Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
March 31, 2025
In 2002, my grandmother, Faye Sims, now 76, experienced a sharp, debilitating pain in her jaw while at a café in Fairfield, Texas. She ended up in the emergency room, and doctors discovered she had multiple sclerosis (MS). The pain she was experiencing in her face was caused by trigeminal neuralgia, sometimes described as the most excruciating pain known to humanity.
March 31, 2025
UTHealth Houston announced the establishment of the Institute of Perioperative Medicine, which will span different schools, including McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston.
March 31, 2025
That Thursday morning in January started like any other as Christopher Blankenship, 47, headed into work feeling just fine. However, just a few hours into his eight-hour shift, he felt a slight discomfort between his shoulder blades. He shrugged the pain off, thinking it was a random twinge from a previous accident. But the pain intensified, and Christopher told his co-worker he needed to take a break and sit in his car.
March 25, 2025
UTHealth Houston is proud to announce the successful opening and first online patient visit at its groundbreaking Telehealth Precision Genetic Counseling for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
March 24, 2025
An imbalance in ligands, which are molecules produced by the body and the gut microbiota, can affect a key receptor protein that plays a role in brain inflammation after stroke, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston, who recently published their preclinical findings in Nature Communications.
March 21, 2025
The Class of 2025 at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, 239 strong, found out yesterday where they will take their next step in their medical career as they, along with fourth-year students across the country, opened envelopes at the exact same time.
March 18, 2025
From personal tragedy to volunteer work to a classmate’s enlightening speech, they were inspired by different events onto a common pathway that will lead to a career in medicine. On Friday, March 21, these students are among more than 200 fellow classmates at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston who will take the next step during Match Day.
March 14, 2025
A stem cell therapy trial aimed at reducing neuroinflammation in patients with presymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease is underway at UTHealth Houston.
March 6, 2025
UTHealth Houston continues to rank among the nation’s top institutions for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, according to the latest annual rankings from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
February 28, 2025
Following an appendectomy at the age of six and fascinated by the care she received from her nurses and their knowledge about her treatment, Susan Ruppert, PhD, APRN, knew right then what her career path would be in life.
Use the form below to perform a new search.