Karen K. Kaplan,
Director of University
Communications & Publications

Distinctions Editor
Jenna C. Taylor

July 2007, Table of Contents

 

DNA Survey Reveals Nature's Way of Reducing Heart Disease

Nobelist Murad Named Director Emeritus, Caskey Named Director of IMM

Legislature Provides Funding Increases for UT Health Science Center

Rare Four-Organ Transplant Enables Girl to Live - and Eat - Normally
UT and Hermann collaborate on team effort to give 'the hope of life'

Region of DNA Tied to Heart Disease Susceptibility

Dedicated to Helping Mothers Who Need it Most
Obstetricians named to endowed faculty positions continue research with women and infants

Dental Alumnus Creates Memorial Scholarship

Diabetes Medication May Be Good Stroke Treatment, Too
With hemorrhagic stroke, leaking blood kills brain tissue and can affect ability to speak and think

Neurologists Test New Oral Drug for MS Patients

McGovern's Death a Loss to Educational and Health Care Communities

New Public Health Regional Dean Named for San Antonio
Students may earn masters degree in public health or enroll in new M.D./M.P.H. dual degree program

New Agreement Will Continue to Provide Hospital District's Physicians

Social Factors, Not Genetics, Drive Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer

McNeese Appointed to Texas Medical Board

Save the Date: Golf Tournament

A Break from Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Green Light to Healthy Living

Congressman Gene Green Visits IMM

Racers Stampede for Scholarships

Many Hands Make Light Work

Calendar

Contracts & Grants

Kudos

Media Spotlight
The following is a sample of media placements during April 2007 about The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.