Ask the Expert: What you should know about cyclosporiasis
Welcome to Ask the Expert, a UTHealth Houston newsroom series in which leading physicians examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address the cyclosporiasis outbreak across the United States. Since May 1, 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
UTHealth Houston researchers redefine how to assess reflux disease
Researchers from UTHealth Houston have helped develop a new classification system designed to bring greater consistency and precision to how physicians evaluate one of the body’s most important barriers against acid reflux. The work, led by Nirav Thosani, MD, MHA, professor…
Grand Rounds, July 23, 2026
Presentation Title: Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Updates on Diagnosis, Testing, and Treatment Speaker: Calli Bertschy, DO Date: Thursday, July 23, 2026Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLocation: MSB 2.103Learning Format: In-Person and Online Series Objectives: Apply the latest evidence with patients and…
Grand Rounds, July 9, 2026
Presentation Title: What’s New in Cardiovascular Research at UTHealth/ Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences Speaker: David McPherson, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLocation: MSB 2.103Learning Format: In-Person and Online Series Objectives:…
Champions of Clinical Learning Environment: Atai and Stafford
The Office of Professionalism at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston congratulates Faith Atai, MD, and Irene Stafford, MD, MPH, MS, on being honored as Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment. Champions are identified through the Learning Environment Surveys, which…
49th Annual Research Society on Alcohol Scientific Meeting
GRC June News 49th Annual Research Society on Alcohol (RSA) Scientific Meeting (June 20-24, 2026), San Antonio, Texas The GRC presented 3 posters at the 49th annual Research Society on Alcohol (RSA) Scientific Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Alcohol consumption…
Thosani Featured in National Pancreas Foundation Educational Webinar
Nirav Thosani, MD, MHA, professor of internal medicine, division director of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, and the Atilla Ertan, MD, Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology at UTHealth Houston, recently recorded an educational webinar for the National Pancreas Foundation titled Radiofrequency Ablation…
Grand Rounds, July 16, 2026
Presentation Title: Leveraging the Community Scientist Program to Conduct Community-Engaged Research Speaker: Jessica Lee, MD, MS, AGSF, and Sophia Russell, MPH Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLocation: MSB 2.103Learning Format: In-Person and Online Series Objectives: Apply…
Ask the Expert: World Cup travel and Ebola risk
Welcome to Ask the Expert, a UTHealth Houston newsroom series in which leading physicians examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda and how the United States could be affected through travel….
In memoriam: Charles Ericsson, MD
Charles Ericsson, MD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, died May 17. He was 81 years old. Ericsson held the Dr. and Mrs. Carl V. Vartian Professorship in Infectious Diseases and was a tenured professor of medicine at McGovern…