October 20, 2023
Just as a song can remind us of the junior high dance or prom, sounds also have the ability to return traumatic memories.
Pinpointing the location of these traumatic memories is the work behind a clinical trial, “Neuromodulation of the fear extinction circuit using temporally and anatomically specific TMS in humans,” led by Mohammed Milad, PhD, professor in the Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
October 16, 2023
Robert D. Spears, PhD, MS, and Jennifer L. Swails, MD, FACP, were among the 14 recipients of The University of Texas System Board of Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award for 2023.
September 27, 2023
A $2.5 million grant for the transformation of knowledge and treatment of bipolar disorder has been awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD²).
September 17, 2023
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston topped all other undergraduate nursing programs in Texas, according to the 2024 U.S. News Best Colleges publication, which was released today.
September 14, 2023
R.Á.P.I.D.O., a culturally relevant acronym created under the leadership of Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN, at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston to raise awareness of stroke signs in the Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino community and save lives, has been adopted by the American Stroke Association (ASA), the organization announced today.
August 28, 2023
Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD, will chair the Department of Health Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Muhammad Walji, PhD, will chair the Department of Clinical and Health Informatics. Both begin their respective roles Sept. 1.
July 14, 2023
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers will participate in a national initiative to help combat cancer disparities fueled by persistent poverty. The five-year grant was awarded to collaborators at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. Nearing $10 million in funding for five years, UTHealth Houston researchers will receive nearly $2 million as co-investigators to foster cancer prevention research and strengthen community-based programs in low-income areas.
June 29, 2023
A new four-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide financial support to 25 nurse practitioner students per year at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.
June 27, 2023
The most prestigious school of public health in the state and fourth-largest in the country, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health will break ground on a 10-story, 350,000-square-foot tower in the Texas Medical Center that underscores the school’s mission of health promotion and disease prevention, sustainable access to affordable health care with improved outcomes, and training the next generation of leaders in public health sciences.
May 16, 2023
Dean Emerita Patricia Starck, DSN, RN, FAAN, and alumna Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, were among 13 people honored by Nurses With Global Impact, Inc., during the International Nurses Day event at the United Nations.
