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UT Southwestern virologist Dr. Julie Pfeiffer has been selected to join the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2019 class of Innovation Fund investigators to launch a joint research project on innate immunity.

Exercising several times a week may delay brain deterioration in people at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study that scientists say merits further research to establish whether fitness can affect the progression of dementia.

Program Development Award

Mentoring Award

With support from the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), the Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern will work to more accurately identify at-risk patients with prediabetes or the Type 2 condition and steer them into proactive community programs.

Dr. Shawna Nesbitt, Professor of Internal Medicine, Associate Dean in the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion, and Medical Director of the Parkland Health & Hospital System Hypertension Clinic, teaches an elective called “Healthcare in Underserved Communities.” In this course, medical and health professions students venture away from the labs and lecture halls of UT Southwestern and into some of the harsh realities of Dallas’ invisible patients.

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.

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.

Dr. Lynne Kirk, an ardent and devoted educator and clinician, has been named Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine and Family and Community Medicine. A UT Southwestern faculty member for 30 years, Dr. Kirk has served as Director of the Student Health Service, Associate Dean for Medical Education and Graduate Medical Education, and Associate Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine. Her research focused on clinical prevention, geriatrics, and medical education.

For a third consecutive year, UT Southwestern Medical Center is the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth and No. 2 in Texas, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospitals listings released July 30. UT Southwestern also ranked nationally in seven specialties including heart and neurological care, with an additional five designated as high-performing.