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…
In memoriam: Robert Guynn, MD
Robert Guynn, MD, professor emeritus in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, died Oct. 30, 2022. He was 80. Guynn was recognized nationally as a leader in psychiatric research and clinical care. He joined the…
Turning Pro at McGovern Medical School: Shivika Chandra, MD
Education toward professionalism is more than being skilled and knowledgeable. It requires a lifelong transformational change in how we think, act, and feel as doctors. This professional formation (Turning Pro) is shaped by the community in which we are surrounded….
In memoriam: Jorge Sanchez
Jorge Sanchez, Systems & Applications Specialist IV at the Brown Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine, died unexpectedly Oct. 31, 2022. He was 43. Sanchez worked for UTHealth Houston for more than 11 years in the office of Medical School Information…
Goadsby to present 2022 Fields Lecture Nov. 11
The Department of Neurology welcomes Peter Goadsby, MD, PhD, director of the NIHR King’s Clinical Research Facility, and professor of neurology at UCLA to present the 2022 William S. Fields Lecture. The lecture titled “Migraine: Understanding a Common Brain Disorder,”…
Neurology Update Symposium set for Nov. 12
Registration is open for the upcoming Fifth Annual UTHealth Houston Neurology Update Symposium, presented by the Department of Neurology, set for Nov. 12. The event takes place between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the InterContinental Houston-Medical Center Hotel (6750…
Anesthesiology updates department name
The McGovern Medical School’s Department of Anesthesiology now has a more comprehensive name to reflect the full scope of the department’s mission. The Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine name went into effect Oct. 2, 2022, following approval…
Narula to present Willerson Lecture Nov. 3
The James T. Willerson Annual Endowed Lecture returns to an in-person format at noon Thursday, Nov. 3, in MSB 2.006. The lecture will be held in person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022…