Soares named founding dean of UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences
Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD, a renowned academic leader and physician-scientist in the field of psychiatry, has been named the founding dean of UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences, Feb. 1. As the inaugural dean of UTHealth Houston’s seventh…
Soares, Machado-Vieira awarded $2.5 million grant
A $2.5 million grant for the transformation of knowledge and treatment of bipolar disorder has been awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD²). Researchers leading the project are Jair Soares, MD, PhD,…
Hamilton receives funding for HOMES project
Jane Hamilton, PhD, MPH, associate professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration…
Register now for the 2023 Psychiatry Update Conference
The 2023 UTHealth Houston Psychiatry Update Conference, “Optimizing Clinical Care Using Technology: Clinical Mental Health Care and Digital Psychiatry,” will be held Saturday, April 22, at the Cooley University Life Center (7440 Cambridge St.). Hosted by the Louis A. Faillace,…
John inducted into Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy
Vineeth John, MD, professor and vice chair for education in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is one of four UTHealth Houston faculty inducted into the 2023 class of The University of Texas Kenneth I….
Soares, Meyer complete phase II of study on psilocybin
Results of a Phase II trial studying a synthetic form of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, which included co-investigators Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD, Pat Rutherford Jr. Chair; and Thomas D. Meyer, PhD, LP, professor, from the Louis A. Faillace, MD,…
UTHealth Houston proposes School of Behavioral Health Sciences
A proposed School of Behavioral Health Sciences at UTHealth Houston would create an unprecedented pipeline for health care workers in mental health specialties to provide critical services for Texans. The unparalleled school would combine behavioral health sciences graduate education with…
Loveland receives education grant
Katherine Loveland, PhD, professor in the Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, received a three-year, $617,038 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant funds training for psychology interns in substance use disorder (SUD) and…
Yammine receives NIDA grant to study smoking cessation
Luba Yammine, PhD, associate professor at the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was recently awarded a $2,246,422 R01 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to conduct a four-year study focused on smoking cessation. The overarching…
Psychiatry team wins MindGames competition
Caroline McCool, MD; Hunter Hinman, MD; and Gauri Wable, MD, PhD, residents in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, teamed up to compete and win the annual resident competition MindGames June 8. MindGames is a national residency…