Pediatrics honors, November 2026
Faculty Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH, selected as inaugural honoree of the Distinguished Public Service and Civic Leadership Award (external link) from Prairie View A&M University, given during the university’s sesquicentennial celebration. The Center for Interprofessional Collaboration at UTHealth Houston recognizes…
Hospitalists shine at AAP PHM 2026
The Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2026 Conference (PHM 2026 (external link)) is the premier educational and networking conference for pediatric hospitalists and other professionals specializing in the care of hospitalized children. The largest meeting of its kind for pediatric hospitalists, the…
Pediatrics leader helps plan and implement mass-casualty simulation
[Adapted from Simulation tests students in high-stakes emergency care (external link), published in The Insider] UTHealth Houston recently hosted a large-scale simulation designed to prepare future health professionals for the realities of mass casualty events. Injured victims called for help…
In the media, February 2026
(external link) Mary Aitken, MD, was featured on UTHealth Houston social media (external link) in honor of National Pediatrics Day. Autumn Atkinson, MD, co-led a conversation for HCPLive (external link) entitled “Differentiating Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis, Psoriasis, and Seborrheic Dermatitis.” Michael Chang, MD,…