Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
January 30, 2023
The Committee will be tasked with reviewing the current body of science on key nutrition topics and developing a scientific report that includes its independent assessment of the evidence and recommendations for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration as they develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (the Guidelines).
January 17, 2023
When UTHealth Houston staff, faculty, or students need to call the IT Solution Center — also known as the “Help Desk” — the highly skilled people who answer those calls do not work for a vendor or happen to be in another country. They are all full-time UTHealth Houston employees who are dedicated call responders, working together to get computers or mobile devices up and running again.
January 5, 2023
The legacy of Carmel Bitondo Dyer, MD, lives on in the same communities she sought to impact throughout her career.
December 23, 2022
Bassel Choucair, associate vice president of IT user experience and support at UTHealth Houston, recently celebrated a significant milestone: 30 years with the university. It has been his first and only place of employment after graduating from Boston University with a degree in biomedical engineering.
December 15, 2022
After hundreds of thousands of miles and 20 years of service, UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry has a new set of wheels for its Mobile Dental Van program to continue providing care to underserved communities.
November 10, 2022
Research shows that incidences of Kaposi’s sarcoma among people living with HIV have fallen significantly over the past two decades, but a new evaluation of data led by researchers at UTHealth Houston highlights a significant disparity among one particular demographic – young Black men in the American South.
November 9, 2022
Daniel Martinez decided to become a doctor after seeing medicine in action during his time in the Marine Corps. For Adam Fisher, it was his experience as a medic in the Army. Both have found a home at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and in a new student group that supports military veterans.
October 26, 2022
In acknowledgment of her research advancing the field of cardiovascular science, UTHealth Houston’s Louise McCullough, MD, PhD, has been honored with the 2022 American Heart Association Basic Research Prize.
October 12, 2022
October is Safe Sleep and SIDS Awareness Month. Mary Aitken, MD, MPH, the Dan L Duncan Distinguished University Chair in Pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and pediatrician-in-chief at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, shares some tips to keep your baby sleeping safely, and other things to avoid.
October 10, 2022
Acculturative stress weighs heavy among the many factors that contribute to intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by Latino immigrants, and nurses can help by working to break down barriers of inequity, according to the keynote address delivered by Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, at the second annual Carla Diaz-Lewis Domestic Violence Lecture at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.
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