Osamor III earns NIH fellowship
The National Institutes of Health Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) named third-year McGovern Medical School student Charles Osamor III as part of its 2022-23 class of fellows. Osamor began his yearlong fellowship at the NIH in July in Washington, D.C….
UTHealth Houston proposes School of Behavioral Health Sciences
A proposed School of Behavioral Health Sciences at UTHealth Houston would create an unprecedented pipeline for health care workers in mental health specialties to provide critical services for Texans. The unparalleled school would combine behavioral health sciences graduate education with…
McGovern students start clinical skills society
A pair of second-year McGovern Medical School students have created a new organization, the Student Clinical Skills Society, designed to give students more opportunities to learn valuable clinical skills throughout their medical school journey. Created by Zachary Terrell and Miles…
CPRIT offers predoctoral, postdoctoral fellowships in cancer research
Applications are now open for a pair of CPRIT fellowships for a research training grant, titled “Biomedical Informatics, Genomics, and Translational Research Training Program (BIG-TCR).” The grant awards both a predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship and is open to all six…
UTHealth Houston couple pays it forward for students in microbiology
Students in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics can now look forward to increased educational support thanks to longstanding members of the UTHealth Houston family, Steven “Steve” J. Norris, PhD, and Deborah “Debbie” Norris. With decades of combined service…
Loveland receives education grant
Katherine Loveland, PhD, professor in the Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, received a three-year, $617,038 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant funds training for psychology interns in substance use disorder (SUD) and…
McGovern welcomes executive dean John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD
Dr. John Hancock, the new executive dean and H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences, responds to questions about the past and future for Scoop. Q: You joined McGovern Medical School in 2008 as chair of the Department…
Turning Pro at McGovern Medical School
“Professionalism” or “being a pro” means many different things at different times. A young parent with a young child who likes sports may wonder if they can someday make it in the big leagues, or “turn pro.” Getting an audition…
Hill named Ujima Program Scholar
Mandy J. Hill, DrPH, associate professor and director of population health in the Department of Emergency Medicine, has been accepted into the 2022 Inaugural Cohort of the University of California San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) Ujima Mentoring…
Son follows in father’s footsteps into the operating room
Patrick Kellam never thought he would become a surgeon, let alone an orthopedic surgeon, just like his father. But on July 21, he was side by side with his dad as they performed two surgeries together for the first time….