Teacher at podium instructing trainees
June 2, 2026

McGovern Medical School honors 2026 teaching excellence awardees

[As seen in The Scoop, May 6, 2026] Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. May is Teaching Excellence Month at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Since 2025, the awards have shifted focus toward junior…


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 (external link)! 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…


Dr. O'Connor holding certificate
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 (external link) for Q1, FY26. Yuying Liu, PhD, MEd, received the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Laboratory Travel Grant (external link) to attend the Immunology 2026 Conference…


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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 (external link) through the UTHealth Houston Development Office.   As part of this program, recurring patients were contacted and offered…


Three health professionals in front of blue wall
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…