Donate Life Month: The Willed Body Program
April is National Donate Life Month. This is a time to recognize the need that many patients have for replacement organs. It is also a time to express gratitude to those who chose to meet that need through the process…
Natasha Kharas Receives NIH Fellowship
Graduate student Natasha Kharas from the lab of Valentin Dragoi, has received a three-year, pre-doctoral fellowship from the National Eye Institute for her project titled, “The effects of sleep on neuronal coding in cortical layers and behavioral performance.” Kharas’s research focuses on…
Dash to lead Neurobiology & Anatomy
Dean Barbara J. Stoll has announced the appointment of Pramod Dash, Ph.D. as the term chair for the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, effective immediately. Dash is professor and the Nina and Michael Zilkha Distinguished Chair in Neurodegenerative Disease Research….
Remembering First Patients
First-year medical students remember their first patients during the annual Cadaver Memorial Service Jan. 17 in the Fifth Floor Gallery. The service is held after the students complete their Gross Anatomy course. Visit the Willed Body Program page to learn…
Cleary Receives President’s Scholar Award for Excellence in Teaching
Len Cleary, PhD, associate dean of educational programs, received the President’s Scholar Award for Excellence in Teaching. Read more on the MMS News site
Waxham and Dash in PLOS Biology Journal
Two McGovern Medical School faculty members contributed to research now published in the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Biology Journal, as part of a first-authored paper written by UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences alumna Tara Fischer, Ph.D. Neal Waxham, Ph.D.,…
Dragoi earns third NIH BRAIN award
Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., has been awarded a three-year, $1.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative. It is Dragoi’s third award from the highly competitive federal initiative that was launched in…
Debes named inaugural recipient of Terry J. Crow, Ph.D., Scholarship in Neuroscience
Samantha Debes, a doctoral student in the laboratory of Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Terry J. Crow, Ph.D. Scholarship in Neuroscience. The certificate for the award was presented to Debes…
Message from the Chair
Maintaining a healthy and “happy” brain is one of the most important goals individuals can have, not only for themselves but also for their family and friends. Unfortunately, brain diseases that cause dementia remain a serious health concern. A cardinal…
Graduate Students Win People’s Choice Award In SfN Video Contest
The Synaptic Plasticity video by graduate students Julia Hill and Natalia Rozas De O’Laughlin has won the People’s Choice Award after placing third in the 2011 Inaugural Society for Neuroscience Brain Awareness Video Contest. In addition to a cash prize, their success will be celebrated at the…