Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
January 23, 2023
Meagan Whisenant, PhD, RN, is applying her two decades of symptom science experience to two new grant-funded research projects. One aims to support patients experiencing brain tumors and their caregivers, and the other focuses on chemoprevention of breast cancer. Whisenant is an associate professor in the Department of Research at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.
January 18, 2023
Recent research on a novel approach to the treatment of pancreatic cancer, from the lab of Jennifer Bailey, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been published in Cancer Immunology Research.
January 10, 2023
School garden-based interventions can improve metabolic parameters such as blood sugar and cholesterol in children, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.
November 7, 2022
Older adults residing in assisted living facilities and quarantined to their rooms during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic lost significant weight, according to gerontology care providers and researchers from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
October 31, 2022
Asha Kapadia, PhD, and Kay Dunn, PhD, were trailblazers who excelled academically and professionally, emerging as role models in the male-dominated field of biostatistics.
October 24, 2022
Funded by the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the “Trauma Resuscitation with Group O Whole Blood Or Products” (TROOP) trial will enroll 1,200 patients at 12 trauma centers across the United States, to compare whole blood transfusions to blood component therapy, the current standard in trauma transfusions. Enrollment for TROOP will begin in spring 2023.
August 22, 2022
A four-year, $2.25 million grant to identify a novel approach for facilitating smoking abstinence and limiting post-smoking cessation weight gain has been awarded to UTHealth Houston researcher Luba Yammine, PhD, by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
August 10, 2022
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, which is held to observe the importance and need for education about vaccines.
December 20, 2021
Maria E. Fernandez, PhD, the Lorne Bain Distinguished Professor in Public Health and Medicine, and professor of health promotion and behavioral science at UTHealth School of Public Health is the recipient of the 2022 Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health’s (ASPPH) Research Excellence Award. This distinguished award recognizes faculty who have devoted their careers to investigating public health issues.
June 3, 2021
A nasal therapy, built upon on the application of a new engineered IgM antibody therapy for COVID-19, was more effective than commonly used IgG antibodies at neutralizing the COVID-19 virus in animal models, according to research recently published by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB Health), the University of Houston, and IGM Biosciences, Inc.
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