Rheumatology recruits co-director for Scleroderma Program
The Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine has recruited a new co-director of the Scleroderma Program, one of the largest scleroderma clinical and research programs in the world. An internationally known researcher and clinician in scleroderma (systemic sclerosis), Zsuzsanna…
QEP Forum welcomes Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan
Discover how health care policy impacts the world’s largest biomedical library and the center of biomedical informatics and computational biology in the next UTHealth Houston Health Policy Forum, part of the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Save the date for…
SSRF efficacy studied in new research paper
Recent research from David Meyer, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, has been published in the Annals of Surgery, studying the effectiveness of surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF). Patients suffering from rib fractures, which tend to be…
Prepping for back to school
While summer is still in full swing, your children’s return to the classroom will arrive before you know it. In preparation, parents can use these expert tips for ensuring the school year gets off to a healthy start. Being planned…
28 faculty named Champions of Clinical Learning Environment
As a continual acknowledgment of the work it takes to create a positive and professional learning environment, the Directors of Learning Environment announced 28 faculty members who have earned the title of 2023 Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment. The…
Cannabis use associated with increased risk of surgical complications
People who are regular cannabis users are at an increased risk of experiencing complications before, during, and after surgery, according to a study by researchers with UTHealth Houston published in JAMA Surgery. Nearly 16.3 million people had a cannabis use…
McGovern, Memorial Hermann host Quality Symposium
McGovern Medical School and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center held the annual UTHealth Houston & Memorial Hermann-TMC Quality Symposium, May 12. The daylong event featured presentations from 2023 Clinical Safety & Effectiveness (CS&E) program graduates. The event featured a keynote address…
TX-CARES working to improve emergency care
Since 2019, the McGovern Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine has been working to optimize patient outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) through the Texas-Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (TX-CARES). Prior to 2019, Texas was the largest state in…
Disser wins 2023 Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society has named Nathaniel Disser, MS4, as a 2023 recipient of the Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship. “This award has been a culmination of the support from the Molecular and Translational Medicine Scholarly…
Different areas of the brain activated depending on structural complexity of music, language
Distinct, though neighboring, areas of the brain are activated when processing music and language, with specific sub-regions engaged for simple melodies versus complex melodies, and for simple versus complex sentences, according to research from UTHealth Houston. The study, led by…