James H. “Red” Duke Jr., M.D., holder of the John B. Holmes Professorship in the Clinical Sciences at the UT Medical School at Houston, has received the 2008 General Maxwell Thurman Award for his work in the use of advanced technologies to improve emergency medical care.

Col. Ronald K. Poropatich, M.D., a senior clinical advisor at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, presented the award to Duke April 6 at the annual meeting of the American Telemedicine Association in Seattle. The U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command award is given to a national leader who has made a substantial contribution toward the advancement of telemedicine and related medical technologies in order to improve patient care. It honors the late Gen. Maxwell Reid Thurman, who championed the advancement of lifesaving medical technologies within the U.S. Army.

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CLI Receives $2.6 Million Federal Grant to Enhance Academic Achievement

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston’s Children’s Learning Institute a $2.6 million, four-year grant aimed at improving students’ reading and math skills.

With the federal funding, UT Houston researchers will evaluate the effectiveness of computer-based tutoring programs, including one called Earobics.

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Date Posted:05/06/2008