DOCS News

David Altshuler Visits UT Southwestern

Dr. David M. Altshuler, Chief Scientific Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals visited the campus on March 27th and 28th, 2025 and gave both the Dennis K. Stone University Lecture in Biomedical Sciences and the Seldin Keynote Lecture at Internal Medicine Grand Rounds.

Thinwa Receives CDKL5 Program of Excellence Pilot Grant

Josephine Thinwa, M.D., Ph.D., has received a $150,000 CDKL5 Program of Excellence Pilot Grant from the Orphan Disease Center and Loulou Foundation to support her research related to CDKL5 deficiency disorder, a rare brain development condition caused by a change in the CDLK5 gene

Annual DOCS Dinner

Annual DOCS dinner hosted by Helen Hobbs to celebrate current and former DOCS with special guest Sir Stephen O'Rahilly from the University of Cambridge