Sickle cell patient focuses on faith and family to manage disease
Naomi Wesson is no stranger to pain. At age 4, she was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, a hereditary disorder of the blood caused by abnormal hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein within red blood cells. Wesson, now 63, has learned to…
Mobile Health Clinic spreads cervical cancer awareness in the Rio Grande Valley
With the mission of improving cervical cancer prevention efforts in the Rio Grande Valley, the Mobile Health Clinic of the Department of Internal Medicine helped to create a comprehensive community-based initiative to bring higher standards of health care to underserved…
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award: Jennifer Swails, MD
Jennifer Swails, MD, associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, is the recipient of the 2020 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award annually honors faculty…
Planes, trains and automobiles: reducing the risks of traveling this summer
After enduring more than two months of quarantine, businesses and institutions are reopening, spurring summer travel plans to satisfy the urge to escape confinement. But is it safe to travel with the threat of COVID-19 still lingering? Experts at UT Physicians and…
Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award: Robby Wesley, DO
Robby Wesley, DO, assistant professor of internal medicine, is the winner of the 2020 Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award. Established in 2001 and made possible by a gift from the DuPonts, the award recognizes and…
Autopsy research aims to advance COVID-19 knowledge
In an effort to continue fighting the global COVID-19 pandemic, a team of pathologists from McGovern Medical School has documented the pathological findings from 23 autopsy patients with the disease in an upcoming issue of Cardiovascular Pathology, now published on…
Free COVID-19 webinar set for May 2-3
A pair of McGovern Medical School scientists will join the Taste of Science and the American Society for Microbiology Texas Medical Center Chapter to host a free webinar series on the COVID-19 pandemic, May 2-3. Some of the leading experts…
Arias named AAC Editor-in-Chief
Cesar Arias, MD, PhD, Margaret and Herbert DuPont Chair in Infectious Disease and professor of internal medicine, has been named the editor-in-chief of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC), an interdisciplinary journal produced by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Arias’…
McGovern students give back while social distancing
Even in the midst of a pandemic, and facing unprecedented changes to their school curriculum and social lives, students at McGovern Medical School are finding ways to give back and support their community. More impressively, they are doing it all…
Task force unites COVID-19 research
Recognizing the importance of a coordinated approach, UTHealth has convened a university-wide task force to help steer the university’s response on COVID-19 research. The pandemic has resulted in research interest throughout the world with substantial funding opportunities. Charles “Trey” Miller,…