Accolades & Accomplishments
28 faculty named Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment
As a continual knowledge of the work it takes to foster a positive and professional learning atmosphere, the Directors of Learning Environment at McGovern Medical School announced 28 faculty members who have earned the title of 2024 Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment. Read more…
This Alumna Makes House Calls
Beck champions DNP education and geriatric care
Gerontological nursing never gets old for Maureen S. Beck, DNP, GNP-BC.
Beck earned her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from UTHealth Houston in 1992 as one of the first graduates from what was then the geriatric nurse practitioner program. She later came back for a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and a post-master’s certificate in nursing education. Read more…
UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging Announces 2024 Translational Aging Research Pilot Funding Recipients
These funds have been awarded to two researchers, Jessica Lee, MD, MS, and Min Ji Kwak, MD, DrPh, MS for their innovative studies aimed at exploring the effects of social adversity on aging and health outcomes in older adults. Read more…
NIH Roybal grant funds country’s first elder mistreatment research center in Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston
Five-year, $5.3 million award is university’s first from prestigious program funded by the National Institute on Aging.
Decades of leadership in the field of elder mistreatment research has earned UTHealth Houston its first grant from the prestigious Edward R. Roybal Centers for Translational Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences of Aging program, funded by the National Institute on Aging. Read more…
Institute on Aging brings renewed focus to specialized care for older adults
From their unique physiology, to illnesses that commonly affect them, to specific precautions required for their care, older adults are as distinct in their health needs as children. Yet while parents can readily find a pediatrician, older adults often struggle to find equally specialized care. In fact, older adults are projected to make up 25% of all Americans by 2050, yet less than 2% of practicing physicians are geriatricians. Read more…
Rex Alvin Paulino, MD is recognized as an Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. Rex Alvin Paulino, MD has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care. Read more…
Ana Luisa Leech, MD, MS, FAAHPM is recognized as an Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. Ana Luisa Leech, MD MS FAAHPM has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care. Read more…