Bright named Distinguished Faculty in Professionalism Education

The McGovern Medical School Office of Professionalism and Engagement has named Asia Bright, PhD, assistant professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and director of the Office of Professionalism and Engagement, as the winner…


Pediatric Residency Program awarded AAP Visiting Professorship

The American Academy of Pediatrics has awarded Sandra McKay, MD, FAAP, associate professor, and Prajakta Yeragi, MD, assistant professor, and the Department of Pediatrics Residency Program, with a Leonard P. Rome CATCH Visiting Professorship Grant to promote advocacy for children and…


Office of Continuing Medical Education welcomes Ruiz as director

The McGovern Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education welcomed Mayra Ruiz as its new director, effective Dec. 11, 2023. In March 2022, McGovern Medical School transitioned its accreditation for continuing medical education (CME) activities to its Office of Continuing…


A tale of resilience: Samsuhadi’s journey to medicine

Second-year medical student Karina Samsuhadi’s path to medicine is woven with threads of fortitude and gratitude after she struggled with housing instability. Her journey to medicine began in the heart of familial sacrifice. Born to parents who traversed oceans and…


MMS Satellite Fitness Center opens in April

The new McGovern Medical School Fitness Center is slated to open in April with a two-week free trial membership for all UTHealth Houston faculty, staff, residents, and students who have pre-registered. The 1,800-square-foot space in the MSB penthouse, which has…


Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature: Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH

Each month, the Women Faculty Forum presents its Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature, highlighting the women faculty at McGovern Medical School who are leaders in medicine, research, and education. This month’s feature is Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH, associate professor in…


Hotez to present Kirkendall Lecture

The Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine welcomes Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, DSc (Hon), dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, as the keynote speaker for the Walter M. Kirkendall, MD and…


Meet the 2023-24 UTHealthLeads McGovern Medical School fellows

UTHealthLeads is a one-year student fellowship program to develop future leaders in health care. In the program, UTHealth Houston students learn how to develop self-awareness, increase their leadership confidence, lead others, and effectively influence systems. A total of 23 UTHealth…


Dessauer named chair of IBP

Following an international search, Executive Dean John Hancock has announced that Carmen W. Dessauer, PhD, is the new chair of the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, effective March 18, 2024. Dessauer currently serves as professor of integrative biology and…


Class of 2024 to meet their matches March 15

One student survived a cancerous brain tumor. Another was called to medicine when a family member suffered a panic attack on an airplane and no doctors were on board. A third worked his way through the military and became an…


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