March 17, 2022
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are 160 times more likely to die from drowning than the general pediatric population, according to research published in the December 2017 issue of Injury Epidemiology. That is why Heather McCrackin, RN, a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student at Cizik School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), is launching an Autism Drowning Prevention Resource Kit.
March 15, 2022
They persevered through two years of the worst pandemic the world has ever seen. Now more than 225 members of the Class of 2022 of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston will come together Friday, March 18, to celebrate Match Day, the day they learn where they will take their next step in their medical careers.
March 8, 2022
Seeing an egg used to demonstrate bike helmet safety, using pipe cleaners to build a nerve cell, and touching an actual human brain are all part of Brain Night for Kids, sponsored by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) Neuroscience Research Center (NRC) and The Health Museum.
March 4, 2022
With updates regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on abundant TV channels and websites, it’s almost impossible to shield children from the unsettling news. Nor should they be, according to Leslie K. Taylor, PhD, child and adolescent psychologist with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) and its clinical practice, UT Physicians.
March 3, 2022
The incidence of cervical cancer is starting to rise in low-income U.S. counties and has plateaued in high-income counties in recent years, after years of decreases, according to a new study led by investigators from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) and published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum.
March 2, 2022
Renowned geriatrician Aanand Naik, MD, has been named the Nancy P. and Vincent F. Guinee, MD Distinguished Chair and executive director of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) Consortium on Aging.
February 24, 2022
Black patients with acute ischemic stroke are 25% less likely to receive endovascular therapy compared to white or Hispanic stroke patients, according to research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston).
February 21, 2022
On the surface, 18-year-old Ayden Fireck was spending his senior year doing the things he loved: working at a local emergency room, practicing drills in the ROTC at his Georgia high school, and deciding where to go to college.
February 18, 2022
Kristina Mena, PhD, MSPH, regional dean of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health El Paso campus has been appointed to the World Triathlon Sustainability Commission. Mena will serve as a representative of the United States and work in conjunction with USA Triathlon, the national governing body for several multisport events in the U.S. Mena is tasked with the responsibility to develop a plan and creative solutions for the environmental considerations in all policy making and events with key stakeholders and local event organizers.
February 18, 2022
Phoebe Dow was among nearly 1,000 patients to participate in the RESPECT trial, a national, randomized clinical trial led locally by Richard Smalling, MD, PhD, which over the course of 12 years compared outcomes between patients who received the PFO closure with medical therapy versus patients who received medical therapy alone. The results from this trial and five others conducted globally from 2000-2017 were analyzed in a paper recently published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, which was co-authored by Smalling.
