Women Faculty Forum honors four with Excellence Awards

The Women Faculty Forum at McGovern Medical School has awarded four faculty with the 2022-23 John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Excellence Awards. The WFF Excellence Awards recognize outstanding contributions made by women faculty at the Medical School. Awards are…


Facilities, Planning, and Engineering win energy conservation award

In Celebration of Earth Day, April 22, UTHealth Houston is highlight the various ways the university’s community is investing in our planet. The UTHealth Houston Office of Facilities, Planning, and Engineering was recognized as a leader in energy conservation by…


First 50th Reunion

The world, the Texas Medical Center, and McGovern Medical School looked completely different in 1973. Richard Nixon was president, a gallon of gasoline cost an average of 39 cents, The Godfather won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the…


NIH renews Dowhan, Bogdanov’s 50-year grant

The National Institutes of Health(NIH) has granted William Dowhan, PhD, and Mikhail Bogdanov, PhD, professors in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, a renewal for their grant titled “Dynamic Lipid and Protein Organization in Cell Membranes.” The renewal is…


Page wins President’s Award for Leadership

Julie Page, CPA, senior associate dean for Clinical Business Affairs at McGovern Medical School, is one of six members of the UTHealth Houston community to earn the prestigious President’s Award for Leadership for dedication to the university and the people…


Baker wins lifetime achievement award

Janet Baker, DMO III, Department of Emergency Medicine, is this year’s recipient of the Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine James Scheulen Lifetime Achievement Award. She received the award at the organization’s March annual retreat in Dana Point, Calif….


Physiatry students receive Outstanding Student Interest Group Award

McGovern Medical School students in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Student Association were presented the Outstanding Student Interest Group Award at the Association of Academic Physiatrists’ Physiatry ’23 National Conference Feb. 21-24 in Anaheim California. The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation…


Schmitz named SRNT fellow

The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) has named Joy Schmitz, PhD, professor and Louis A. Faillace, MD, Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as a member of its 2023 Fellowship class. The status of…


Class of 2023 graduates April 28

Nearly 250 graduates will walk the stage as part of the Class of 2023 commencement ceremony Friday, April 28 at NRG Arena. Emma Holliday, MD, associate professor in the Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology Section at MD Anderson Cancer Center, was selected…


Run for the Rose on April 16

Brain cancer will once again meet its match at the 20th Anniversary Run for the Rose, April 16 at the University of Houston. Race day activities will include a survivor stroll at 8 a.m. followed by a 5K timed run…