Cookies for Healthcare Heroes
Members of the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council’s Troop 147992 delivered 1,440 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to frontline health care workers at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital for the Cookies for Heroes program on April 10. During their visit,…
Two UTHealth Houston physicians named Memorial Hermann top doctors
As Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center marked 100 years of advancing medicine, two McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston physicians took top honors as the hospital’s Doctors of the Year during a celebration at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Louise…
Cherish Henderson paves the way as first physician in her family
When Cherish Henderson walks the stage at commencement May 12, it will mark a milestone in a journey shaped by early exposure to health care, personal experiences with illness, and a deep commitment to those who came before her. That…
New center focuses on congenital heart disease breakthroughs
A new multidisciplinary center at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston is bringing together experts across medicine, science, and engineering to transform how congenital heart disease is understood and treated across a patient’s lifetime. Designed to bridge discovery and care,…
Morcos honored by Southern Neurosurgical Society
The Southern Neurosurgical Society presented Jacques Morcos, MD, professor and John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, with its Distinguished Practitioner Award and Lectureship at the organization’s annual meeting in March….
Students get real life experience at mass casualty simulation
Students from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, alongside others from Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston and UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, as well as social work students from Texas Southern University, stepped into controlled chaos as part…
Research excellence among graduate students
Congratulations to the winners of the Graduate Student Education Committee Poster Competition at the annual Medical School Research Retreat in March. Post-candidacy MD/PhD or PhD winners are: Vicky Chuong, first place Julianna Quinn, second place Meagan Fisher, third place Pre-candidacy/MS…
Understanding language requires communication between multiple brain regions, UTHealth Houston researchers discover
Multiple regions of the brain engage in fast-moving conversations to understand language, UTHealth Houston researchers have discovered, dispelling a prior school of thought that only one region of the brain was responsible for language processing. The research, led by Nitin Tandon,…
Nominations open for Global Health Initiatives’ research faculty award
The Office of Global Health Initiatives is accepting nominations through May 6 for the Global Health Educational Innovations and Research Faculty Award. The Global Health Educational Innovations and Research Faculty Award supports and promotes a wide range of scholarly activities…
PIONEER Consortium to spotlight neuro advances April 30
Join neurosurgery and neuro-oncology experts from across the country for the inaugural PIONEER Consortium Meeting, hosted by UTHealth Houston Neurosciences, April 30 at Hotel ZaZa Museum District. Explore the latest innovations in diagnosis, treatment, and research, with a focus on…