Drs. Chang, Ellsworth and Segura featured in Febrile podcast
Department of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases fellow Dr. Segura with Associate Professors Drs. Chang and Ellsworth were featured guests on the well-known ID Febrile Podcast episode entitled Education on fleek, or “On Flea-k.” where they recount the story of an 11-year-old…
Drs. Yetman and Smith named to leadership roles at Children’s Memorial Hermann
Seven members of the McGovern Medical School faculty have been named to new medical leadership positions at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. Among them are two from the Department of Pediatrics. This new structure was developed…
Doctors in Recital
The Steinway Piano Gallery hosted Doctors in Recital, on June 1 at Museo. Local physicians, including Marc Rhoads, MD, Director of the Pediatric Gastroenterology Division, and Michael Yafi, MD, Director of the Pediatric Endocrinology Division, traded stethoscopes for sheet music…
UTHealth Houston and Rice University collaborate on groundbreaking pediatric stroke research
Provost’s TMC Collaborator Seed Fund Program Supports Innovative tDCS Study Written by: Amy Quinn | Updated: May 21, 2024 The collaborative project, titled “A Mechanistic Framework for Optimal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Application to Pediatric Stroke Survivors with Arm Impairment,”…
Hecht receives 2024 IADR Distinguished Scientist Award
Jacqueline Hecht, PhD receives the 2024 Distinguished Scientist Award in Craniofacial Biology Research from the International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research. Jacqueline Hecht, PhD, professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, has been named…
Dr. Ricardo Mosquera and Team bring expertise to Latin American communities
Dr. Ricardo Mosquera, Professor and Director of the Pulmonary, Allergy, Immunology and Sleep Division, is leading an innovative program, bringing the expertise of McGovern Medical School to patients across Latin America who suffer from a rare genetic condition called Primary…
Two decades of spina bifida research published in Science
The culmination of over two decades of research from Hope Northrup, MD, professor, and Kit Sing Au, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, on the genetic factors associated with spina bifida has been published in Science. Kit Sing Au, PhD According to…
McKay receives Kaiser Permanente grant for gun violence research
Sandra McKay, MD The Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education has awarded Sandra McKay, MD, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, with a grant to further gun violence research and interventions. McKay received a $60,000 Category 1 grant…
UTHealth Houston receives two awards for continuing research in neonatal care and women’s health
Prestigious grants totaling more than $4 million from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU) and the NICHD Neonatal Research Network (NRN) have been awarded to UTHealth Houston. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston is the…
UT Physicians Multispecialty – The Heights Named a Foster Care Center of Excellence
UT Physicians Multispecialty – The Heights, has been named a Foster Care Center of Excellence by Superior HealthPlan — the ninth provider in Texas to receive the designation and the second in Houston. The clinic earned the distinction for providing…