Donate Life Month: Advancing education through the Willed Body Program
April is National Donate Life Month, a time to recognize the need many patients have for replacement organs. It is also a time to express gratitude to those who choose to meet that need through the process of donation. While…
Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Deans
At the March Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Deans meeting in Washington, DC, Dean LaTanya J. Love, MD, had the opportunity to hear from and connect with Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health….
Governor awards grant to expand forensic psychiatry training
UTHealth Houston is among nine academic medical institutions statewide receiving new funding from Gov. Greg Abbott as part of a $5 million initiative to expand forensic psychiatry training and strengthen Texas’ mental health workforce. The grant program will provide approximately…
A ‘Texas Hammer’ Legacy: Jim and Deborah Adler invest in the next generation of healers
Known across the state as the “Texas Hammer,” Jim Adler built his career as a personal injury attorney advocating for others. Together with his wife, Deborah, that same belief in standing up for people now guides their philanthropy at UTHealth…
UTHealth Houston Cares impacts local community with health fair
Student volunteers and clinicians from UTHealth Houston came together to deliver no-cost health screenings and resources to underserved neighborhoods through the UTHealth Houston Cares Community Health Fair March 28 at the UT Physicians Multispecialty – Victory clinic. UTHealth Houston |…
Champions of Clinical Learning Environment: Dean Atkinson, MD; Brandi Karnes, MD; and Kawal Bir, MD
The Office of Professionalism at McGovern Medical School congratulates Dean Atkinson, MD; Brandi Karnes, MD; and Kawal Bir, MD, on being honored as Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment. Champions are identified through the Learning Environment Surveys, which are sent…
Hands-on science inspires future generations at Brain Night
Photos by Dwight Andrews/UTHealth Houston Children and their families from the Houston community joined UTHealth Houston Neuroscience Research Center for Brain Night for Kids at The Health Museum for an evening filled with science activities to inspire the next generation…
Parchem wins Young Physician-Scientist Award
The American Society for Clinical Investigation has named Jacqueline Parchem, MD, associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, as a winner of the 2026 Young Physician-Scientist Award. “I am honored…
Internal Medicine debuts first of its kind Elder Capacity Assessment and Mistreatment Fellowship
To address a need for formal training across the country in the evaluation and treatment of elder abuse, the Department of Internal Medicine is debuting a first-of-its-kind Elder Capacity Assessment and Mistreatment Fellowship in the Joan and Alexander Stanford Division…
Students complete inaugural culinary medicine program
Fourth-year students at McGovern Medical School participated in the inaugural presentation of the Culinary Medicine program March 17 in the Nourish Kitchen at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. “At McGovern Medical School, we developed this four-year Culinary Medicine elective…