Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
April 23, 2025
For Paulina Horton, science isn’t just a career, it’s an adventure. When talking about her research in immunology, she lights up and describes it with a kind of giddy excitement often reserved for action films.
“It makes me feel like Indiana Jones with a pipette,” Horton said with a grin.
April 23, 2025
The molecular mechanism behind why heart attacks can vary in severity depending on the time of day has been uncovered by researchers at UTHealth Houston, potentially paving the way for innovative treatments that align with the natural circadian rhythm.
April 22, 2025
Shubhra Ghosh under went radial keratotomy more than 30 years ago, and over time, her vision began to deteriorate. With the help of Stephanie Handal, OD, optometrist with UTHealth Houston, Ghosh said her vision is dramatically improved, and she is seeing clearly again for the first time in decades.
April 22, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry named Marilia Mattos Sly, DDS, MSD, as its inaugural director of the International Dentist Education Program.
April 16, 2025
With more than a decade of experience spanning health care technology, clinical data analysis, and agile project management, Alexis Symons’ journey from certified pharmacy technician to data-driven health care leader has been anything but linear — but that’s exactly what makes it powerful.
April 16, 2025
Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, according to a new global study led by researchers from UCL in London and UTHealth Houston.
April 14, 2025
UTHealth Houston has launched its first academic program in the newly established School of Behavioral Health Sciences: the Master of Science in Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences (MS CaBS).
April 11, 2025
Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health received top honors last week, ranking No.1 in Texas in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools report. It’s a repeat No. 1 performance for the School of Public Health and a new accolade for Cizik School of Nursing.
April 10, 2025
Some begged. Some borrowed. Some chose not to pay a bill. Others were evicted. These decisions, made by UTHealth Houston students and other participants at the Community Action Poverty Simulator, highlight the circumstances many patients face while deciding how to pay for health care and medication.
April 8, 2025
Scientists at UTHealth Houston are investigating how the body naturally adapts to hypoxia – an insufficient oxygen supply to the body or specific organs – to develop new treatments for life-threatening heart and lung diseases.
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