New service-learning grant supports community partnerships
Two McGovern Medical School faculty members will transform community partnerships into hands-on learning opportunities after receiving the inaugural Service-Learning Grant Award from the Office of Professionalism at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Jane Hamilton, PhD, MPH, associate professor in…
Bright’s Award-winning Workshop Reframes Medical Professionalism
By encouraging educators to view professionalism concerns through the lens of executive function and strengths-based feedback, Asia Bright, PhD, earned the Medical Education Scholarship Award from the Southern Group on Educational Affairs(external link) (external link). The award honors outstanding poster and oral…
Jantea wins Distinguished Faculty Award in Professionalism
The McGovern Medical School Office of Professionalism has named Rachel Jantea, MD, MS, professor of medicine in the Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, the recipient of the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Faculty Award in…
Champions of Clinical Learning Environment: Dean Atkinson, MD; Brandi Karnes, MD; and Kawal Bir, MD
The Office of Professionalism at McGovern Medical School congratulates Dean Atkinson, MD; Brandi Karnes, MD; and Kawal Bir, MD, on being honored as Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment. Champions are identified through the Learning Environment Surveys, which are sent…
Match Day 2026 – Juan Garcia on HEAL Outreach Program
Juan Garcia was born at Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, a primary teaching hospital for UTHealth Houston, and grew up in a North Houston neighborhood surrounding the hospital. After moving away for the first time in his life to…
Champions of Clinical Learning Environment: Todd Huzar, MD, and Amalia Guardiola, MD
The Office of Professionalism at McGovern Medical School congratulates Todd Huzar, MD, and Amalia Guardiola, MD, on being honored as Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment. Champions are identified through the Learning Environment Surveys, which are sent to students as…
Prescribing Literacy: McGovern Medical Students Champion Early Childhood Development
From the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, “In a powerful intersection of health and education, students from McGovern Medical School traded lab coats for literacy bags by partnering with the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation as the selected nonprofit for…
Mojica named Compassionate Caregiver of the Year
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare has selected Gioconda Mojica, MD, assistant professor in the Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, for the 2025 National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award. “It is an incredible…
First year students visit PLUS sites
First-year medical students from the Class of 2029 participated in the Professional Learning Underscored by Service (PLUS) Service-Learning Student Program in August. Through the PLUS Program, students have the opportunity to learn about their community, connect with local health organizations and…
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…