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Seven medical students named Schweitzer Fellows

UT Southwestern’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint can be seen in the variety of campus sustainability measures, including energy and water conservation programs and solid waste reduction initiatives, along with the expanded use of native plants, a lush tree canopy, and Monarch butterfly-friendly landscaping.

UTSW lung clinic helps former COVID-19 patients breathe easier

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Cody Ruhl, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Biological Chemistry Graduate Program at UT Southwestern, has been selected to receive a Jess Hay Endowment for Chancellor’s Graduate Student Research Fellowship from the UT System for 2020-2021.

In recognition of his efforts, Dr. Halm has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Raminder Kumar, M.D. Distinguished Professorship in General Internal Medicine. The endowment was recently established by the family of Dr. Kumar in celebration of her birthday and as a tribute to honor her previous service as a UT Southwestern faculty member for almost 20 years.

Bob Butsch, a database analyst, has volunteered at the Dallas Zoo in the herpetology department for 32 years.

Growing up in a country with limited health care resources shaped Dr. Oludamilola “Dami” Akinmolayemi’s future. It also fueled his drive to take full advantage of the opportunities afforded him in the United States. The Medical School Class of 2020 chose him to receive the Iatros Award, while the Leadership Award is bestowed annually to student officers of the graduating class.

Dr. Shailavi Jain says internal medicine provides the best opportunity to get to know patients as their primary provider.

Surgeons at UT Southwestern have developed and analyzed the benefits of a cutting-edge technique that provides patients with facial paralysis the ability to close their eyes. They concluded that the surgery – which is only performed at a handful of institutions around the world, including UTSW – not only allowed patients to blink and voluntarily close their eyes, but also protected them against the progressive damage to the cornea that’s typically seen with facial paralysis.