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May 27, 2025

What began as a leap of faith became a story of innovation, adaptation, and a firm belief in the power of human connection for UTHealth Houston’s Naga Krishna Kadiyala.

May 23, 2025

Four members of the UTHealth Houston community received the university’s most distinguished awards for their exceptional work, history of long-standing excellence, and dedication during the 2025 President’s Scholar Awards and Recognition of Excellence Award ceremony on May 22.

May 19, 2025

With hurricane season approaching, UTHealth Houston once again tested its flood defense systems through a carefully coordinated annual drill Saturday that underscores how far the university has come since the devastation of Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.

May 8, 2025

Scott Patlovich, DrPH, is no stranger to difficult situations. The very nature of his job in Environmental Health and Safety at UTHealth Houston has him responding to emergencies when everyone else is running away.

May 8, 2025

Nhu Nguyen always knew she loved helping people, and medicine always seemed like the logical career choice. However, it wasn’t until she met her best friend during her freshman year of college that public health became not only an educational option to pursue, but also a viable career choice.

May 5, 2025

For Alondra Melendez, her love of science and anatomy began as a patient in her pediatrician’s office. Growing up the rural community of Brookshire, Texas, she suffered from severe asthma and allergies, which caused her to need monthly doctor’s visits.

May 2, 2025

A devoted professor and researcher, Andrew Springer, DrPH, has been named a 2025 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award recipient.

April 29, 2025

For Daniel Martinez, the road to medicine didn’t begin in a classroom. It started in the low-income neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Lewisville, Texas, in the emergency rooms where his mother worked nights cleaning up after patients, and in physicians’ homes, where he and his family cleaned houses to make ends meet.

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 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.