Kolonin, Gutierrez publish research in Cell Reports Medicine
A translational research study from collaborating laboratories of Mikhail Kolonin, PhD, and Absalon Gutierrez, MD, on the new mechanism mediating the anti-diabetic effects of incretins has been published in Cell Reports Medicine. The global burden of Type 2 diabetes keeps rising in…
Apply for the Family Medicine Goodine and Murphy Student Award
The award committee for the Glenda M. Goodine and Thomas J. Murphy Student Award is accepting applications through Jan. 20, 2023. The award provides an opportunity for the student to develop a better understanding of the value and relevance of…
McGovern to host inaugural teaching competition
The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics, in partnership with the Medical Student Organization and the Medical Student Research Office of the Office of Educational Programs, will host the inaugural McGovern Medical School Teaching Competition, Dec. 7….
Nominate for the Women Faculty Forum Excellence Awards
The Women’s Faculty Forum (WFF) and the Office of Administration and Faculty Affairs are accepting nominations for the Women’s Faculty Forum John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Faculty Excellence Awards through Dec. 2. The WFF Excellence Awards recognize outstanding…
Dessauer named ASPET fellow
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has named Carmen Dessauer, PhD, professor and chair ad interim in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology as a member of its 2022 class of Fellows. Selections as a fellow…
Wang elected ISSM president
Run Wang, MD, FACS, professor in the Department of Surgery and the Cecil M. Crigler, M.D. Chair in Urology, has been selected as the president-elect for the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) during the World Meeting for Sexual Medicine…
Cardiac arrest care focus of Emergency Medicine symposium
More than 100 attendees learned the latest in cardiac arrest response at “State-of-the-Art Cardiac Resuscitation: From BLS to ECMO to Post-Arrest Care,” presented by the Texas Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (TX-CARES) and Penn Medicine TTM Academy. Participants joined…
Pediatrics research yields diagnostic test for EoE
Research from the McGovern Medical School’s Department of Pediatrics has yielded a noninvasive diagnostic tool for an increasingly prevalent chronic immune system disease, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Published in the Oct. 11, 2022 issue of Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition,…
Azhdarinia lab receives $3.3 million NIH grant
A five-year, $3.3 million grant to research receptor-targeted fluorescence-guided surgery in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors has been awarded to McGovern Medical School researcher Ali Azhdarinia, PhD, associate professor in the Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), by the National Institutes of Health…
McCullough honored with 2022 AHA Basic Research Prize
In acknowledgment of her research advancing the field of cardiovascular science, UTHealth Houston’s Louise McCullough, MD, PhD, has been honored with the 2022 American Heart Association Basic Research Prize. McCullough is professor and chair and the Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished…