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Q&A with Erika Flores, MID student

Q&A with Erika Flores, MID student

Erika Flores is in the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases program from the lab of Anne-Marie Krachler, PhD.  She studied the validation of larval zebrafish as a model organism of adherent-invasive...
June 21, 2023
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Q&A with PhD Student, Fulbright Scholar Rachel Van Drunen

PhD student Rachel Van Drunen has always had a fascination with science, but when she was a novice summer intern working in a regenerative medicine lab at the Texas Heart Institute, she felt more like ...
June 13, 2023
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UTHealth Houston shows its pride at Houston's 2022 Pride Parade on Saturday, June 25, in Downtown Houston. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

UTHealth Houston invites all to celebrate diversity at 2023 Pride Parade

Students, faculty, staff, and trainees from all six UTHealth Houston schools and UT Physicians, along with family, friends, and allies, are invited to join the festivities and celebrate diversity at the...
June 1, 2023
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Celebrate Juneteenth with tea cakes

The UTHealth Houston Office of Diversity and Inclusion invites the community to enjoy a sweet treat to celebrate Juneteenth.
June 1, 2023
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Andrea Hernandez earns NIDCR supplement, forges her own way forward

Andrea Hernandez earns NIDCR supplement, forges her own way forward

Andrea Hernandez—a PhD student in the Immunology program—joined the lab of Simon Young, DDS, MD, PhD, because her interest in translational work led her to a passion in improving cancer immunotherapy...
May 10, 2023
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Faculty members Piwnica-Worms, Richard Wood elected to National Academy of Sciences

Graduate School faculty members Helen Piwnica-Worms, PhD, and Richard Wood, PhD, have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS).Piwnica-Worms and Wood are among 120 new members...
May 3, 2023
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From left to right, UTHealth Houston researchers Oscar Woolnough, PhD, and Nitin Tandon, MD, both with the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School. (Photos provided by Drs. Woolnough and Tandon)

Two brain networks are activated while reading, study finds

When a person reads a sentence, two distinct networks in the brain are activated, working together to integrate the meanings of the individual words to obtain more complex, higher-order meaning, according...
April 17, 2023
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Claudio Soto, PhD, professor and the Huffington Foundation Distinguished Chair in the Department of Neurology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Study: Misfolded alpha-synuclein protein key to early detection of Parkinson’s disease

The presence of a misfolded alpha-synuclein protein can be used to determine if people have Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study using technology developed by a researcher at UTHealth...
April 13, 2023
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Heather Tsong, right, seen here with her advisor Andrea K.H. Stavoe, PhD, receiving the Crow Scholarship. (Photo: John Concha)

Tsong receives 2023 Terry J. Crow, PhD Scholarship in Neuroscience

Neuroscience PhD candidate Heather Tsong, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Terry J. Crow, PhD Scholarship in Neuroscience for her outstanding scholastic achievements . For her doctoral thesis research...
April 11, 2023
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Lorenz named 2023 McGovern teaching award winner

Lorenz named 2023 McGovern teaching award winner

Graduate School students selected Michael C. Lorenz, PhD, as the recipient of the 2023 John P. McGovern Award for Outstanding Teaching. Lorenz is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular...
April 10, 2023
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