$3.3M grant will study eating pattern impacts on circadian rhythms
A groundbreaking research project to understand how diet and eating patterns can affect the body’s internal clock and influence aging is underway at UTHealth Houston, thanks to a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging. The study is…
Research uses circadian rhythm to attack pancreatic cancer
Recent research from the lab of Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and director of the Gastroenterology Research Center, showing that pancreatic cancer cells follow daily circadian rhythm cycles has been published in JCI Insight…
Bishehsari to establish Gastroenterology Research Center
The Department of Internal Medicine welcomed Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD, on June 2024, to establish the Gastroenterology Research Center (GRC), a new multidisciplinary gastroenterology research center at McGovern Medical School. The GRC will integrate translational research with patient care, focusing…