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…
In Memoriam: Jan van Eys, MD, PhD
Jan van Eys, MD, PhD, former chair of the Medical School’s Department of Pediatrics, died Sept. 24, 2022. He was 93. Van Eys was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to the United States to attend graduate school at Vanderbilt,…
Symposium on Aging Research set for Oct. 11
The 2022 UTHealth Houston Symposium on Aging Research, highlighting the ongoing clinical and basic aging research at UTHealth Houston, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oct. 11 at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine (1825 Pressler…
Meet the new dean of education: LaTanya Love, MD
LaTanya Love, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and executive vice president of Student and University Affairs, recently was named dean of education at McGovern Medical School. Here she answers a few questions about her role and outlook on education. Q:…
UTHealth Houston receives BRAIN Initiative grant
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, nearly $5 million grant, to establish a coordinating unit for biostatistics, informatics, and engagement to advance knowledge about the interacting neurons of the human brain. A group including UTHealth Houston, the…
Chen, Holihan named AWS 40 Under 40
The Association of Women’s Surgeons has named Wendy Chen, MD, and Julie Holihan, MD, to the 2022 Class of the AWS 40 Under 40 Female Surgeons. “As AWS celebrates its 40th anniversary, we are highlighting 40+ outstanding women surgeons under…
AghaAmiri earns 2022 NANETS Grant
The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) has awarded Solmaz AghaAmiri, PhD, post-doctoral researcher in the Center for Translational Cancer Research at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, as the 2022 recipient of NANETS Theranostics Investigator Grant (NTIG). AghaAmiri…
Dean’s Lecture to feature FDA commissioner Robert Califf, PhD
Robert Califf, PhD, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will present the second edition of the 2022 Dean’s Lecture at McGovern Medical School, Oct. 11. The lecture, “Evidence Generation and Dealing with Misinformation: Public Health Priorities of our…