UTHealth receives $2.5 million for HIV education and treatment for persons with substance use disorders
HOUSTON – (Oct. 31, 2017) – A $2.5 million federal grant will allow a multidisciplinary team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to provide prevention and treatment information about HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases…
UTHealth researchers receive $2.6 million to study gene-environment interactions in cocaine addiction
HOUSTON – (Oct. 2, 2017) – Studying the effect of environmental stressors on the development of cocaine use is the focus of a $2.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to researchers at McGovern Medical School at…
Heads Receives $50,000 Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the nation’s leading philanthropy on health and health care, has awarded Angela M. Heads, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in in the UTHealth McGovern Medical School’s, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences a 12-month grant through…
Psychiatry hosts mood disorders conference Sept. 22-23
“Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder” is the focus of the second annual Houston Mood Disorders Conference, hosted by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School. The two-day symposium, set for Sept. 22-23 at…
McGovern Medical School named member of national depression center network
HOUSTON – (July 13, 2017) – McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has been named a Center of Excellence member of the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC), a consortium of leading…
Allen named HCPC medical director
Melissa Allen, DO, has been named medical director of The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, the mental health hospital component of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). “We are pleased that Dr. Allen will…
UTHealth a site for first-ever large NIDA trial for methamphetamine use disorder
With the rates of methamphetamine use reaching an all-time high in Texas, McGovern Medical School researchers have launched a clinical trial designed to treat methamphetamine use disorder. The Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction (CNRA) in the Department of Psychiatry…
Going to extremes: There is hope regarding mental health issues in children and adolescents
When Pat Sumner’s son, Eric, was in elementary school, she chalked up his moodiness to anxiety issues. After two decades of frustration and confusion, the diagnosis of bipolar disorder was tough. Sumner knows all too well the toll that bipolar…
Researchers identify genes linked to stress, bipolar
Genetic alterations that can be modulated by stress have been identified in children at high risk for bipolar disorder, according to a recently published study by researchers at McGovern Medical School. Results appeared in Translational Psychiatry, a Nature Publishing Group…
Foster care clinic wins excellence designation
More than 4,000 children in the custody of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) receive their medical care from the McGovern Medical School physicians at the Harris County Protective Services (HCPS) Clinic. In recognition of the high…