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Researchers reviewing brain scans on a large screen in a meeting room. (Photo by Terry Vine Photography)

Medication approved for diabetes being tested for treatment of cocaine use disorder

With overdose rates involving cocaine soaring nearly 27% in 2020, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) hope that a clinical trial combining a medication approved...
July 23, 2021
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Group photo of professionals who attended the 2021 CCTS annual meeting in Houston. (Photo by Rogelio Castro/UTHealth)

Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences addresses COVID-19 health disparities in Texas

Projects of the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences include several initiatives to address testing disparities in vulnerable and underserved populations across the state, including in the Houston...
July 23, 2021
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GSBS alumni Kristine Ferrone, PhD, at a Mars simulation camp in 2009

Research Retrospective: Medical Physics student Ferrone working on radiation shielding that could benefit astronauts, cancer patients

July 21, 2021
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Dr. Simon Young holds a test tube in his research lab.

Young becomes second oral surgeon in US with active R01 grant funding

The Young Laboratory at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry has received a research project grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health to...
July 9, 2021
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Photo of women looking through microscope.

Healthy fat impacted by change in diet and circadian clock, study finds

Changing your eating habits or altering your circadian clock can impact healthy fat tissue throughout your lifespan, according to a preclinical study published today in Nature by researchers with The University...
June 9, 2021
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Photo of Sharon Y.R. Dent, PhD

GSBS faculty member Dent elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Faculty member Sharon Y.R. Dent, PhD, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 
May 5, 2021
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McCullough named 2020 Darlington mentor award winner

McCullough named 2020 Darlington mentor award winner

Faculty member Louise D. McCullough MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2020 Paul E. Darlington Mentor Award for GSBS Faculty.
April 23, 2021
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William Klein, PhD

In memoriam: retired GSBS faculty member William Klein, PhD

William Klein, PhD, a retired GSBS faculty member and professor emeritus, Systems Biology at MD Anderson, died March 9. He’s remembered for his dedication to bench research, his scientific curiosity...
April 10, 2021
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GSBS faculty member Lozano elected to Fellows of the AACR Academy

GSBS faculty member Lozano elected to Fellows of the AACR Academy

Graduate School faculty member Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano, PhD, was elected to the 2021 class of Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy in recognition of her pioneering work...
March 30, 2021
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GSBS Associate Dean Eric Swindell leaving in April

GSBS Associate Dean Eric Swindell leaving in April

Associate Dean of Graduate Education Eric C. Swindell, PhD, will be leaving April 16 to accept a position as the associate dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine...
March 25, 2021
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