2025 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. Each May, McGovern Medical School celebrates Teaching Excellence Month, recognizing outstanding faculty contributions to medical education. New in 2025, the awards program has introduced a focus on junior faculty….
Outstanding Mid-Career Clinician Educator of the Year Award
The American Geriatrics Society is honored to recognize Renee Flores, MD, EdD, FACP, MHSA, AGSF as the 2025 Outstanding Mid-Career Clinician Educator Awardee for her outstanding contributions to geriatrics education. A dedicated geriatrician and educator, Dr. Flores has made a…
April Serve Month
The Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric & Palliative Medicine held a volunteer event to celebrate April Serve Month April 5 at the Houston Food Bank. The volunteer group packaged senior boxes to be distributed to homes throughout the…
Hiner Receives 2025 American Society on Aging Justice and Equity Award
We are proud to share that Julia Hiner, MD has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Justice & Equity Award from the American Society on Aging. This prestigious recognition celebrates her ongoing commitment to advancing justice, equity, and…
Paulino and Lee recognized as Fellows in the AGS for 2024 and 2025
AGS Fellow Status (AGSF) is awarded to AGS members who have demonstrated a professional commitment to geriatrics, contributed to the progress of geriatrics care, and are active participants in the Society’s activities. AGS Fellows join a specially recognized group of…
This Alumna Makes House Calls Beck champions DNP education and geriatric care
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…
UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging Announces 2024 Translational Aging Research Pilot Funding Recipients
These funds have been awarded to two researchers for their innovative studies aimed at exploring the effects of social adversity on aging and health outcomes in older adults. Jessica Lee, MD, MS: Multi-Omics of Frailty and Social Adversity in Homebound Older…
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…
Paulino 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…
Leech 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…