Buja retires, named dean emeritus
Following 35 years of service to UTHealth Houston, including seven years as Medical School dean, L. Maximilian Buja, MD, celebrated his retirement Feb. 27 in the Fifth Floor Gallery. President Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD, presented Buja with a framed title…
Four receive UTHealth Houston’s most distinguished awards
Three faculty members who have demonstrated longstanding excellence in areas of research, teaching, and clinical care, and a fourth recognized for overall exemplary dedication and service, received top honors from UTHealth Houston President Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD, Alkek-Williams Distinguished Chair,…
Registration open for 2024 Houston Shock Symposium
The Center for Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation and UTHealth Houston Heart and Vascular will host the Sixth Annual Houston Shock Symposium, March 22-24 at Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston Galleria (2222 West Loop South). The 2024 Houston Shock Symposium’s theme…
Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature: Kristin Eckel-Mahan, PhD
Each month, the Women Faculty Forum presents its Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature, highlighting the women faculty at McGovern Medical School who are leaders in medicine, research, and education. This month’s feature is Kristin Eckel-Mahan, PhD, associate professor in…
McCullough wins stroke association lecture award
The American Stroke Association has named Louise McCullough, MD, PhD, professor and Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Chair in the Department of Neurology, as the 2024 Thomas Willis Lecture Award winner. The Thomas Willis Lecture Award recognizes contributions…
Parchem awarded Preeclampsia Foundation grant
The Preeclampsia Foundation announced Jacqueline Parchem, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, as a recipient of its 2024 Peter Joseph Pappas Research Grants at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 44th Annual Pregnancy Meeting,…
Holt-Lunstad to present Knobil Lecture
The McGovern Medical School Office of Research Affairs welcomes Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University, as the 2024 speaker for the annual Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, March 5. Holt-Lunstad, the director of the Society,…
Congratulations to the 2023 STAR awardees
UTHealth Houston relies on the dedication, knowledge, and expertise of employees to continue advancing the university’s key mission areas of health care, research, and education. Each year, UTHealth Houston celebrates the leadership and longevity of employees by recognizing their milestone…
Leadership change for the Department of Emergency Medicine
Following five years of exceptional leadership at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, has announced his plan to step down as professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, effective June 30. In the coming…
Houston PAP Project achieves grassroots success in community
“When you find something so precious, you want everyone to know.” Those are the words from cervical cancer survivor Juana Espino, who now serves as project coordinator of the Houston PAP Project. This UTHealth Houston program provides no-cost cervical cancer screenings…