Medical School moves up 4 spots in NIH funding
McGovern Medical School has increased its National Institutes of Health funding, as evidenced by the latest Blue Ridge rankings – moving up to 53 from 57 the prior year. An independent, nonprofit organization, the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research…
Lacuey awarded $3.1M NIH grant for SUDEP study
A five-year, $3.1 million grant to study preventive strategies for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has been awarded to UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri, MD,…
UTHealth Houston receives BRAIN Initiative grant
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, nearly $5 million grant, to establish a coordinating unit for biostatistics, informatics, and engagement to advance knowledge about the interacting neurons of the human brain. A group including UTHealth Houston, the…
Osamor III earns NIH fellowship
The National Institutes of Health Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) named third-year McGovern Medical School student Charles Osamor III as part of its 2022-23 class of fellows. Osamor began his yearlong fellowship at the NIH in July in Washington, D.C….
Yuan receives R01 grant for ARDS research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Xiaoyi Yuan, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, a nearly $2 million Research Project Grant (R01) to fund research on acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The grant funds Yuan’s project,…