Pathology to take over McGovern’s Instagram
On Friday, Oct. 14, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine will take over the McGovern Medical School Instagram account, providing an inside look at the day-to-day life of a pathology research scientist to subscribers of the social media channel….
UTHealth Houston couple pays it forward for students in microbiology
Students in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics can now look forward to increased educational support thanks to longstanding members of the UTHealth Houston family, Steven “Steve” J. Norris, PhD, and Deborah “Debbie” Norris. With decades of combined service…
Wahed appointed chair of pathology
Following a national search, Executive Dean Ad Interim Richard Andrassy, MD, has named Md Amer Wahed, MD, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, effective Nov. 1, 2021. Wahed is professor and…
COVID-19 research sparks new collaboration, innovation
As the world narrowed its focus to the pandemic this past year, the McGovern Medical School scientific community likewise quickly switched its research attention, collaborating and innovating to discover new therapies and treatment options for COVID-19 patients. In March 2021,…
COVID-19 patient at LBJ Hospital recovers after convalescent plasma transfusion
More than a month after her battle with COVID-19, Kony Chacon enjoys spending time with newborn daughter and shows no ill effects from the virus that jeopardized her life and that of her unborn child. She credits a century-old treatment…
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…