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The university-wide institute, one of the first in the nation, will serve as a multidisciplinary center for research, education, and patient care. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

UTHealth Houston establishes Fetal Institute focused on clinical care, research discovery, and education to advance fetal medicine

Five years after the first groundbreaking fetoscopic spina bifida repair surgery using an innovative patch pioneered by researchers at UTHealth Houston, the fetal medicine team is celebrating the more than 100 procedures performed by the physicians and the launch of the UTHealth Houston Fetal Institute.

The Human Virome Program team from UTHealth Houston School of Public in Brownsville includes, from left, Fadi Musfee, MD; Joseph McCormick, MD; Susan Fisher-Hoch, MD; Norma Perez-Olazaran; Rocio Uribe; and Marcela Morris. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Sweeping study of human viruses by researchers including UTHealth Houston funded with $20M from NIH

Unlocking knowledge about the vast and varied collection of viruses that live in and on our bodies is the goal of a $20 million grant from the Common Fund of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to researchers, including a team at UTHealth Houston.

Juana Espino, San Juana Gonzalez, Natalia Williams, and Shanice Johnson provide health education and community resources at UT Physicians Multispecialty — Rosenberg for Houston PAP Project attendees. (Photo by Mary Beth Robinson, UTHealth Houston)

Grant addresses need for follow-up after cervical cancer screenings

A new $1.5 million grant will enable UTHealth Houston to improve cervical cancer screening follow-ups and early treatment for this vulnerable population. Awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), this significant funding can help bridge the gap in health care access, ensuring that more women receive the critical follow-up care they need after screenings.

Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, dean of Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, has just received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Santa Maria, dean of Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

More than a decade of work with youth experiencing homelessness and HIV prevention has led to a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, dean of Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.

Link between gene duplications and deletions within chromosome region and nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease found by UTHealth Houston researchers

Sara Mansoorshahi, Left, and Catherina Tovar Pensa, right, third-year medical students at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2, which involves genes that regulate cardiac development, are linked to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease, according to a new study led by UTHealth Houston researchers.

UTHealth Houston research: Children born to young men with cancer have slight increases in preterm birth, low-birth-weight children, but not birth defects

Caitlin Murphy, PhD, MPH (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Male adolescents and young adults with cancer have a slightly elevated risk of having preterm birth and children with low birth weight, but no increased risk of birth defects in their offspring, according to research by UTHealth Houston. The population-based study was recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Project to redesign clinical trials for neurologic conditions for underserved populations funded with $2.9M grant to UTHealth Houston

Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH, is leading a project funded by the NIH to close the gap in neurological outcomes for underserved populations. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

In an effort to close the gap in neurological outcomes for underserved populations, a UTHealth Houston project funded with $2.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will engage community partners to improve the design of clinical trials.

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