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Preclinical research helps explain why fatty livers are more susceptible to cancer

This year, liver cancer will claim almost 32,000 lives in the United States.

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UTHealth welcomes new members to its Development Board

UTHealth welcomed seven new members to its Development Board during a meeting and reception on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Briar Club. The new board members are Robert Christopher “Chris” Bell, Mary M. Dyer, Ronald C. Green, Anne L. Hamman, Julia P. Samson, Lisa A. Sarvadi, and Jay S. Zeidman.

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UTHealth leads effort to enhance Texas’ financial exploitation investigations of seniors

An elder abuse team at UTHealth is partnering with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, district attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and forensic accounting professionals to make it easier to identify and prosecute individuals who prey on senior citizens to exploit them financially.

Sudhakar Selvaraj, MD, PhD, stands in a specially designed, home-like, treatment room that will be used for the trial. (Photo by UTHealth)

Psychedelic drug to be tested for treatment-resistant depression in Houston

Psilocybin, a psychedelic drug believed to help rewire the brain, is now being studied to relieve treatment-resistant depression at UTHealth as part of a global Phase II clinical trial.

Wireless pain management studied as possible alternative to opioids

A grant to develop new endovascular nerve stimulation technology for neuropathic pain has been awarded by the National Institutes of Health to a team of multi-institutional researchers including Sunil A. Sheth, MD, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

Grant joins UTHealth as associate vice president for development

Brigitte Grant (Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth)

Brigitte Grant, a philanthropic strategist with more than 20 years of experience in fundraising, leadership, and team development, has been named associate vice president for development at UTHealth.

UTHealth launches institute to propel pediatric and congenital heart innovation

Jorge D. Salazar, MD (Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth)

UTHealth is launching a new academic institute to advance clinical care, provide innovative solutions, and improve outcomes for patients of all ages with pediatric and congenital heart defects. Formed in close collaboration with Memorial Hermann Health System, the institute will leverage the expertise of faculty within UTHealth’s six schools as well as its medical practice, UT Physicians.

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