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2025 President’s Scholar Award recipients announced

Four members of the UTHealth Houston community received the university’s most distinguished awards for their exceptional work, history of long-standing excellence, and dedication during the 2025 President’s Scholar Awards and Recognition of Excellence Award ceremony on May 22.

Farah Amro, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, and medical director of the PAS Program at UTHealth Houston. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

New study offers promising alternative to high-risk surgery for rare pregnancy complication

Leaving the placenta in place after childbirth may offer a safer alternative to immediate surgery for women with placenta accreta spectrum (PAS), according to a new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston and published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Recognized leader in genetic epidemiology, Kari North, PhD, joins UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Kari North, PhD, an internationally recognized leader in genetic epidemiology and public health genomics, joined UTHealth Houston as the university’s vice president of border health and a professor with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.

At the Bedside: Parents of daughters with rare Juvenile-onset Huntington’s disease find UTHealth Houston Center of Excellence for care and support

In 2020, when she was 4 years old, Khloe Gloria stopped walking.

At the suggestion of their local San Angelo physician, her concerned parents took her to see neurologists in Dallas. Khloe’s mom, Natalie Salazar, already had a sinking feeling she knew what the cause was.

UTHealth Houston study reveals long-term mental health benefits of healthy relationship skills program for adolescents

Lead author of the study, Jeff Temple, PhD, associate dean for clinical research at UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences. (Photo by UTHealthHouston)

Teaching healthy relationship skills to middle school students can help prevent adolescent relationship abuse and lead to better mental health outcomes — including reduced depression — years later, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.

At the Bedside: Mom with rare genetic condition survives pregnancy and delivers healthy baby boy, thanks to physicians at UTHealth Houston

On October 21, 2023, two months before her original due date, hand-in-hand with Afifi, and surrounded by a team led by Sibai, Jessica’s son Damian was delivered via cesarean section.

When Jessica Johnson, 36, began to experience labored breathing and heart palpitations, she quickly made an appointment to see a cardiologist. A CT scan showed she had two aortic aneurysms that could potentially require surgery.

At The Bedside: Comprehensive eye exam at UTHealth Houston reveals life-threatening brain tumor

An appointment with a UTHealth Houston ophthalmologist led to a diagnosis of a brain tumor for Houston resident Verna Blackwell. (Photo courtesy of Verna Blackwell)

An eye exam to see why Verna Blackwell was having vision distortion issues led to UTHealth Houston ophthalmologist Arnoldo Treviño, DO, sending her immediately to the emergency room where a scan revealed a brain tumor. His recognition of a dangerous condition and quick action has put her life back on track.

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