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As graduates of the Medical School Class of 2020 prepare to launch their careers as doctors this summer, Center Times Plus celebrates this educational milestone. We talked to five graduating medical students about their special talents, significant medical school experiences, and challenges they’ve overcome that have shaped them. We are grateful to them for sharing their stories!

Mujeeb Basit, M.D. and his team turned out meaningful reports on COVID-19 that included percent positivity of those tested, the evolution of cases and hospitalizations, vaccination rates, and mask-wearing. Mobility reports included details down to retail shopping, grocery shopping, and people’s visits to the workplace and public parks.

Researchers developed a process for delivering quick and accurate analysis of SARS-CoV-2 variants, allowing researchers to track the variant landscape over time

Prenatal doctor visits for pregnant women using phones instead video technology encouraged more visits – particularly among vulnerable populations – and resulted in similar pregnancy outcomes compared with women who came in person, new research by UT Southwestern researchers found.

Sam McBrayer, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern of Pediatrics in the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI), is one of six winners of the 2021 Distinguished Scientist Award, presented by the Sontag Foundation.

John Andersen, M.D., a pioneer and guiding force in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at UT Southwestern for over four decades, recently retired and has been appointed Professor Emeritus.

UT Southwestern has expanded its Movement Disorders Clinic in the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute

Overview of the Addiction Psychiatry Division in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern

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Rodney Infante, M.D., Ph.D., was struck by the plight of the 30-50% of solid tumor patients who suffer from cachexia. Not only was their quality of life seriously diminished by rapid weight loss and muscle wasting, but they were often deemed ineligible for standard-of-care treatments, adding insult to injury. Since no one understood what causes cachexia, Dr. Infante decided to tackle it. Less than 10 years later, he is close to beginning a phase 1 trial on a possible solution.