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Graduate Student Education Committee

Visiting Student Appointments

The Office of Research Affairs has a firm commitment to advancing the research enterprise of the Medical School by providing input on research and research related policy matters to the Dean,  the Administrative Council and Faculty Senate as follow:
Identification and consideration of research areas for development, especially in regard to the establishment of centers and interdisciplinary programs.

  • Identification of facilities and equipment needed for replacement and development.
  • Development of strategies for expanding activities in clinical and basic research.
  • Establishment of a plan and guidelines to more actively participate in technology transfer.
  • Advise on use of institutional resources and the acquisition of outside funds for the development of research programs to make the research efforts of the school visible to the public.

We are also committed to enhancing the research and intellectual endeavors of both faculty and trainees through programs offered by the Research Committee and the Graduate Student Education Committee. The Office of Research Affairs also screens and identifies nominees for extramural funding opportunities with limited submission criteria and is responsible for the oversight and management of the Annual McGovern Medical School Research Retreat, The Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, the Dean’s Lecture Seriesthe Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture Series, and the Collaborative Workshop series.

EVENTS

November 13, 2025
Register for the Event
Modernizing Comparative Effectiveness Research
12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Memorial Hermann Conference Center, Ground floor Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Keynote Speaker:
Adrian Hernandez, M.D., MHS
Executive Director Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University
Chaired by Maria del Mar Romero Lopez, Institute for Clinical Research and Healthcare and Radha Korupolu, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

December 4, 2025
Dean’s Lecture
Noon – 1:00 p.m., MSB 1.006

Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery & IMM-Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine
Director, Pediatric Trauma Program at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Children’s Fund Distinguished Professor

“Evolution of cell therapies for traumatic brain injury: From idea to clinical trials”

March 3, 2026

Annual Medical School Research Retreat
8:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Brown Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine
Keynote Address/Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture
Head, Institute of Cancer Research , Oslo University Hospital & Group Leader Institute of Cancer Research, Department of
Cancer Immunology, Director Oslo University Hospital Center for Precision Cancer Medicine
“Advancing Precision Cancer Medicine by Building National Initiatives and via International Collaboration”

April 14, 2026
Collaborative Workshop on Optimizing the Health of Cancer Patients and Survivors by Targeting the Biology and Heterogeneity of Aging
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., MSB TBA
Chaired by Dana Giza, M.D., Department of Geriatric and Palliative Care

April 16, 2026

Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., MSB TBA
Laura Mosqueda, Ph.D.
Professor of Family Medicine, Geriatrics and Gerontology
University of Southern California
“TBA”