MSB 5.001 to undergo major renovation

A common gathering place for all members of the McGovern Medical School community will soon have a new look as renovations are set to begin on modernizing the Fifth Floor Gallery on May 17. “The renovation of the fifth floor…


LoneStar LEND Conference set for May 30-31

***The LoneStar LEND Conference has been postponed until January 2025*** The Department of Pediatrics will host the 2024 LoneStar LEND Conference May 30-31 at the Denton A. Cooley, MD & Ralph C. Cooley, DDS University Life Center (7440 Cambridge St.)….


2024 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award

Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. May is designated as teaching excellence month for McGovern Medical School. Anesthesiology Daniel An, DO Kendra Brown, MD Janefrances Egbosiuba, MD Kristin Falce, MD Michelle Ge, MD John Gray,…


Stenz named outstanding neuroscience student

The Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy has named Emma Stenz, MS4, as the winner of the Outstanding Student in Neuroscience Award. Stenz matched in her area of passion, ophthalmology, and will be a resident physician at the University of Washington…


Kuchel to present Smythe Lecture May 21

McGovern Medical School welcomes George Kuchel, MD, professor of medicine and Travelers Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology at UConn Health, as the keynote speaker for the 2024 Cheves Smythe Lecture on May 21. The Cheves Smythe Lecture, hosted by the…


McGovern hosts SGEA Conference

McGovern Medical School joined Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Medical Branch in hosting the 2024 Southern Group on Education Affairs (SGEA) Annual Conference April 11-13 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak by the Galleria. The theme…


Applications open for 2024 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 31. Applicants must be third-year medical students in good standing and, have completed their family…


ACC President Biga to present Distinguished Speaking Series

American College of Cardiology (ACC) president Cathleen Biga, MSN, FAAC, will speak at UTHealth Houston on May 14 as Cizik School of Nursing celebrates the launch of its new Cardiovascular Advance Practice Series. The UTHealth Houston Office of Faculty Affairs…


Research uses machine learning to distinguish threats

Nearly 100 years after Pavlov first proposed conditioned threat associations, researchers from McGovern Medical School are using machine learning to understand how the brain detects and responds to threats, paving the way to new treatments for fear-based and anxiety disorders….


UTHealth Houston students take part in mass casualty simulation

UTHealth Houston’s Center for Interprofessional Collaboration held its annual large-scale mass casualty simulation Thursday, April 11, an effort to train students in responding to mass casualty incidents. In the exercise, held at the Cooley University Life Center courtyard, employees portrayed…