Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
August 31, 2023
Simon Young, DDS, associate professor with UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, is serving as co-investigator on a $2.3 million, multi-institutional federal grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health to help harness the healing power of semiconductor nanotechnology.
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.
August 25, 2023
Researchers estimate that more than 3.1 million Hispanic households are at elevated risk for food insecurity. However, language barriers can thwart efforts to assess how many more are at risk.
August 16, 2023
Prior vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria, with or without pertussis (Tdap/Td); herpes zoster (HZ), better known as shingles; and pneumococcus are all associated with a reduced risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.
August 11, 2023
A clinical trial evaluating the role of statins in the risk of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in patients presenting with ICH, has opened for enrollment at UTHealth Houston.
August 8, 2023
A five-year, $3.1 million grant to study preventive strategies for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has been awarded to UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
August 1, 2023
The new UT Physicians Interventional Psychiatry Clinic provides services for patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions in one location. Its goal is to not only embrace the current interventional psychiatry services but also expand and develop new services.
July 31, 2023
Two clinical trials that will evaluate drugs, biologics, medical devices, and other therapies for long COVID that are sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will launch at UTHealth Houston.
July 19, 2023
The incidences of teen suicidality including self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts increased nationally between 2016 and 2021; were at seasonal high peaks in April and October; and were at their lowest when schools were shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research at UTHealth Houston.
July 18, 2023
Despite having worse stroke symptoms and living within comparable distances to comprehensive stroke centers, women with large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke are less likely to be routed to the centers compared to men, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.
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