Vásquez’s research highlights importance of pressure-sensing protein in sickle cell disease
Recent research from the lab of Valeria Vásquez, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at McGovern Medical School, shows that PIEZO1, an ion channel that helps regulate red blood cell volume, may be a key…
Groundbreaking study shows AI benefits in heart attack detection
A new study using artificial intelligence to analyze electrocardiograms, led in part by Benjamin Cooper, MD, MEd, associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, showed significant improvement in the detection of severe…
NIH funds Bishehsari’s precision medicine study
A study from the lab of Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at McGovern Medical School, and director of the Gastroenterology Research Center, seeking to develop new methods to personalize treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma,…
Hergenroeder earns Pramod Dash Prize
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) Foundation has named Georgene Hergenroeder, PhD, associate professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School, as the recipient of the Pramod Dash Brain Injury Research Award. At the…
Circadian research reveals promising combination therapy in preventing liver cancer
Recent research from the lab of Kristin Eckel-Mahan, PhD, associate professor in the Institute of Molecular Medicine’s Center for Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases, reveals how a standard therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) combined with a natural molecule called nobiletin can…
McGovern students co-author major mRNA vaccine study in Nature
McGovern Medical School student Sage Copling helped lead a new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center studying the effects of mRNA-based COVID vaccines on the survival rates of cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint therapy….
Tsuchikama wins Dunn Collaborative Research Award
The Gulf Coast Consortia announced that Kyoji Tsuchikama, PhD, associate professor in the Texas Therapeutics Institute at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, is a 2025 winner of the John S. Dunn Foundation…
Study looks at postoperative delirium
A retrospective study from the Outcomes Research Consortium, the world’s oldest, largest, and most productive research group, sheds new light on the common and debilitating complication of postoperative delirium. The article, “Associations of Intraoperative Hypotension and Perioperative Blood Pressure with…
Wu research on novel microglia cells published in Immunity
New research from the lab of Long-Jun Wu, PhD, professor at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, discovering a novel subpopulation of brain immune cells has been published in Immunity. The paper, “Rod-shaped…
DOD awards Hernandez-Tejada $2.3 million grant for pain and PTSD study
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a four-year, $2.3 million Clinical Trial Award – Research Level 2 grant to Melba Hernandez-Tejada, PhD, DHA, associate professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, to study the…