Furr-Stimming named HSG Outstanding Investigator
The Huntington Study Group has named Erin Furr-Stimming, MD, professor, and Memorial Hermann Chair in the Department of Neurology, as its 2023 Outstanding Investigator of the Year at the 30th Annual meeting, HSG 2023, in November. Furr-Stimming won the award…
Panamanian award named in Rios’ honor
In a special ceremony in San José, Costa Rica, Adan Rios, MD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, witnessed the awarding of the Adan Rios Abrego Merit Medal Award, named in his honor for over 50 years of professional…
OBGYN to host fetal and placenta accreta symposium
The McGovern Medical School Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences hosts the 2024 Fetal Center & Maternal-Fetal Medicine Symposium, Jan. 27-28. The two-day symposium will run be held in a virtual format and is free, although registration is required….
McGovern Medicine: Bridging the mental health workforce gap
This story was originally featured in McGovern Medical School’s annual McGovern Medicine Magazine. View the full issue of the magazine here. When the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston opened its doors to patients in March 2022,…
Class of 2027 to receive white coats Jan. 16
McGovern Medical School students from the Class of 2027 take the next step in their medical education journeys when they participate in the annual White Coat Ceremony, Jan. 16. The White Coat Ceremony begins at 1 p.m. at the Hobby…
Scientific review focuses on hypoxia-inducible factors
The biochemical mechanisms that control the stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) and the molecular strategies that can be exploited pharmacologically to promote or inhibit HIFs are the focus of a new scientific review published by faculty in the Department of…
In Memoriam: Anna Steinberger
Anna Steinberger, PhD, professor emerita of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, died Dec. 28, 2023, in Houston. She was 95. A native of Poland, she and her husband Emil emigrated to the United States after World War II, by way…
Looking Ahead
John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD, took the helm as executive dean of McGovern Medical School and H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences Sept. 1, 2022. Following his first year on the job, he reflects on…
Cheng honored as ASPET Fellow
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has named Xiaodong Cheng, PhD, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, and Mary Mischer Distinguished Professor in Molecular Medicine, as a member of its 2023 Class of Fellows….
Willerson Lecture to feature Serruys
The Department of Internal Medicine presents the James T. Willerson Annual Endowed Lecture at 4 p.m., Jan. 8, in MSB 2.006. The 2024 edition of the lecture features Patrick Serruys, MD, PhD, professor of interventional medicine and innovation at the…