McGovern Medical School celebrates 50 years
Established in June 1969 by the Texas Legislature, McGovern Medical School celebrates its golden anniversary as it turns 50 with the beginning of the 2020 fiscal year. The yearlong celebration kicks off Tuesday, Sept. 17 with an Ice Cream Social,…
Findley earns Junior Faculty Teaching Award
J. Chase Findley, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences received the Devneil Vaidya Junior Faculty Teaching Award from the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP) in June. The Devneil Vaidya Award recognizes a promising,…
Dr. Weaver goes to Washington
Helping to set the national agenda on addiction medicine, Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, professor of psychiatry, recently returned home from the White Houses’ Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Weaver was invited by the American College of Academic Addiction Medicine…
Riggs, John appointed as directors of learning environment
In order to continue the development of a culture of teaching and learning rooted in respect and mutual dignity for all, McGovern Medical School has appointed John Riggs, MD, and Vineeth John, MD, MBA to a new position of directors…
Construction underway on UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health
Newest building will make UTHealth mental health care campus largest academic psychiatric hospital in country UTHealth leaders and government officials break ground on the UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health. (Photo credit: Dwight Andrews) The new 240-bed facility…
John P. McGovern Award – J. Chase Findley, MD
J. Chase Findley, MD, assistant professor and director of medical student education in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, is the recipient of the 2019 John P. McGovern Award as the exceptional clinical teacher. The John P. McGovern Award is…
Diabetes drug could help smokers kick the habit
Phillip Robinson has gone from 10 cigarettes a day to one or two every other day after enrolling in a smoking cessation clinical trial launched by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). To help…
Tips for behavioral therapy just a click away in free program
It’s another torrential rainfall in the Houston area and your backyard begins to fill up. As you watch, your heart starts to race, you can’t take a full breath, and you know that at any minute you will get the…
Industry-leading program integrates mental health services into women’s clinics for comprehensive care
Comprehensive mental and physical health care is the focus of a first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary collaboration at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) that embeds mental health professionals into OB-GYN clinics to streamline care. The UTHealth Women’s…
Texas State Rep. Senfronia Thompson calls for new state behavioral health institute
Texas Rep. Senfronia Thompson’s recent announcement calling for a statewide institute for training, telehealth, and research to improve mental well-being in children included presentations by Elizabeth Newlin, MD, and Consuelo Walss-Bass, PhD, of The University of Texas Health Science Center…