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Dr. Donald E. and Patsy Meier are no strangers to living charitably. Now they want to give back even more, inspired by Dr. Meier’s diagnosis in 2015 with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), a degenerative condition of the brain that has no effective therapies. The couple have made a generous $500,000 gift to support CAA research at UT Southwestern’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute that will screen for new drugs and test potential new treatments for the disease.

Dr. Eugene P. Frenkel was revered for his compassionate bedside care and was highly respected as an academic mentor who supported the career development of countless students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty during a remarkable 57-year career at UT Southwestern.

For a second consecutive year, UT Southwestern is the top institution internationally within the health care category for publishing high-quality scientific research, according to the recently released Nature Index 2019 Annual Tables.

Scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) are using a new approach to pinpoint the causes of rare genetic diseases in children and identify treatment options faster than with traditional methods. The new approach combines DNA sequencing and a chemical analysis called metabolomics to identify mutant genes that cause defective metabolic pathways in patients.

Dr. Joseph Frank Sambrook, a preeminent and internationally known molecular biologist involved in pioneering molecular cloning, died June 14 at 80. Dr. Sambrook was recruited to UT Southwestern in the 1980s as Chairman of Biochemistry and later served as Director of the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development.

Three UTSW students receive MLK community service scholarships

Sixteen students from academic institutions around the U.S. trained with UT Southwestern professors as part of the Amgen Scholar program.

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.

Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, Director of the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care and Professor of Psychiatry, has received the Award for Research in Mood Disorders from the American College of Psychiatrists.

UT Southwestern scientists have discovered a molecular origin of Alzheimer’s disease, led national efforts to improve depression treatment, and now are developing gene therapies for children with the rarest of deadly neurological diseases. These are a few of the distinguishing achievements of faculty associated with the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, which is seeking to position UT Southwestern as a national leader in brain research and care.