UTHealth Houston ranks among nation’s best in NIH funding
UTHealth Houston again ranks among the nation’s leading institutions for National Institutes of Health research funding, according to the latest annual analysis by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (external link). The rankings measure NIH funding awarded during the previous…
Chandra wins Best Abstract in Medical Education and Training
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (external link) named Ankush Chandra, MD, PGY-6, chief resident in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, the recipient of the Best Abstract in Medical Education and Training…
Hergenroeder earns Pramod Dash Prize
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) Foundation has named Georgene Hergenroeder, PhD, associate professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School, as the recipient of the Pramod Dash Brain Injury Research Award. At the…
UTHealth Houston surgeons save 6-year-old from life-threatening brainstem lesion
Witten Shane Daniel of Lubbock, Texas, fell seriously ill with the flu in April. When his eyes started twitching and he felt dizzy, his mother, Casey Daniel, suspected that a prolonged fever might be the cause. But as Witten’s symptoms…
Three McGovern faculty receive Brain Aneurysm Foundation grants
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation named John Hagan, PhD; Peeyush Thankamani Pandit, PhD; and Devin McBride, PhD; as recipients of its 2025 research grants. The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (external link) is the leading advocacy organization supporting education, research, and policy to…
Chandra claims top honors at AANS meeting
Ankush Chandra, MD, fifth-year resident in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, earned top honors at the 2025 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (external link) Annual Scientific Meeting, one of the largest neurosurgical gatherings in the world with over…
Lee’s lab discovers nanocarrier to fight GBM
A recent study from researchers at McGovern Medical School discovered a novel engineered exosome model to help deliver therapeutic treatments to glioblastoma tumors, which could potentially enhance treatments for a notoriously fatal cancer. Findings from the study, led by Tae…
Novel nanoscintillator concept leads to improved outcomes in pancreatic cancer
Research from the lab of Sunil Krishnan, MD, professor and John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, seeking to push the limits of light-activated therapies used to kill cancer cells has…
Research on gut microbiota published in Nature Communications
An imbalance in ligands, which are molecules produced by the body and the gut microbiota, can affect a key receptor protein that plays a role in brain inflammation after stroke, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston, who recently published their…
Chandra earns resident paper award
The Southern Neurosurgical Society awarded Ankush Chandra, MD, PGY-5, in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, with the Augustus McCravey Resident Paper Award. The August McCravey Resident Paper Award is given in honor of Augustus McCravey, MD, and was…