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UT System Regents name Melina R. Kibbe, MD, sole finalist for UTHealth Houston presidency

The University of Texas System Board of Regents has named Melina R. Kibbe, MD, as the sole finalist for the presidency of UTHealth Houston. Dr. Kibbe currently serves as chief health affairs officer at UVA Health and dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry ranks eighth nationally and first in Texas among U.S. dental schools that received research funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry climbs to No. 8 nationally in NIDCR funding

UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry ranked No. 8 among U.S. dental schools in research funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for fiscal year 2024, according to the agency’s annual rankings released in July. 

Neurologist and stroke prevention expert Anjail Sharrief, MD, with UTHealth Houston helped Sgt. Danny Beckworth return to an active lifestyle after his stroke. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Long-term stroke survivors avoid second occurrence with help from UTHealth Houston and UT Physicians neurologist

Two long-time stroke surivors beat the odds with resilience, fitness, and care by a UTHealth Houston neurologist to avoid a second stroke. 

Karen Vine Fuller snaps a photo with Joao De Quevedo, MD, PhD before beginning her electroconvulsive therapy. (Photo by Karen Vine Fuller)

At the Bedside: How electroconvulsive therapy at UTHealth Houston helped one woman reclaim her life

At 59, Karen Vine Fuller had tried everything — more than 30 medications, and years of psychotherapy — but none of it could lift the heavy depression that had overtaken her life.






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