Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
October 2, 2019
From a professional standpoint, Nathan Hoot, MD, PhD, understands the value of medical research that leads to new, groundbreaking drugs in the treatment of rare diseases.
October 1, 2019
The human brain, with its countless mysteries and complex links, may represent the next frontier of discovery and innovation. UTHealth researchers Yahuan Lou, PhD, and João L. de Quevedo, MD, PhD, are helping us to understand what makes our brains unique and to find better treatments, preventions, and cures for brain disorders.
October 1, 2019
Following a national search, Dean Barbara J. Stoll, MD, of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth has named Mary Aitken, MD, MPH, chair of the Department of Pediatrics, effective Oct. 1, 2019.
September 30, 2019
Some students stole to pay bills. Others begged. Still others deliberated whether to buy their child’s medication or pay the mortgage. These acts—part of a simulated poverty experience for students at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth—illuminate the circumstances some of their future patients may face.
September 29, 2019
More than twenty students from the Houston area participated in the 24-hour event that was held at UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics on Sept. 24 and 25.
September 26, 2019
As a visionary pioneer in psychiatric medicine, Louis A. Faillace, MD, made contributions to his field that are immeasurable. But for his children, it is his role as a loving, supportive father that has been the most precious.
September 26, 2019
An innovative strategy called Teens Against Tobacco Use showed promise as an effective strategy to deter tobacco use in middle and high school students, according to a research study by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health.
September 24, 2019
An algorithm developed by UTHealth faculty can help physicians outside of major stroke treatment centers assess whether a patient suffering from ischemic stroke would benefit from an endovascular procedure to remove a clot blocking an artery.
September 23, 2019
The UT Physicians Center for Healthy Aging – Bellaire clinic has been designated as an Age-Friendly Health System. This designation is awarded through participation in the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, which was launched in 2017.
September 16, 2019
More than 70% of U.S. adults are unaware that human papillomavirus (HPV) causes anal, penile, and oral cancers, according to an analysis led by researchers at UTHealth School of Public Health and published in the current issue of JAMA Pediatrics.
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