Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
October 16, 2024
Nurses from UTHealth Houston’s Behavioral Sciences Campus, UT Physicians, and Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston have been selected by The Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas for its 20th annual Excellence in Nursing Awards.
October 10, 2024
Researchers at UTHealth Houston have been awarded an $8.1 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine skeletal stem cells as potential drivers of craniofacial bone diseases and deformities. The study is led by Noriaki Ono, DDS, PhD, associate professor of orthodontics, and diagnostic and biomedical sciences at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry.
October 10, 2024
Ashley Hallock, 35, describes the day she joined a clinical trial studying stem cells for bipolar disorder as the most important day of her life.
“For me, it was a godsend,” she said.
October 9, 2024
Improving clinical outcomes in stroke patients by closing a gap between successful re-opening of a blocked vessel through endovascular surgery and a reduction of disability is the focus of a $2.5 million grant awarded to UTHealth Houston researchers.
October 8, 2024
An intervention study to improve outcomes for cancer survivors and enhance primary care capacity, funded with a $4.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, will be implemented by UTHealth Houston researchers in partnership with eight Texas primary care community health centers that treat under- and uninsured patients.
October 7, 2024
UTHealth Houston is the first institution in Houston to administer an FDA-approved drug, Kisunla (donanemab-azbt), for the treatment of early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease.
The recipient, 79-year-old Terrie Frankel, received the infusion last week.
October 1, 2024
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health will partner with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue successful careers in public service, particularly in health and human services.
September 27, 2024
From the outside, there is nothing about successful, busy attorney Brenda Adimora that hints at a disease she has fought all of her life. She maintains an active practice as a labor and employment attorney and was chair of the board of trustees of the Houston Young Lawyers Foundation.
September 25, 2024
Since he could remember, Jesus Mata has always had a cough he could not seem to kick. He had no idea that his simple cough was a sign of a serious and life-altering illness.
September 24, 2024
The undergraduate program at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston continues to outrank all others in Texas, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 U.S. News Best Colleges publication, which was released on Tuesday.
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