Two McGovern research projects receive Rice-TMC seed grants
Two McGovern Medical School research projects received seed grants in 2024 through the Provost’s TMC Collaborator Fund. These grants were facilitated by Rice University’s Office for Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Research (ENRICH). In total, seven research partnerships involving…
Fetal institute to focus on clinical care, research discovery, and education
Five years after the first groundbreaking fetoscopic spina bifida repair surgery using an innovative patch pioneered by researchers at UTHealth Houston, the fetal medicine team is celebrating the milestone of more than 100 procedures performed by the physicians and the…
Skills Session
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications. First-year students at McGovern Medical School participate in an OBGYN Skills Session as part of the Doctoring I Program on Jan. 30 in the Surgical and Clinical Skills Center.
Fresh Space
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School celebrates the reopening of the renovated Fifth Floor Gallery on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Construction on the space began on May 17, 2024, and includes AV and lighting systems, new acoustical panels,…
UTMove
Photo by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Department of Neurology hosted the inaugural UTHealth Houston Movement Disorders Symposium, on Jan. 25. The Department of Neurology would like to thank all speakers, attendees, and sponsors for making the event a huge…
White to present Dean’s Lecture, Feb. 12
The Office of Research Affairs welcomes Eileen White, PhD, to present the 2025 Dean’s Lecture at 12:15 p.m., Feb. 12 in MSB 1.006. White is the deputy director, chief scientific officer, and associate director for basic research at the Rutgers…
Huffington Lecture scheduled for Feb. 14
The Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, in the Department of Internal Medicine presents the Phyllis Gough Huffington Lecture Series, from 8 a.m. until 9 a.m., Feb. 14 via Zoom. Keynote speaker for the lecture series…
35th Preventive Cardiology Forum set for Feb. 15
Physicians, nurses, dietitians, caregivers, and other health care professionals with an interest in cardiovascular disease prevention are invited to attend the 35th annual Preventive Cardiology Forum on Feb. 15. The event will be held virtually from 8 a.m. until 12:15…
Jayaraman NMDA research published in Nature Communications
Recent research from the lab of Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD, professor and John S. Dunn Chair in Biochemistry and Microbiology, studying the role that N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors play in converting chemical signals in the brain to electric ones, has been published…
Saving Lives
Photos by Greg Metoyer/Department of Emergency Medicine The Department of Emergency Medicine hosts its Save a Life series, on Jan. 27 in Webber Plaza. The theme for this edition of the series is Infant and Adult Choking Relief Techniques.