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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.

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.

Dr. Barbara Hoffman appointed Distinguished Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology, in Honor of F. Gary Cunningham, M.D.

Dr. Joseph Takahashi, noted for discovering the first gene controlling biological clocks in mammals, was awarded the Gruber Neuroscience Prize at the recent Society of Neuroscience annual meeting in Chicago. His lab is using new techniques to research how the timing of calorie intake may impact lifespan, and he believes those studies may lead to the next big discovery in his field.

The Texas Cancer Cell Imaging Core provides tissue preparation, cleared-tissue and expansion microscopy, multiplex imaging, multiscale light-sheet microscopy, and quantitative image analysis for UTSW and collaborating researchers across Texas.

The Structural Biology Lab (SBL) provides access and assistance with the techniques of X-ray crystallography, small angle X-ray scattering and high-resolution imaging as well as single particle reconstruction in cryo-electron microscopy.

The mission of the Transgenic Technology Center Core is to create and preserve lines of genetically engineered rodents.

Catherine Judd, M.S., PA-C, has pledged $125,000 to support physician assistant (PA) students in the clinical phase of their training at her alma mater, the UT Southwestern School of Health Professions. From her gift, $100,000 will be used to endow the Catherine R. Judd Scholarship Fund, and $25,000 will be available immediately to increase the impact of the Fund. Ms. Judd has also joined UT Southwestern’s Heritage Society to further contribute to the Scholarship Fund through a gift in her estate plan.

Informatics services trains future clinical informaticians and provides streamlined access to the data and informatics infrastructure required for research teams to rapidly employ real-world, clinically generated data to obtain new insights and translate discovery into better health.

UTSW’s CTSA Program helps researchers and improve their skills and knowledge through programs, workshops, grants, and more.