Pediatrics to host resident, fellow research symposia
The Department of Pediatrics will host the 3rd Annual Pediatric Research Symposium and the 14th Annual Pediatric Fellow Research Symposium May 21 and May 22, respectively. The 3rd Annual Pediatric Resident Research Symposium is a free event held from 12:30-4:30…
Common genetic variants linked to drug-resistant epilepsy
Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, according to a new global study led by researchers from UCL in London and UTHealth Houston. Focal epilepsy is a condition where seizures start…
2025 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. May is designated as teaching excellence month for McGovern Medical School. New to the awards in 2025 is a shifted focus toward junior faculty. Senior faculty who have been…
Human placenta stress response to maternal COVID-19 infection reinforces maternal-fetal barrier
A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology by researchers at UTHealth Houston, Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions reveals that maternal COVID-19 infection triggers distinct stress responses in the placenta, including upregulation of preeclampsia-associated genes. The stress…
Seeing 20/20 becomes possible again for patient
More than a decade after undergoing radial keratotomy surgery in 1990 to correct her myopia, or nearsightedness, Shubhra Ghosh noticed she was beginning to strain her eyes to see. Radial keratotomy, a precursor to Lasik surgery, involved making multiple cuts…
Applications open for 2025 Pruessner Scholarship
The Harris County Academy of Family Physicians is accepting applications for the Harold T. Pruessner, MD, Medical Student Scholarship. The deadline to apply is May 33. Applicants must be third-year medical students in good standing and have completed their family…
Research identifies novel gene regulator of microglial inflammation
Recent research by Gab Seok Kim, PhD, and Sean P. Marrelli, PhD, on interferon proteins and how they spread neuroinflammation in the brain has been published in Nature Communications. Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and…
From hardship to healing: Daniel Martinez’s journey
For Daniel Martinez, the road to medicine didn’t begin in a classroom. It started in the low-income neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Lewisville, Texas, in the emergency rooms where his mother worked nights cleaning up after patients, and in physicians’…
Research employs AI to diagnose unsolved genetic syndromes
Using a deep learning tool, new research from the Division of Medical Genetics illuminates the importance of in-depth genetic testing, especially for hard-to-diagnose patients. “Non-canonical splice variants in thoracic aortic dissection cases and Marfan syndrome with negative genetic testing” recently…
Carlin increases McGovern Center’s visibility with national award
Nathan Carlin, PhD, director of the John P. McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, has been unanimously selected as the winner of the 2025 Health Humanities Visionary Award. He was presented the award from the Health Humanities Consortium at its…