Trio of McGovern Faculty Win UT STAR Awards
Three members of the McGovern Medical School faculty, Shervin Assassi, MD, MS; Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD; and Kyle L. Poulsen, PhD; have earned The University of Texas System’s STAR Awards for the 2020 fiscal year. Read more
Researchers Receive $3.1 Million to Fund Four-Dimensional Work on Down Syndrome
To better understand the molecular basis of Down syndrome, a genetic disease that affects 1 in 750 infants born in the U.S., researchers at McGovern Medical School have received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)….
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fellows Named to Cancer Prevention Program
A pair of McGovern Medical School postdoctoral fellows from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have been appointed to the UTHealth – CPRIT Innovation in Cancer Prevention Research Training Program. Read more
John Freeman Faculty Teaching Award – Phillip B. Carpenter, PhD
Phillip B. Carpenter, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is the 2020 recipient of the John H. Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching. Read more
Six Students Win Dean’s Research Award
The Graduate Student Education Committee at McGovern Medical School has named six students from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Science as the recipients of the 2020 Dean’s Research Scholarship Awards. Read More
In memoriam: Henry W. Strobel, PhD
Beloved biochemistry faculty member, founder of the student retreat, and inaugural associate dean of faculty affairs Henry W. Strobel, PhD, 76, died in his sleep Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in Houston. Read more