Collage of trainees standing in front of research posters
April 1, 2026

Publications and presentations, April 2026

Presentations Presenting at PAS? Make sure you’re on our list! McGovern Medical School will have excellent representation from the Department of Pediatrics at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting this year. View our list of PAS Meeting posters and presenters…


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March 31, 2026

Pediatrics Honors, April 2026

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine shines at SSPR 2026 Pediatric Cardiology and Allergy and Immunology named among UT Physicians Clinics of the Quarter for Q1, FY26. Yuying Liu, PhD, MEd, received the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Laboratory Travel Grant to attend the Immunology 2026 Conference in Boston. Julianna Quinn…


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February 27, 2026

Grateful Patient Program honorees

The Department of Pediatrics celebrates these clinicians who were recently honored by patients as part of the Grateful Patient Program through the UTHealth Houston Development Office.   As part of this program, recurring patients were contacted and offered an opportunity…


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May 29, 2025

McGovern shines at Health Science Education Conference

McGovern Medical School was well-represented at the 2025 Innovations in Health Science Education 21st Annual Conference for The University of Texas System Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education, with 40 attendees and a multitude of grant and award…


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May 6, 2025

DoP Honors, May 2025

Hope Northrup, MD, and Amir Khan, MD, were 2 of 6 faculty inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society at a ceremony on March 17. Thao L. Nguyen, DO, FAAP, and Haitham Al-Wahab, MD, FAAP, were both nominated…