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Match Day magic: Spotlighting the pride and purpose of the Class of 2026 Published on: March 13, 2026 By: Sharon Reynolds Tags: Education Share: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Plus Share on LinkedIn At exactly 11 a.m. on Friday, March 20, UT Southwestern’s Medic…

Memory experts at UT Southwestern commonly see patients concerned about developing dementia. The patients may notice taking longer to remember details, or perhaps they’ve forgotten an event entirely. “But when should we worry, and when should we forget about it?” asked Dr. Brendan Kelley, a memory disorders expert and Vice Chair for Clinical Operations at UT Southwestern. “Sometimes memory issues are simply part of normal aging.” Dr. Kelley offered insight on the issue March 21 at the Carolyn P. Horchow Women’s Health Symposium, an annual campus event that this year included lectures from several doctors from UT Southwestern’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute.

Five UT Southwestern graduate students have been awarded three-year grants from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, or GRFP.

The award season for UT Southwestern nurses is in full swing and D Magazine’s “Excellence in Nursing Awards” shine a light on a no less than 21 of our RNs this year.

UT Southwestern grad student attends Nobel Laureate gathering in Germany

In April, Dr. Mona was awarded the Ida M. Green Award. The honor is given to a female student of the UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences who has demonstrated scholastic excellence and outstanding citizenship in line with the values and mission of the Medical Center.

Pfeiffer, DeBerardinis honored as rising stars in Texas research

The UT Southwestern President’s Research Council (PRC), a group of community members committed to learning about and advancing medical research at UT Southwestern, annually contributes funding to support the work of early career faculty. This year, the PRC selected two former trainees who are now faculty members – Dr. Rodney Infante and Dr. Chad Newton – to receive Distinguished Researcher Awards.

UT Southwestern researchers have shown that precision editing of the bacterial populations in the gut reduces inflammation-associated colorectal cancer in mice.

Advancements being made by a gene therapy program at UT Southwestern where leading experts are engineering innovative treatments for some of the world’s rarest neurological diseases. By inserting healthy genes missing from patients’ DNA, scientists are looking to develop lifesaving treatments for children who suffer from rare genetic conditions that are traditionally difficult to treat.