Celebrate Match Day with Class of 2025 fundraiser
As the Class of 2025 prepares to take the next step in their medical careers on Match Day, March 21, the McGovern Medical School community has an exciting opportunity to give back in celebration of this special day. The White…
McGovern welcomes Dervay as commencement speaker
The Graduating Class of 2025 will receive their medical degrees at the McGovern Medical School Commencement Ceremony, beginning at 9 a.m., May 13 at NRG Arena (1 NRG Pkwy.). The event also will be live streamed for friends and family…
Research reveals role of skin in antimicrobial-resistant infection spread
Understanding how skin harbors and spreads antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in nursing home settings is the latest research published in Nature from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics faculty. Diana Proctor, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, is…
Biliciler adds lifestyle medicine to treatment of neuromuscular diseases
Suur Biliciler, MD, recalled a clinic visit with a patient and family to explain the importance of adding protein to meals to help treat their loved one’s neuromuscular disease. The family said they could not do it since they tried…
Research on how our brains remember, store new words published in Nature Communications
Recent research on how the brain encodes and stores different words, led by Oscar Woolnough, PhD, assistant professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, has been published in Nature Communications. The paper, “Memorability of novel words correlates with…
Bovay Lecture features Barzilai March 21
Nir Barzilai, MD, director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will present the 2025 Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Annual Lecture, at 11 a.m. March 21 in the Beth Robertson Auditorium at the Institute…
McGovern improves national ranking in NIH funding
McGovern Medical School has increased its National of Institutes of Health funding, reaching the top 35 percent of U.S. medical schools. With a total of $122,058,619 in NIH funding in 2024, McGovern is listed as 51st among all U.S. medical…
Findley inducted into Shine Academy
The University of Texas System recognized J. Chase Findley, MD, associate professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and assistant dean for Educational Programs, for his teaching excellence and commitment to enhancing health science…
LaPar serves as AHA Torchbearer
The American Heart Association honored Damien LaPar, MD, MSc, associate professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, as a “Torchbearer” at the annual Heart Ball, February 15. The role of torchbearer at the heart ball recognizes LaPar’s role in…
Nobel Laureate Bertozzi to present Knobil Lecture
The McGovern Medical School Office of Research Affairs welcomes Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, 2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, as the 2025 speaker for the annual Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, March 4. Bertozzi will present on “Therapeutic opportunities in glyoscience,” at 10:50…