UTHealth Houston researchers developing app to help clinicians assess thoracic aortic aneurysm risk and dissections
A $100,000 grant awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston from the John Ritter Foundation will fund an app that will help clinicians recognize, access, and manage thoracic aortic disease. Heritable thoracic aortic diseases such as Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, and…
Ask the Expert: Recognizing and preventing elder mistreatment
Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a new UTHealth Houston newsroom series where our leading physicians examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address elder mistreatment, what it means, how it happens, and signs to look for. Identifying elder mistreatment…
Grand Rounds, November 20, 2025
Presentation Title: Healing Across Time: Psychedelics Then and Now Speakers: Alexander Lazar, MD Date: Thursday, November 20, 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…
Paulino and Wong Earn Fellow Status from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Rex Alvin Paulino, MD, AGSF, and Angelique Wong, MD, of UTHealth Houston, recently earned the designation Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (FAAHPM). This is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a member. The…
Publications and Presentations – Allergy and Immunology (November 2025)
Faculty, trainees, and students in the Division of Allergy and Immunology continue to advance the field through impactful research on food allergy, atopic dermatitis, and early-life predictors of allergy outcomes. Recent media coverage highlights new findings on how the timing,…
McGovern Medical School leads scleroderma research with microbiome transplantation
For people living with scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease, severe symptoms can become a daily struggle with no effective treatments available. At McGovern Medical School, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, MD, MHS, is leading a clinical trial exploring microbiome transplantation, a promising…
Kwak Appointed to President’s Faculty Advisory Council
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce that Min Ji Kwak, MD, associate professor in the Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, has been appointed to serve on the President’s Faculty Advisory Council at…
Grand Rounds, November 13, 2025
Presentation Title: Addressing Environmental Challenges and Vulnerable Populations Speakers: Mahboobeh (Maha) Mahdavinia, MD, PhD, FAAAAI Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: MSB 2.103 Learning Format: In-Person and Online Series Objectives: Apply the latest evidence…
Assassi Honored as NSF Doctor of the Year
Shervin Assassi, MD, MS, professor; Dr. Noranna B. Warner Endowed Chair in the Division of Rheumatology; and George S. Bruce, Jr. Professor in Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases, was named the “Doctor of the Year” at the annual National Scleroderma Foundation meeting for…
Grand Rounds, October 23, 2025
Presentation Title: The Candida Auris Quagmire: An escalating Nosocomial Nuisance Speakers: Mona Kapadia, MD Date: Thursday, October 23, 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…