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UT Southwestern’s Special Grant Incentive (SGI) program encourages UT Southwestern faculty members to further pursue federal awards to advance science and benefit our patients.

UT Southwestern marked the beginning of “a new era” on Tuesday, Dec. 3, with the opening of a specialty care facility in Frisco – one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. Almost two weeks earlier, hundreds of community leaders, physicians, faculty, and staff gathered for a dedication ceremony of the new UT Southwestern Medical Center at Frisco, the 120,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art medical building that many have watched rise on a former hay farm since 2017.

UT Southwestern researchers have developed a software tool that uses artificial intelligence to recognize cancer cells from digital pathology images – giving clinicians a powerful way of predicting patient outcomes.

UT Southwestern is a place where an ultrasound technologist and a registered nurse, among others, can be recognized not only for their daily work, but also for their creative endeavors – imagine strawberries splashing, Hindu mythological characters, and a rain-producing umbrella. The annual regional On My Own Time (OMOT) art exhibit and competition provides such an opportunity for the UT Southwestern community to share these inspired images.

UTSW President Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky welcomed members of the campus community to the now-annual event, which was hosted by the Office of Institutional Equity & Access and the Hispanic-Latino Business Resource Group (BRG). The campus celebration fell during National Hispanic Heritage Month, a recognition honoring the histories, cultures, and contributions of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Two new vice presidents have been appointed to oversee compliance and internal audit services at UT Southwestern: Natalie Ramello as Vice President for Institutional Compliance and Chief Compliance Officer, and Valla Wilson as Vice President for Internal Audit and Chief Audit Executive.

Officer Wright was recently sworn in as a new UT Southwestern police officer, along with Officers Michael Horton, Jorge Lizardo, Lira Polanco, and Jacob Watson. The five new officers are a part of the 48-member fully commissioned UTSW police force that also is assisted by 79 nonsworn public safety officers.

Program Development Award

Dr. Marilynn Punaro appointed Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics.

The increasing sophistication of cancer treatments threatens to outpace the ability of health care providers to enroll patients in clinical trials to test those therapies. That’s a key finding by researchers in UT Southwestern’s new Department of Population and Data Sciences.