October 30, 2020

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


October 27, 2020

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)….


June 25, 2020

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


June 2, 2020

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


May 28, 2020

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


November 25, 2019

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


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