2017 Article Archive
White House funds songbird study to unlock mystery of vocal learning
A young songbird sings an intricate melody from its caged perch, trying to echo the mating song heard so many times from his father.
Bioinformatics computer model predicts deadliest lung cancers
After evaluating more than 900 differences in the shape and structure of cancer cells, UTSW researchers developed a computer model able to predict the most deadly lung cancers based on a fraction of those features.
Pediatrician is a champion for children in foster care
When Dr. Anu Partap was a 21-year-old medical student, she happened to read a Time magazine issue that had a cover story on domestic abuse. That chance reading spawned an interest that has shaped her career, bringing Dr. Partap, in time, to her role as a leading advocate for better medical care for foster children in Texas.
Class Notes for March 2017
Class notes from the March 2017 edition of Center Times.
Towler named first holder of Avioli Professorship
Dr. Dwight A. Towler, Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been named the inaugural holder of the Louis V. Avioli Professorship in Mineral Metabolism Research, made possible through generous support from the Charles Y.C. Pak Foundation.
Lung cancer may go undetected in kidney cancer patients
Could lung cancer be hiding in kidney cancer patients? Researchers with the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Kidney Cancer Program studied patients with metastatic kidney cancer to the lungs and found that 3.5 percent of the group had a primary lung cancer tumor that had gone undiagnosed. This distinction can affect treatment choices and rates of survival.
Daylight Saving Time: Insight from father of CLOCK gene
As we embark on another spring of sunlit evenings, who better to address how daylight saving time affects our body clock than the father of the CLOCK gene: Dr. Joseph Takahashi of the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Research forum highlights collaborative efforts of students, mentors.
More than 100 entries were included in the 2017 Medical Student Research Forum, one of the most high-profile events whose key is the ongoing student-mentor relationship.
Young students get valuable glimpse through HPREP
As the 23rd annual Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) wrapped up its final Saturday, nearly 200 area high school students, most of them teens, and their parents received a clear message: If you think you have what it takes to achieve a career in the health care professions, then you are stepping up in life.
Hu selected to hold Kuro-o Professorship
Dr. Ming-Chang Hu, Associate Professor of Internal Medical and of Pediatrics, has been named as first holder of the Makoto Kuro-o Professorship in Bone and Kidney Research, made possible through generous support from the Charles Y.C. Pak Foundation.