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….
Dean’s Lecture Welcomes Wendy Chung, MD, PhD
Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics in Medicine at Columbia University, will present the 2022 Dean’s Lecture at McGovern Medical School, Sept. 20. The lecture will be held from 4-5 p.m. in MSB 3.001. At Columbia, Chung…
UT Physicians to open first urgent care center in SE Houston
UT Physicians, the clinical practice of McGovern Medical School, opened its first urgent care center on Monday, Aug. 8, in southeast Houston. The clinic will provide patients with a favorable alternative to an ER for immediate, non-life-threatening medical care. “This…
Cardenas awarded $1.95 million NIH grant
A five-year, $1.95 million grant to research novel pathways through which endothelial cells, the inner cellular lining of blood vessels, control inflammation has been awarded to UTHealth Houston researcher Jessica C. Cardenas, PhD, by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Cardenas, assistant…
Ikwuagwu elected to AMA House of Delegates
The American Medical Association Medical Student Section has announced that Brittany Ikwuagwu, MS4, has been elected to a national leadership position as the section alternate delegate of the AMA-MSS. Ikwuagwu began her one-year term as the Section Alternate Delegate of…
Romero named 2022 Tillman Scholar
The Pat Tillman Foundation announced Chelsea Romero, third-year MD/MPH student, as a winner of its 14th class of Tillman Scholars. The Tillman Scholarship recognizes 60 U.S. service members, veterans, and military spouses, in recognition of their service and leadership potential….
Yammine receives NIDA grant to study smoking cessation
Luba Yammine, PhD, associate professor at the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was recently awarded a $2,246,422 R01 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to conduct a four-year study focused on smoking cessation. The overarching…
Five McGovern postdocs win President’s research awards
The Postdoctoral Association and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at UTHealth Houston have named five McGovern Medical School postdoctoral research fellows as the winners of the 2022 President’s Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research. This year’s winners (and their mentors)…