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Meagan Whisenant, PhD, RN, professor at Cizik School of Nursing. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Funding awarded to breast cancer chemoprevention and caregiving education research programs

Meagan Whisenant, PhD, RN, is applying her two decades of symptom science experience to two new grant-funded research projects. One aims to support patients experiencing brain tumors and their caregivers, and the other focuses on chemoprevention of breast cancer. Whisenant is an associate professor in the Department of Research at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.

Recent research on a novel approach to the treatment of pancreatic cancer, from the lab of Jennifer Bailey, PhD, has been published in Cancer Immunology Research. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Radiofrequency ablation successful in reducing pancreatic tumor progression in preclinical trial

Photo of Dr. Carmel Dyer with a patient.

New program at UTHealth Houston will honor Carmel B. Dyer, MD

UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry officials presented the new Mobile Dental Van, above, on Thursday, Dec. 15. (Photo by David Sotelo/UTHealth Houston)

After 20 years of service, School of Dentistry unveils a new Mobile Dental Van

Brad Cannell, PhD, MPH, an associate professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

$5.9 million awarded to adapt elder abuse screening tool for home-based primary care

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The Many Faces of UTHealth Houston

As one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic health science centers, UTHealth Houston brings together the best in health care across hundreds of disciplines and specialties. Teamwork fuels our excellence in health education, innovation, scientific discovery, and patient care, allowing us to solve the greatest health challenges of our time. Our heart and vascular team is just one outstanding example.

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Engineering the future of health care

The MD/Master of Bioengineering program harnesses the creativity and ingenuity of two of Houston's leading institutions to prepare future health professionals with the skills to develop solutions to urgent health care needs and improve patient care.

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More than a number

With generous community and philanthropic support, along with a resolve to advance the "last frontier in medicine," UTHealth Houston stands at the forefront of delivering much-needed personalized care for patients with behavioral disorders.

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UTHealth Houston at a Glance

5758

Total students

Total # of degree programs

$290M+

Total research expenditures

2000+

Providers in 80+ subspecialties

50000+

Total alumni

UTHealth Houston Campus Profile

UTHealth Houston Schools

Cizik School of Nursing

McGovern Medical School

MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School

School of Biomedical Informatics

School of Dentistry

School of Public Health

UTHealth Houston Clinics

With over 2,000 clinicians certified in more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties, UT Physicians provides multi-specialty care for the entire family. UT Physicians is the medical group practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

Through its student, advanced education, and faculty clinics, the School of Dentistry offers a wide range of dental care services to patients of all ages.