Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
July 29, 2022
Following a national search for a permanent dean of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, John F. Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD, has accepted the position to lead the school as executive dean and H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences, effective Sept. 1, 2022.
July 29, 2022
Patrick Kellam never thought he would become a surgeon, let alone an orthopedic surgeon, just like his father. But on July 21, he was side by side with his dad as they performed two surgeries together for the first time.
July 29, 2022
A study led by the lab of Mikhail Kolonin, PhD, professor and director of the Center for Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases in the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has discovered a new molecular mechanism-controlling metabolism.
July 27, 2022
Knowing his history with spina bifida and associated risk of developing scoliosis, Cayman Westerkamp's parents immediately booked him an appointment with a UT Physicians expert who had previously cared for their other son.
July 27, 2022
Kisha McClintock always knew she had a genetic predisposition for sickle cell disease, but it wasn’t until a cold night in December 2013 that the then 33-year-old woke from her sleep with severe pain in her left knee, sending McClintock to the emergency room and on a years-long search for answers.
July 21, 2022
Jiajie Zhang, PhD, was recently named a member of the National Advisory Council (NAC) for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Zhang is the dean and Glassell Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Informatics Excellence at UTHealth Houston School of Biomedical Informatics.
July 20, 2022
An anti-inflammatory compound may have the potential to treat systemic inflammation and brain injury in patients with severe COVID-19 and significantly reduce their chances of death, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston and other institutions.
July 20, 2022
People who are genetically at higher risk for stroke can lower that risk by as much as 43% by adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle, according to new research led by UTHealth Houston, which was published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
July 15, 2022
During consultations with head and neck surgeons, a significantly higher proportion of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 were treated for nosebleeds compared to patients who tested negative for the virus, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.
July 15, 2022
After years of surgeries for her cleft lip and palate, 17-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Brown is now finished with her cleft journey, thanks to doctors at UT Physicians.
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