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In 1960s and ’70s Pittsburgh, Shawna Nesbitt soon learned girls weren’t expected to be doctors – especially not black girls. Dr. Shawna Nesbitt is now Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion as well as Medical Director of the UT Southwestern-affiliated Parkland Health & Hospital System’s Hypertension Clinic.

Dr. David McFadden, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry, has received a Clinical Investigator Award from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation to support his investigation of the cellular metabolism of a particularly challenging type of thyroid cancer.

Graduate student Lupita Rios has two passions – neuroscience and planting. One might not seem like it has anything to do with the other, but through both avenues she strives to make people feel better.

Appointments, billing, guidelines, and referral contacts for pet owners and referring veterinarians at UT Southwestern’s Veterinary Research Oncology Clinic.

Using artificial intelligence to identify patterns of brain activity that make people less responsive to certain antidepressants, two studies led by UT Southwestern provide evidence for the impact of biology.

A phase three clinical trial that UT Southwestern participated in determined that a three-drug combination improved lung function and reduced symptoms in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients who have a single copy of the most common genetic mutation for the disease.

UT Southwestern has been selected to participate in a major National Institutes of Health (NIH) push to discover new treatments and expand clinical research on Down syndrome. Dr. Beverly Rothermel, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, will lead UTSW’s effort as Principal Investigator of a five-year research project funded by a $2 million grant.

Learn about the faculty members who have been named Dedman Scholars at UT Southwestern.

Dr. Parsia Vagefi brought the new surgical protocol for bile duct cancer and liver disease when he came to UT Southwestern in 2018 as Associate Professor of Surgery and the Ernest Poulos, M.D. Distinguished Chair in Surgery. The surgery protocol would give Mr. Cueto a new liver by transplant and surgically remove the bile duct.

Leaders of UT Southwestern and Children’s Health came together Wednesday, Oct. 16, to celebrate an agreement to create a new venture to enhance pediatric care in North Texas.