Humanities and Ethics offers writing fellowship
In August 2022, the John P. McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics will debut a new program for Writing Fellows designed to help health care professionals in the Houston area seeking an avenue to write memoirs or creative nonfiction and…
2022 promotions, tenure seminar set
The Office of Administration and Faculty Affairs will hold its annual Faculty Promotion & Tenure Seminar, from noon until 1:30 p.m., May 4 in MSB 3.001 and via Cisco Webex. The online meeting number is 2623 991 6770 and the…
Choi awarded $1.6 million NIH grant
A three-year, $1.6 million grant to identify patients at risk for a serious secondary neurological complication that can arise after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has been awarded to H. Alex Choi, MD, associate professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of…
Clarifying the gray areas
In a little more than a decade, the U.S. Census Bureau predicts that the country will reach a new milestone in demographics for the first time in history: By 2034, the number of older adults – those 65 and older…
You helped make Giving Day history!
Because of you, Giving Day was a historic success this year. The many faces of UTHealth Houston came together in record numbers to celebrate our 50th anniversary and support our collective goal of creating a healthier tomorrow. This year’s event was…
Donate Life Month 2022
April is National Donate Life Month: a time to recognize the need that many patients have for replacement organs. It is also a time to express gratitude to those who chose to meet that need through the process of donation….
Knobil lecture welcomes 2019 Nobel Laureate
McGovern Medical School welcomes Gregg Semenza, MD, PhD, 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine as the 2022 speaker for the annual Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, April 28. The lecture on “Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Physiology and Medicine,” will be held…
UTHealth Houston researchers awarded over $6 million in CPRIT grants
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas awarded over $6 million to researchers with UTHealth Houston to aid in cancer research prevention, with nearly half going to McGovern Medical School faculty. Simultaneous Targeting of LGR4/5/6 for the Treatment of…
Geigerman lecture set for April 12
The Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host the 2022 Benjamin J. Geigerman Lecture series in a virtual format at 6:30 p.m. April 12. The theme for the 2022 lecture is “Neurodiversity and the Changing…
McGovern students elected to LMSA regional positions
A trio of McGovern Medical School students have been elected by chapter presidents to regional positions for the Latino Medical Student Association Southwest Region at the organization’s 10th Annual Regional Conference March 11-13 in New Orleans. Jose E. Barrera, MS2,…