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Furry friends among volunteers honored at annual Luncheon

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.

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.

Advancements in gene editing, buoyed by the discovery of CRISPR technology that enables precise editing of the human genome, have put scientists on the cusp of solving some of mankind’s most devastating and baffling disorders. Among them is DMD, a muscle-withering disease that UT Southwestern geneticists have halted in animals and human cells through a single-cut gene-editing technique.

Arnoldo honored as first recipient of Purdue Chair in Burn Care

The award season for UT Southwestern nurses is in full swing and D Magazine’s “Excellence in Nursing Awards” shine a light on a no less than 21 of our RNs this year.

UT Southwestern’s living-donor programs offer better long-term outcomes because live donation allows patients to undergo surgery sooner in the course of their illness, with organs from the healthiest of donors. Center Times attended the Transplant Reunion, where several attendees shared their moving transplant journeys.

The Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network (SWHR ACN) saved almost $30 million in 2017, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These savings place it at the top of organizations participating in the CMS Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model. The savings resulted in an overall quality score of 100 percent for that fiscal year.

Three UT Southwestern physician-scientists hope awards from the Harrington Discovery Institute will further their research, eventually leading to new drugs for difficult-to-treat diseases. The faculty members are among 10 researchers nationwide selected for 2019 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Awards.

American Heart Month at UT Southwestern kicked off Feb. 1 at the Bass Center with one of two Heart Month Health Fairs, and featured good eats, blood pressure and BMI screenings, and other heart health activities and information. There was even a little mindfulness meditation.