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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.

For her research, Ms. Chen received the 2022 Nominata Award, the highest honor for academic and research accomplishment bestowed by UT Southwestern’s 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.

We offer a course that fulfills training requirements for radiation oncology residents, CAMPEP certification, and UT Southwestern graduate programs.

As scientific discovery and technology rapidly evolve, an increasing number of analyses can be performed on blood samples, enabling important assessments.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) Bridge Program, which was created to increase the number of Black, Latino, and Indigenous students earning doctorates in chemistry, has named UT Southwestern as the first academic medical center in the nation to serve as a Bridge Site.

Heakyung Kim, M.D., a physician-investigator known for research and treatment of cerebral palsy in children, has been appointed Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R). Dr. Kim, who joined UTSW on May 1, holds the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Chair in Mobility Research.

Available forms and instructions to enroll in the Morphea Registry of the Department of Dermatology at UT Southwestern.

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.

UT Southwestern Police Department offers tips to help prevent crime.