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…
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…
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 (external…
Mayes Receives Distinguished Clinical Investigator Award
Congratulations to Dr. Maureen Mayes for receiving the Distinguished Clinical Investigator Award as one of the 2025 American College of Rheumatology Awards of Distinction (external link) recipients.
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…
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…
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…