Upcoming Events, April 2025
For happenings beyond April, visit the Events page in SharePoint (external link) and extend the “To” date. CPTI Networks & Collaboratives Pillar Webinar Series Join the American Academy of Pediatrics Community Pediatrics Training Initiative (CPTI) for this panel discussion on…
Department of Pediatrics Team Updates: April 2025
Welcome New Graduates Ara Francesca Luz, MHA, Research Coordinator II, Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Division, recently completed her Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Marvin W. Thomas, Jr., MHA, MBA, Senior Administrative Coordinator, Pediatric Research…
UTHealth Houston Center for Eating Disorders to Launch at Bridging the Gap Conference
The following is an invitation from Zachary S. Appenzeller, PsyD, Director of the UTHealth Houston Center for Eating Disorders: Dear Colleagues, I want to cordially invite you all to the 2025 UTHealth Houston Center for Eating Disorders Update Conference: “Bridging…
Faculty Education Awards
The Department of Pediatrics Faculty Education Awards recognize junior and senior pediatric faculty who have achieved excellence in education. Potential honorees may nominate themselves or be recommended by a colleague. A subcommittee of the Pediatric Medical Education Committee, led by…
Kanekal Suresh Gautham, MD, DM, MS, FAAP
Kanekal Gautham, MD, DM, MS, FAAP, a neonatologist, is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, at McGovern School of Medicine at UTHealth Houston in Houston, Texas. Previously he served as the chair of pediatrics and the pediatrician-in-chief at Nemours…
Department of Pediatrics Honors, March 2025
President’s Leadership Awards Congratulations April Crawford, PhD, Professor and Meg and Dick Weekley Distinguished Chair in Childhood Reading and Learning, and Brenda Moncivaiz, MBA, Fellowship Coordinator II, who received the President’s Award for Leadership (external link). The annual President’s Awards…
Celebrating Women and Girls in Science
The McGovern Medical School Women Faculty Forum hosted its seventh annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science Symposium, on Feb. 11. The symposium’s keynote speakers were Polaris Dawn Astronauts Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon, as well as, McGovern…
Two McGovern Research Projects Receive Rice-TMC Seed Grants
[Article written by Rice University and also published by the McGovern Medical School Office of Communications] Andrea Ramirez Varela, MD, PhD, MPH and Stuart Fraser, MD Two McGovern Medical School research projects received seed grants in 2024 through the Provost’s…
Upcoming Events, March 2025
Match Day The McGovern Medical School Class of 2025 will assemble in Webber Plaza to to collect and simultaneously open envelopes at 11 a.m. CST. At that time, they, along with thousands of other medical students across the U.S., will…
DoP Shines at SSPR
The Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Division made an excellent showing at the 2025 Southern Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting (external link), held in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 13 to 15: 4 posters, 13 oral presentations and 7 awards. Dr. Findley led…