Zhang Earns 2026 President’s Scholar Award

May 4, 2026

Four distinguished members of the UTHealth Houston community, including our own Han Zhang, MD, stepped into the spotlight May 1 during the 2026 President’s Scholar Awards luncheon, receiving among the highest honors bestowed upon faculty for their years of excellence, impact, and unwavering dedication.

Han is an educator and researcher celebrated for the quality and passion of his teaching, as well as his work to enrich anatomy learning at McGovern Medical School.

“As I reflect on this honor, I see it not as a destination, but as a call to keep growing—to keep passing the torch,” Zhang said. “Education is constantly evolving, and I am committed to evolving with it: exploring new methods, embracing new technologies, and always placing students at the heart of everything we do.”

Zhang joined the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy as a postdoctoral fellow in 1992 and a faculty member in 2001. Since 2006, Zhang has won the medical school’s H. John Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching eight times, most recently in 2025. He has won the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award every year since 2003, and in 2015 he received The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award.