First Person: Scholar to Council Member: An Alumnus Success Story
First person is an occasional series, providing firsthand accounts of outreach programs involving our McGovern Medical School community. This story originally appeared in the 2022 JAMP Program Repot. A few months ago, I sat for the first time as a…
Surrain wins NIH Pathway to Independence Award
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Sarah Surrain, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the Children’s Learning Institute, with the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award. The Pathway to Independence Award is designed to facilitate a timely transition of outstanding postdoctoral…
Mendez-Figueroa, Rysavy receive prestigious awards
Prestigious grants totaling more than $4 million from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU) and the NICHD Neonatal Research Network (NRN) have been awarded to UTHealth Houston. McGovern Medical School is the only institution in…
Melanocortin pathway research published in Nature Communications
Recent research on asymmetry in the melanocortin pathway, from the lab of Qingchun Tong, PhD, professor at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cullen Chair in Molecular Medicine, has been published in Nature Communications. The melanocortin pathway is…
Faculty put pen to paper in writer’s workshop
McGovern Medical School faculty have put a new twist on the adage “publish or perish” with their participation in the first McGovern Center Writing Fellows program. The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics just wrapped up the inaugural writing program…
Professor’s son aids wounded on Ukraine frontline
A son’s spirit of adventure meant an early Thanksgiving for Emily Robinson, MD, professor of surgery, and her family this past year. “Chris told me two days before he left Houston that he was off to volunteer as a critical…
Cryo-EM helps to map mitochondrial function
Research led by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology using cryo-electron microscopy has shed light on the importance of phospholipids in mitochondria function, paving further mechanistic understanding of these cell power plants. “Structural insights into cardiolipin replacement by phosphatidylglycerol…
HHS funding to study clinic process, prevent errors
Improving the diagnostic process and preventing errors are the focus of two studies funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and led by Eric Thomas, MD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and associate dean for…
Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature: Theresa Koehler, PhD
Each month, the Women Faculty Forum presents its Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature, highlighting the women faculty at McGovern Medical School who are leaders in medicine, research, and education. This month’s feature is Theresa Koehler, PhD, chair emerita for…
John Freeman Faculty Teaching Award – Claire E. Hulsebosch, PhD
Claire E. Hulsebosch, PhD, professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, is the 2023 recipient of the John H. Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching. Chosen by the senior class, the John H. Freeman Award recognizes the McGovern Medical School’s…