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…
Dasgupta First-Author Paper Published in The Journal of Neuroscience
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences student Rajan Dasgupta recently had a first-author paper published in The Journal of Neuroscience. Dasgupta is affiliated with the Program in Neuroscience and his advisor is…
Hulsebosch Wins Teaching Award
Claire E. Hulsebosch, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, is the 2018 winner of the John H. Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching. Chosen by the senior class, the Freeman Award is given annually to recognize the…
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…