McGovern students selected for, advance in AMA research challenge
Twenty students from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston had their posters selected for the 2026 American Medical Association Research Challenge Poster Symposium. (external link) Additionally, one of those students, Hufsa Arain, advanced to be one of the five finalists…
NIH awards $3.4M to study psilocybin to treat cocaine addiction, depression
A team of UTHealth Houston researchers has been awarded a five-year, $3.4 million grant to study whether psilocybin-assisted therapy is a viable treatment option for individuals with co-occurring cocaine use disorder and major depressive disorder. “A lot of people with…
New Department of Neuroscience name, interim leadership announced
Effective Nov. 1, the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy will become the Department of Neuroscience, a name that more clearly reflects its role as McGovern Medical School’s home for basic neuroscience research and education. The new name, approved by The…
Eltzschig honored with ASA Excellence in Research Award
Holger K. Eltzschig, MD, PhD, professor and John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished University Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, received the 2026 American Society of Anesthesiologists…
CPRIT honors Zhiqiang An for cancer research
Zhiqiang An, PhD, a nationally recognized cancer researcher, inventor, and drug discovery leader at UTHealth Houston, has been honored with the Texans Conquer Cancer Award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), recognizing his groundbreaking contributions to…
Building on a legacy of discovery in pediatrics
After nearly five decades of leadership and scientific discovery under Jacqueline Hecht, PhD, the Department of Pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston is entering a new chapter with Paul A. Trainor, PhD, taking over as vice chair for…
Turning connections into opportunities
For second-year McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston student Akhil Marupudi, one conversation led to another and eventually to a role in a $37 million clinical trial. Marupudi spent last summer at Northwestern University working on projects including a clinical…
Kibbe talks growth, collaboration, and resources with IMM researchers
UTHealth Houston President Melina R. Kibbe, MD, got an up-close look at the research shaping the future of The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston during a…
UTHealth Houston team reverses nerve pain in diabetic mice
A team of UTHealth Houston researchers slowed and even reversed diabetic nerve damage in mice, bringing researchers one step closer to developing a treatment for humans. The research was published recently in Science Translational Medicine (external link). Diabetic peripheral neuropathy…
Study targets overlooked barrier in pancreatic cancer
Researchers at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston are collaborating on a National Institutes of Health-funded study investigating whether a protein best known for its role in blood clotting could help explain why pancreatic cancer is so resistant to immunotherapy….