2016 Article Archive

Simmons Cancer Center Director, Associate Dean named Chief Scientific Officer for CPRIT

 

Dr. James K.V. Willson, Associate Dean of Oncology Programs, and Professor and Director of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been named Chief Scientific Officer of CPRIT.

Awards for December 2015

 

Federal, non-federal, and industry-sponsored grants awarded to UT Southwestern faculty in December 2015.

Diversity manager receives 2015 DiversityFIRST Award

 

Merridth Simpson, Manager of Diversity & Inclusion in the Office of Diversity & Inclusion and Equal Opportunity, recently was awarded the 2015 DiversityFIRST Award by Texas Diversity Council.

Black Men in White Coats

 

While serving as a resident at Duke and pondering his young son’s future, as well as his own life experiences, Dale Okorodudu, M.D., began thinking a lot about how he could inspire his son and other young minorities to consider medicine as a career.

Researchers identify process that causes chronic neonatal lung disease

 

Pediatric researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a key component of the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a devastating and sometimes fatal lung disease that affects premature infants.

Researchers find a small protein that plays a big role in heart muscle contraction

 

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a previously unrecognized small protein in cells of the human heart that plays a key role in heart muscle contraction.

UT Southwestern clinical trial reveals effective, targeted therapy for inner-city children and adolescents with chronic asthma

 

More effective treatment may be on the horizon for young chronic asthma sufferers living in urban areas, based on clinical trial findings that identified a targeted therapy to reduce severe asthma flare-ups.

NASA awards funds to study effects of space radiation during a Mars mission

 

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have been awarded $3.6 million in NASA funds to study how space radiation would affect the cancer risk of astronauts taking part in deep space missions to Mars.

In Memoriam: Dr. Guido Currarino, noted pediatric radiologist

 

Dr. Guido Carlo Currarino, a pioneer in the subspecialty of pediatric radiology who taught generations of UT Southwestern Medical Center residents and fellows during a 30-year career as a faculty member, died on Dec. 20, 2015.

Awards for November 2015

 

Federal, nonfederal, and industry-sponsored awards received by UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty in November 2015.