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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.

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.

List of graduate candidates for 2020-2021 from the school of biomedical sciences.

. Based on the findings he has made involving flaviviruses and his collaborative work on other viral diseases, Mr. Boys, a member of the Immunology Graduate Program, is this year’s recipient of the Nominata Award, the highest honor bestowed upon an advanced student of the UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

As founding Director of the Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, Charles Pak, M.D., helped distinguish UT Southwestern as a national leader in preventing, diagnosing, and treating bone and mineral disorders. His discoveries paved the way for pioneering therapies that continue to be used to treat patients with kidney stones and osteoporosis.

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.

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in STEM fields.

L. Joseph Su, Ph.D., M.P.H., a nutritional epidemiologist who researches links between diet and contaminants in food to cancer and health, and Yang Xie, Ph.D., an expert in the field of data science, have been appointed Associate Deans at UT Southwestern.

Five early career physician-researchers are the first awardees to receive support from the UT Southwestern Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists (UT-FOCUS) program.

Neuropathologist Dennis Burns, M.D., who played a key role in reshaping the first major reorganization of the UT Southwestern Medical School curriculum in its history, has been appointed Professor Emeritus of Pathology.