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Two of UT Southwestern’s leading female faculty members – Drs. Helen Hobbs and Carole Mendelson – will receive 2018 Laureate Awards from the Endocrine Society later this month.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF), an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences, has selected two UT Southwestern investigators to receive five-year awards that begin this year.

Expanded telehealth services at UT Southwestern have proved effective at safely delivering patient care during the pandemic, leading to an increase in patients even in specialties such as plastic surgery, according to a new study.

Dr. Rodney Infante, who studies cancer cachexia, has been named a 2019 recipient of a Career Award for Medical Scientists by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF). He is among 13 scientists selected for this research grant, which provides support of $700,000 over five years.

Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center is the first and only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in North Texas.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is the first facility in Dallas and the surrounding region to participate in the international COLCORONA trial.

UT Southwestern scientists have discovered a molecular origin of Alzheimer’s disease, led national efforts to improve depression treatment, and now are developing gene therapies for children with the rarest of deadly neurological diseases. These are a few of the distinguishing achievements of faculty associated with the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, which is seeking to position UT Southwestern as a national leader in brain research and care.

Dr. Donald E. and Patsy Meier are no strangers to living charitably. Now they want to give back even more, inspired by Dr. Meier’s diagnosis in 2015 with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), a degenerative condition of the brain that has no effective therapies. The couple have made a generous $500,000 gift to support CAA research at UT Southwestern’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute that will screen for new drugs and test potential new treatments for the disease.

Parkinson's patients fight disease through boxing course led by UTSW alumnus

One of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s most steadfast benefactors for more than three decades, legendary Texan H. Ross Perot Sr. passed away July 9 at the age of 89, leaving an enduring legacy.