Garsin, Lorenz discover novel therapy for fungal infections
Recent research from the labs of Danielle Garsin, PhD, and Michael Lorenz, PhD, professors in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, which identified a novel potential therapeutic against fungal infections, has been published in Nature Communications. Fungi are a…
Applications open for FAPE Awards
The McGovern Medical School Office of Professionalism is accepting applications for the second annual Faculty Award for Professionalism Education. Applications will be accepted from faculty who have established one or more successful programs for promoting education in aspects of professionalism…
Patz to present Nixon Lecture
The Department of Family and Community Medicine will host the Sam & Elizabeth Nixon Lectureship in Family Medicine, Nov. 2 in MSB 2.135 and via Cisco Webex. The keynote speaker for the lectureship is Jonathan A. Patz, MD, MPH, Vilas…
Employees: Register for 2022 flu vaccine clinic
Influenza season is approaching and UT Health Services encourages employees to get a seasonal influenza vaccine to protect themselves, co-workers, and patients. Employees who plan to take part in one of the flu clinics provided by Employee Health Services are…
Pathology to take over McGovern’s Instagram
On Friday, Oct. 14, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine will take over the McGovern Medical School Instagram account, providing an inside look at the day-to-day life of a pathology research scientist to subscribers of the social media channel….
Hernandez Vargas named Rosalie B. Hite Fellow
Servando Hernandez Vargas, PhD candidate and student at McGovern Medical School and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, has earned the 2022 Rosalie B. Hite Graduate Fellowship in Cancer Research. The…
Holmes to serve as vice president of community engagement
Holly Holmes, MD, MS, a renowned geriatrician passionate about eldercare, has been named vice president of community engagement for UTHealth Houston. Holmes grew up with the matriarch of the family — her grandmother — an experience that shaped the direction of her career. “Living…
MSB renovation project completed
A massive undertaking, renovating the first through seventh floors of the Medical School Building, is completed. Known as the Air Distribution Project, the plan was funded by $17 million in tuition revenue bonds (TRB) and started in fiscal year 2016….
Meet the 2022 UTHealthLeads McGovern Medical School fellows
The UTHealthLeads program has named McGovern Medical School students Cabrina Baker, Naahanna Bryan Akahara, Fatimah Sunez, and Sina Tartibi as members of the program’s 2022-23 cohort. UTHealthLeads is a one-year student fellowship program to develop future leaders in health care. In the program, UTHealth…
Inaugural lecture continues Dyer’s quest to improve geriatric care
Family, friends, and a community of supporters gathered to continue the lifelong mission of a visionary in geriatrics at the inaugural Aging to Perfection Lecture Series in Memory of Carmel Bitondo Dyer, MD, on September 15, 2022, at the Briar…