Class of 2028 ready for Henry Strobel Retreat
McGovern Medical School will officially welcome the Class of 2028 to campus with the 48th Annual Henry Strobel Retreat on Aug. 14 at Camp Cho-Yeh in Livingston, Texas. The Henry Strobel Retreat is a chance for incoming McGovern Medical School…
Genetic testing alerts family to lurking danger
More than a decade after the death of Matt’s father, in 2005 doctors discovered Matt’s 11-month-old son—rushed to the hospital after turning blue—had an enlarged aorta. Also known as thoracic aortic aneurysm, the condition can be deadly if left undiagnosed…
Boscutti awarded scholarship to attend ACNP
Andrea Boscutti, MD, postdoctoral research fellow in the Louis A. Faillace, MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was recently awarded an American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) travel award to attend the 2024 ACNP conference in Phoenix in December. Boscutti…
Mosqueda to present Nixon Lecture Aug. 14
The Department of Family and Community Medicine will host the Sam & Elizabeth Nixon Lectureship in Family Medicine, Aug. 14 in MSB 2.135 and via Zoom. The keynote speaker for the lectureship will be Laura Mosqueda, MD, professor in the Department…
CCTS secures $55.5 million grant, extends leadership in translational research
The Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (external link) at UTHealth Houston has secured a $55.5 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (external link), an agency of the National Institutes of Health, extending its funding through…