Boost your immune system with the basics before flu season
While there’s no magic potion to keep flu from knocking on your door, there are ways to make sure your body’s defenses are ready to answer. Think less about quick fixes and more about giving your immune system the tools it needs…
Grand Rounds, October 16, 2025
Presentation Title: Sequential Therapy for Osteoporosis Speakers: Lavanya Sendos, MD Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: MSB 2.103 Learning Format: In-Person and Online Series Objectives: Apply the latest evidence with patients and practice evidence-based…
Venkat Keshav Chivukula, PhD
Venkat Keshav Chivukula, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the division of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation at UTHealth Houston, focusing on translational research. He is currently working on virtual surgery, AI-powered hemodynamic digital twins, medical imaging, health-related signal processing,…
Grand Rounds, October 9, 2025
Presentation Title: Circadian Rhythm and Genetics in Digestive Health and Disease Speakers: Dongyin Guan, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: MSB 2.103 Learning Format: In-Person and Online Series…
Grand Rounds, October 2, 2025
Presentation Title: Chronic Pain and Sickle Cell Disease Speakers: Tolulope Oso, MD Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: MSB 2.103 Learning Format: In-Person and Online Series Objectives: Apply the latest evidence with patients and…
At the Bedside: Living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is not a death sentence in the eyes of Houghton Hutcheson
Last year, Houghton Hutcheson, now 79, started experiencing shortness of breath on a trip to Colorado. When he returned, he scheduled a visit with his primary care physician, Eric Thomas, MD, MPH, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Griff…
Grand Rounds, September 25, 2025
Presentation Title: What Killed King Tut? A 3000-Year-Old CPC from Ancient Egypt Speakers: Eugene V. Boisaubin, MD, FACP Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: MSB 2.103 Learning Format: In-Person and Online Series Objectives: Apply…
Ask the Expert: Combating the hidden health crisis of childhood inactivity how to reverse eight hours of sitting with evidence-based movement strategies
Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a new UTHealth Houston newsroom series where our leading physicians examine pressing health challenges. In this inaugural edition, we explore pediatric medicine’s overlooked epidemic, childhood inactivity, and talk about scientifically proven interventions that can transform…
Jennifer Ma, MD
