Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
April 19, 2023
Communities in Southwest Houston have something to smile about: UT Dentists, the clinical practice of UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, is collaborating with HOPE Clinic to bring accessible dental care as an integrated health service line at a brand new Alief clinic location called the HOPE Health and Wellness Center.
April 12, 2023
Damien J. LaPar, MD, MSc, a leader in pediatric cardiac surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, UT Physicians, and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, is an inaugural honoree of the Children’s Heart Foundation for his commitment to excellence in academic pediatric and congenital heart surgery.
April 7, 2023
When Erika Thompson, PhD, received an invitation to bring more lifesaving vaccines to children and adolescents in North Texas, she leaped at the opportunity.
Thompson, an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) School of Public Health at Fort Worth, learned about the All for Them mobile vaccination project during an HPV Vaccine Coalition meeting in Arlington, Texas.
March 24, 2023
“When you work with students, you can’t help but see the world through their eyes,” said Ruona, assistant professor and dental director of Community Dental Services. “Students have a fresh perspective on the world. They have an incredible curiosity — they are like sponges because they want to learn everything. You see yourself in them and wonder if they will follow a similar path.”
March 22, 2023
De Quevedo is a professor, clinician, and researcher within the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, where he serves as professor and vice chair of faculty development and outreach. He also is both the director of the Center for Interventional Psychiatry Program and the Treatment-Resistant Depression Program, part of the Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders.
March 13, 2023
Students from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston urged local children to be active and safe while participating in activities on wheels while handing out 130 bicycle helmets at no cost this February at a UT Physicians pediatric clinic.
February 21, 2023
Brooks says he believes he is exactly where he wants to be in life, and that his unique path was paved with the help of fate and technology.
February 21, 2023
Four faculty, representing three UTHealth Houston schools, are among the inductees into the 2023 class of The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education.
The honor is bestowed annually to outstanding faculty from across UT System’s academic health institutions. They will be formally inducted with a ceremony on March 4.
February 7, 2023
Originally from the Morgan Park area of Chicago, Hudson moved to Houston in 2021 and is one of the newest members of the IT Solution Center team.
January 31, 2023
Ponder is the longest tenured support specialist on the IT Solution team, and has been answering calls for 15 years.
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