Morcos honored by Southern Neurosurgical Society
The Southern Neurosurgical Society presented Jacques Morcos, MD, professor and John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, with its Distinguished Practitioner Award and Lectureship at the organization’s annual meeting in March….
Students get real-life experience at mass casualty simulation
Students from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, alongside others from Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston and UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, as well as social work students from Texas Southern University, stepped into controlled chaos as part…
Research excellence among graduate students
Congratulations to the winners of the Graduate Student Education Committee Poster Competition at the annual Medical School Research Retreat in March. Post-candidacy MD/PhD or PhD winners are: Vicky Chuong, first place Julianna Quinn, second place Meagan Fisher, third place Pre-candidacy/MS…
Understanding language requires communication between multiple brain regions, UTHealth Houston researchers discover
Multiple regions of the brain engage in fast-moving conversations to understand language, UTHealth Houston researchers have discovered, dispelling a prior school of thought that only one region of the brain was responsible for language processing. The research, led by Nitin Tandon,…
Nominations open for Global Health Initiatives’ research faculty award
The Office of Global Health Initiatives is accepting nominations through May 6 for the Global Health Educational Innovations and Research Faculty Award. The Global Health Educational Innovations and Research Faculty Award supports and promotes a wide range of scholarly activities…
PIONEER Consortium to spotlight neuro advances April 30
Join neurosurgery and neuro-oncology experts from across the country for the inaugural PIONEER Consortium Meeting, hosted by UTHealth Houston Neurosciences, April 30 at Hotel ZaZa Museum District. Explore the latest innovations in diagnosis, treatment, and research, with a focus on…
Catch up on everything you missed from the inaugural Dean’s Dialogue
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our inaugural Dean’s Dialogue. It was energizing to connect with so many of you and to hear from our leaders about where we are as a school — and where we are…
Collaboration fuels new insights into systemic sclerosis
Investigators from the Pulmonary Center of Excellence at UTHealth Houston are highlighting new collaborative discoveries that advance understanding of systemic sclerosis, a complex autoimmune disease that drives fibrosis across multiple organs. A recent study co-led by Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD, associate…
Donate Life Month: Advancing education through the Willed Body Program
April is National Donate Life Month, a time to recognize the need many patients have for replacement organs. It is also a time to express gratitude to those who choose to meet that need through the process of donation. While…
Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Deans
At the March Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Deans meeting in Washington, DC, Dean LaTanya J. Love, MD, had the opportunity to hear from and connect with Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health….