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Academic Assessment Each academic program at UTSW utilizes a program assessment plan to facilitate continuous quality improvement (CQI) in education. The CQI process embedded in our assessment plans allows us to demonstrate compliance with specific standards of our accreditors. But our principal moti…

Valerie is just one of many community members and businesses across North Texas that have banded together to put needed supplies in the hands of health care workers. Valerie’s “Masks Matter” campaign raised $7,500, including money contributed online, matching funds from a local business, and a personal donation of more than $1,000 from her savings. With the money, she was able to deliver 10,000 surgical masks and 1,200 FFP2 respirator masks on April 24.

With the number of COVID-19 cases increasing in North Texas, UT Southwestern ramped up efforts to meet the challenge of caring for patients while taking additional steps to protect faculty, students, and staff.

COVE started in 2015 as a way to reduce the high level of emergency department visits and hospitalizations among the elderly, which can be expensive and, most importantly, hard on patients who are often frail. In recent months, COVE has become even more valuable – an almost certain lifesaver – as the COVID-19 crisis has forced the vulnerable elderly population to stay at home as much as possible to avoid contracting the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus.

A Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Dr. Grishin will present the next President’s Lecture virtually at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in a talk titled “Computational Adventures in Biomedical Sciences: From Molecules to Butterflies.” The presentation will be available at utsouthwestern.edu/pls. Register here for the event.

Dani Mathisen, a third-year UT Southwestern medical student, resolved to find a simple way to talk with kids about the pandemic after hearing this question from a young relative. One night when she couldn’t sleep, she came up with the idea to create an alphabet book to explain the disease and the safety precautions it requires.

Dr. Barker is among 14 educators from across the state system recognized Nov. 16-17 as Regents’ Award winners by the UT System Board of Regents.

Dr. Thinwa’s research was recently recognized when she received a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists – making her one of only 14 awardees nationwide this year.

Match Day 2022: Student spotlights

Two UT Southwestern researchers – one investigating how cancer cells acquire complex genomes and another exploring how photosynthetic animal cells could pave the way for laboratory-based meat products – have been awarded 2022 Haberecht Wildhare-Idea Research Grants.