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Peggy Joyce Whalley, M.D., a Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern whose pioneering work with high-risk pregnancies saved thousands of expectant mothers and their offspring during a 32-year career at the medical center, died July 6 in Austin. She was 94.

UT Southwestern provides students and postdocs free, secure virtual mental health care through TimelyCare.

UT Southwestern’s nurses were once again honored for excellence Sept. 15 as the Medical Center earned redesignation as a Magnet organization from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Michael Trinh, the child of Vietnam War refugees, is the first graduate student from UT Southwestern to receive a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and one of 30 recipients nationwide. The fellowship will support his research on how cholesterol is transported inside human cells.

Daniela Nicastro, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology, helped plan and direct UT Southwestern’s Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, which opened in 2016 with microscopes that can accomplish such feats. At 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, she will give a virtual talk titled “Cryo-Electron Microscopy: Opening a Frosty Window into Cells” as the next speaker in the President’s Lecture Series. Register here for the event.

The UT Southwestern SACNAS chapter received a 2021 SACNAS Chapter Award in recognition of its dedication to science, education, and professional development. UTSW was one of seven chapters honored with the national award.

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An international research team led by a UT Southwestern scientist has identified a cause of and a possible treatment for Gorham-Stout disease, a painful, disfiguring, and life-threatening condition that destroys bone and can cause respiratory failure. The disease typically strikes children or young adults, leading to damage of affected bones as they are invaded and taken over by lymphatic vessels. Bones in the skull, jaw, shoulder, rib cage, and pelvis are the most commonly affected.

James McCulley, M.D., who as Chair grew UT Southwestern’s Department of Ophthalmology into a major comprehensive care and training center while also producing internationally recognized research on topics such as eyelid inflammation and a blindness-causing parasite that can affect contact lens wearers, has been named Professor Emeritus at UTSW.

In conjunction with Division of Pediatric Critical Care Chief Jessica Moreland, M.D., and the Moreland lab, Dr. Nichols’ latest study, published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, investigated why some children with Type 1 diabetes develop a complication called diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).