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Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH, associate professor of neurology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. (Photo courtesy of Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH)

Review: Multiple ways to address telehealth barriers for stroke survivors

While the outpatient management of stroke survivors through telehealth is prone to multiple barriers, it offers many advantages for addressing health equity in stroke survivors, according to a review from UTHealth Houston.

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Women with heart disease are more likely than men to suffer cardiovascular events due to microvascular response to stress, study finds

How women with heart disease respond to stress can increase their risk of developing adverse cardiovascular events, according to a new study co-authored by researchers with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and Emory University in Atlanta.

Students in the new UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences will receive training at health care facilities such as the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center. (Photo by Rogelio Castro, UTHealth Houston)

New UTHealth Houston school to train behavioral health workers receives approval from UT System, state

The new UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences has been approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and unanimously by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, moving the university closer to establishing a seventh school.

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Study: SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, can alter genome structure of our cells

People infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may experience genome structure changes that not only may explain our immunological symptoms after infection, but also potentially link to long COVID, according to a new study by researchers at UTHealth Houston.


McGovern Medical School students meet their matches March 17

Photo of fourth-year student celebrating their match.

Immigrants and children of immigrants – whose parents came to the U.S. for better opportunities for them – were among 242 students in the Class of 2023 at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston who found out today where they will take the next step in their careers as physicians.



Houston children receive 130 bicycle helmets

Local children received 130 bicycle helmets during a giveaway last month at a UT Physicians pediatric clinic. (Photo by Simone Sonnier/UT Physicians)

Students from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston urged local children to be active and safe while participating in activities on wheels while handing out 130 bicycle helmets at no cost this February at a UT Physicians pediatric clinic.



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