’s Clinical Research Facility, presented on “Migraine: Understanding a Common Brain Disorder.”
Student Presentations
Second-year McGovern Medical School students Clarissa Hoffman, Sylvestre Pineau, and Shalin Shah, present on the outcomes of hiatal hernia repair at the Western Surgical Association 2022 Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Targeting enzyme could alleviate muscle wasting for cancer patients
Targeting a specific enzyme in the muscle could help cancer patients preserve muscle mass and potentially prolong their survival, according to research from UTHealth Houston. A study led by Yi-Ping Li, PhD, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, found…
Arts & Resilience welcomes back Laura Spector
The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics welcomes back Laura Spector for its fall event of the Arts & Resilience program, Dec. 15. Spector, a fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts, will present an…