Soares named founding dean of UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences
Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD, a renowned academic leader and physician-scientist in the field of psychiatry, has been named the founding dean of UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences, Feb. 1. As the inaugural dean of UTHealth Houston’s seventh…
Hastings Center welcomes Ray as fellow
The Hastings Center has welcomed Keisha Ray, PhD, associate professor, and John P. McGovern, MD, Professor in Oslerian Medicine, as a member of its 2023 Class of Fellows. Founded in 1969 by philosopher Daniel Callahan and psychoanalyst Willard Gaylin, the Hastings…
Registration open for Research Retreat
Registration is open for the McGovern Medical School Research Retreat. The annual event will be held March 5 in the Sarofim Research Building at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine (1825 Pressler St.). The event begins with registration at…
Research shows clinical benefits for children with severe TBI
After children experienced severe traumatic brain injury, the infusion of bone marrow mononuclear cells derived from the patient’s own bones led to less time spent in intensive care, less intense therapy, and, significantly, the structural preservation of white matter, which…
Research on brain regulation of appetite published in Neuron
Recent research from the lab of Qingchun Tong, PhD, professor and Cullen Chair in Molecular Medicine, studying how the brain regulates reduced appetite in response to environmental stress has been published in Neuron. The article titled, “An excitatory projection from…
Watch videos, grow scholarship funds
Nearly $1,500 has been earned to fund McGovern Medical School student scholarships from views on the McGovern Medical School YouTube Channel. The Medical School YouTube Channel was officially accepted for partnership on Jan. 20, 2022, meaning the account is eligible…
Artificial intelligence in health care workshop draws crowd
More than 400 people attended the virtual workshop on AI in biomedicine and health care hosted by McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston on Wednesday, Jan. 17. The event was chaired by Jiajie Zhang, PhD, dean and The…
LRC features student art
The artistic talents of 16 McGovern Medical School students are on display at the Learning Resource Center. “The LRC art gallery allows students to share their talents with the McGovern community and for all students to appreciate their classmates’ artistic…
Hebl headlines Women and Girls in Science Symposium Feb. 8
The McGovern Medical School Women Faculty Forum will host the sixth annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science Symposium from 4-5:30 p.m., Feb. 8 in the Memorial Hermann Conference Center. The International Day of Women and Girls in…
Preventive Cardiology Forum scheduled for Feb. 3
Physicians, nurses, dietitians, caregivers, and other health care professionals with an interest in cardiovascular disease prevention are invited to attend the 34th annual Preventive Cardiology Forum Feb. 3. The event will be held virtually from 8 a.m. until 12:15 p.m….