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Erin Furr Stimming, MD, pictured with a patient at the Huntington's Disease Center of Excellence at UTHealth Houston Neurosciences. (Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth Houston)

Drug significantly reduces chorea symptoms in patients with Huntington’s disease

The drug valbenazine statistically improves chorea, a movement disorder commonly associated with Huntington’s disease, when compared to a placebo, according to a recent international study led by UTHealth Houston researcher Erin Furr Stimming, MD, who served as principal investigator on behalf of the KINECT-HD Huntington Study Group.

Photo of Aanand Naik, MD, and Holly Holmes, MD.

UTHealth Houston establishes Institute on Aging

Photo from left to right, Pilar Brentari, NP Lisa de Ybarrondo, MD Jennifer Seay. (Photo by Kim Kham, UT Physicians)

UT Physicians Multispecialty – The Heights Named a Foster Care Center of Excellence

Wei-Chung Su, PhD, center, works with Minjung Kim, left, a student from National Seoul University, and Jinho Lee, right, PhD student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, to test MALDA in an industrial setting. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

One-of-a-kind mobile respiratory system allows researchers to see airborne particle deposits in the lungs in new depths

A photograph of a patient in a clinic room with a doctor. Photo by Kim Kham.

UTHealth Houston launches Center for Digital Healthcare Innovation

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The Many Faces of UTHealth Houston

As one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic health science centers, UTHealth Houston brings together the best in health care across hundreds of disciplines and specialties. Teamwork fuels our excellence in health education, innovation, scientific discovery, and patient care, allowing us to solve the greatest health challenges of our time. Our heart and vascular team is just one outstanding example.

Discover the Power of a World-Renowned Team

Engineering the future of health care

The MD/Master of Bioengineering program harnesses the creativity and ingenuity of two of Houston's leading institutions to prepare future health professionals with the skills to develop solutions to urgent health care needs and improve patient care.

Discover the Impact of Education

When the unexpected happens

Trauma experts at UTHealth Houston provide lifesaving care and improve outcomes for patients. Philanthropic support helps the team conduct research, such as using stem cells to heal traumatic brain injuries, treating and preventing blood clots postoperatively, and investigating the epidemiology of trauma deaths in Harris County.

Discover the Skilled Trauma Experts

UTHealth Houston at a Glance

5319

Total students

Total # of degree and certificate programs

$319M+

Total research expenditures

2000+

Providers in 80+ subspecialties

50000+

Total alumni

UTHealth Houston Campus Profile

UTHealth Houston Schools

Cizik School of Nursing

McGovern Medical School

MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

School of Dentistry

School of Public Health

UTHealth Houston Clinics

With over 2,000 clinicians certified in more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties, UT Physicians provides multi-specialty care for the entire family. UT Physicians is the medical group practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

Through its student, advanced education, and faculty clinics, the School of Dentistry offers a wide range of dental care services to patients of all ages.