2017 Article Archive
NIH Director touts UTSW research successes during town hall address
Speaking to a near-capacity crowd in the Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium on May 19, Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said the future of medicine belongs to institutions like UT Southwestern.
Awards for May 2017
Federal, non-federal, and industry-sponsored grants awarded to UT Southwestern faculty in May 2017.
Dr. Dennis Stone, who pioneered UT Southwestern biotech development, dies
Dr. Dennis Stone, who led UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Office for Technology Development and launched its BioCenter at Southwestern Medical District to help spur biotech innovations, died this past weekend from glioblastoma. He was 65.
UTSW, UT advanced computing center share big-data tools in fight against cancer, infectious diseases
UT Southwestern scientists who created a powerful analytic weapon in the fight against cancer and infectious diseases are making that tool available for free via a web-based portal.
Researchers identify best treatment for iron deficiency anemia in children
Researchers in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified the most effective treatment approach for children diagnosed with iron-deficiency anemia (IDA).
PRC honors Jewell, Turer as distinguished researchers
The UT Southwestern President’s Research Council (PRC) recently honored Drs. Jenna Jewell and Emre Turer with 2017 Distinguished Researcher Awards.
Beat AML clinical trial for leukemia is launched
UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected as the only Texas site for a national Cancer Moonshot clinical trial to find individually tailored approaches to better treat acute myeloid leukemia.
MSTP student Li receives Ida Green Award
Ying Chuan Li, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, has received the 2017 Ida M. Green Award, which is given annually to a female student in the UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Ophthalmology receives $115K RPB grant
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), which supports eye research aimed at prevention, treatment, or eradication of all diseases that threaten vision, has awarded Ophthalmology a $115,000 grant to support efforts in the Department.
Study: New approach to destroying deadly brain tumors
A new strategy for treating brain tumors may extend or save the lives of patients diagnosed with one of the deadliest forms of cancer, according to a study from UT Southwestern Medical Center.