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Multi-omics research on liver disease in Hispanics/Latinos funded through $4M NIH grant to UTHealth Houston

As one of just six sites in the country chosen for a new consortium of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville will use multi-omics in combination with environmental, epidemiologic, and...
2-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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$3.3M grant awarded to UTHealth Houston to study digital patient-reported symptom monitoring tool for patients with head and neck cancer

A five-year, $3.3 million grant to study symptom management in patients with head and neck cancer has been awarded to researchers from UTHealth Houston by the National Cancer Institute (1R01CA282149), part of the National Institutes of Health.
29-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers uncover why a gene mutant causes young children to have strokes

A discovery of a mutation in the gene ACTA2 has given researchers, led by Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD, with UTHealth Houston, insight into understanding the cause of a rare and progressive problem with arteries in the brain and a cause of strokes in...
28-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Cizik School of Nursing researcher awarded $2.3M grant to evaluate post-pandemic eviction stress and mental health

A three-year, $2.3 million grant to study post-pandemic eviction stress and mental health has been awarded to researchers from UTHealth Houston by the National Institute of Nursing Research, part of the National Institutes of Health.
27-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

UTHealth Houston receives $2.5 million to transform knowledge and treatment of bipolar disorder

A $2.5 million grant for the transformation of knowledge and treatment of bipolar disorder has been awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD²).
27-Sep-2023 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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New focal therapies at UTHealth Houston make prostate cancer treatment easier on patients

Tissue-sparing treatments using focal therapy, aimed to avoid side effects like urinary incontinence, are becoming available for prostate cancer patients like Morton McPhail of Texas.
22-Sep-2023 11:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Artificial intelligence software improves endovascular thrombectomy treatment times for stroke patients

The implementation of artificial intelligence-powered large vessel occlusion (LVO) detection software for acute stroke triage can improve endovascular thrombectomy treatment times, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.
14-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Cizik School of Nursing BSN program ranked No. 1 in Texas

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston topped all other undergraduate nursing programs in Texas, according to the 2024 U.S. News Best Colleges publication, which was released today.
17-Sep-2023 12:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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