Congratulations to Angela Gomez
The McGovern Center extends its congratulations to Angela Gomez, MBA, MS, EdD, who graduated this week with a Master’s of Science in Educational Research from Georgia State University. She pursued the program, offered by the Department of Educational Policy Studies,…
Rebecca Lunstroth publishes paper on HPV vaccine
“Medical Ethics Principles Underscore Advocating for Human Papillomavirus Vaccine,” is the title of a recent article published online by Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. The article was co-authored by a team including a physician of pediatric infectious diseases from Baylor College…
Student research focus of new office
Created as a one-stop-shop for student research, McGovern Medical School leadership has created the Medical Student Research Office (MSRO), which is up and running as part of the Office of Educational Programs. Co-led by Gary Rosenfeld, PhD, director and associate…
McGovern Center congratulates Angela Gomez
The McGovern Center extends its congratulations to Angela P. Gomez, EdD, MBA, for her recent completion of a Doctor of Education degree in Developmental Education Administration in the Department of Educational Leadership. Dr. Gomez graduated this summer from Sam Houston…
Michael Bagg writes opinion piece on studying gun violence
Michael Bagg recently wrote an opinion piece for the Houston Chronicle. In the piece, Bagg, a student of McGovern Medical School, briefly discusses his role in developing the blue book elective, “Gun Violence and Physicians: What You Need to Know,”…
Medical humanities student coauthors paper on stress
Eating disorder researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have discovered a neurocircuit in mice that, when activated, increased their stress levels while decreasing their desire to eat. Findings appear in Nature Communications. The scientists believe…
Keisha Ray discusses medical photos and women’s health in recent blog
Keisha Ray, PhD, recently wrote a blog post for the American Journal of Bioethics titled, “Medical Photos, CPR Dolls, and Car Crash Dummies: When Women Aren’t Represented in Research We Fail Women’s Health.” In the blog, Ray discusses the viral…
Medical humanities student Ryan Cassidy publishes first-author paper
Graduate student Cassidy’s first-author paper published on the cover of Science Advances Written by: Tracey Barnett The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences student Ryan Cassidy had his first-author paper, “A Lateral Hypothalamus…