2008 News Release Archive
December 23, 2008 » UT Public Health researchers find link to severe Staph infections
December 23, 2008 » Feldman named ophthalmology chair at UT Medical School at Houston
December 19, 2008 » Patient of UT Houston neurologist gives back in gratitude for her care
December 19, 2008 » UT faculty members win American Heart Association awards for advancing research
December 18, 2008 » UT School of Nursing educator appointed to Southern Nursing Research Society Board of Directors
December 10, 2008 » UT School of Nursing professor named AAN fellow
December 09, 2008 » Researchers to study seizure medications under emergency conditions
December 05, 2008 » UT Public Health Policy Expert Says U.S. Can Learn From Dutch Universal Healthcare Coverage
December 04, 2008 » UT Medical School professor named 2008 TIAA-CREF distinguished medical educator
December 01, 2008 » UT Public Health Expert on College Drinking Writes Guide to Documentary Film
November 26, 2008 » Nuevo Le?n Gov. Jose Natividad Gonzalez Par?s to visit UT Health Science Center at Houston
November 21, 2008 » Texas Invests Record $3.5 Million in Startup Cofounded by UT's Mauro Ferrari
November 18, 2008 » UT Physicians Begin Clinical Study of Incision-Free Obesity Treatment
November 17, 2008 » UT Trainees Tackle Health Information Technology Issues
November 17, 2008 » Reynolds Foundation award helps to establish geriatrics training program
November 12, 2008 » U.S. "Super Bugs" Invading South America According to UT Medical School at Houston Researchers
November 10, 2008 » Diuretic Reduces Risk for a Type of Heart Failure That is More Common Among Women
November 03, 2008 » More Outlets for Purchasing Alcohol Linked to Male-to-Female Partner Violence
November 03, 2008 » Center for Clinical & Translational Sciences Announces Two Executive Appointments
October 31, 2008 » Fenton to Lead Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the UT Dental Branch
October 29, 2008 » UT Houston Researchers Find Aggressive Phototherapy Can Improve Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Some Preemies
October 27, 2008 » McPherson Appointed Chair of Internal Medicine at UT Medical School at Houston
October 20, 2008 » Socioeconomic Status and Treatment Affect Racial Disparities in Survival for Cancer
October 17, 2008 » UT NanoMedicine Director Named AIMBE Fellow
October 17, 2008 » UT School of Nursing Expert Elected to Board of Society for Neuro-Oncology
October 14, 2008 » UT Public Health Experts Discover New Information about Diabetes' Link to Tuberculosis
October 08, 2008 » Half Price Books Generosity Allows UT Health Science Center at Houston to Distribute Books to Children Impacted by Hurricane Ike
October 08, 2008 » UT Public Health Expert to Receive Hall of Fame Award
October 07, 2008 » Advances in Teaching & Learning Regional Conference
October 07, 2008 » UT Researchers to Study Massive Transfusion at Major Trauma Centers
October 06, 2008 » UT Health Science Center at Houston Now Offers Free Podcasts on iTunes U
October 03, 2008 » UT Health Science Center at Houston to Have Key Role in Largest U.S. Children's Study
September 30, 2008 » More than 1,000 Classrooms Awarded Texas School Ready!
September 24, 2008 » Scientist Plans to Test for Blood Pressure Genes Affected By Age
September 23, 2008 » Robotic Surgery Lowers Risk of a Rare but Serious Complication of Gastric Bypass
September 15, 2008 » UT School of Public Health to Host Panel on Healthcare Leadership
September 10, 2008 » NIH Awards $6 Million Grant to Identify Scleroderma Genes
September 09, 2008 » UT Health Science Center at Houston and Mexican University Launch Joint Training Program
September 08, 2008 » UT School of Public Health Hosts Texas Obesity Awareness Week Events
September 08, 2008 » Need to Lower High Blood Pressure After Stroke Should Not Rule Out Use of Clot-Busting Drug
September 08, 2008 » Need to Lower High Blood Pressure After Stroke Should Not Rule Out Use of Clot-Busting Drug
September 08, 2008 » Texas Awarded $2 Million Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Childhood Obesity Prevention Grant
August 29, 2008 » UT Medical School at Houston Honored as A Top Destination for Hispanic Students
August 28, 2008 » UTHSC-H School of Nursing Center on Aging to host Annual Selenia and Joseph Valley Conference
August 27, 2008 » UTHSC-Houston to Sign Cooperation Agreement with Medical School in Monterrey, Mexico
August 25, 2008 » UT School of Public Health and Baylor College of Medicine to Offer Dual Degree Program
August 25, 2008 » Rise in Treating Sports Injuries Leads to Sports and Trauma Imaging Fellowship at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
August 20, 2008 » Biochemists Manipulate Fruit Flavor Enzymes
August 13, 2008 » Department of Defense awards $35 million to support local brain injury research
August 11, 2008 » Ceremony Marks Beginning of Medical Students' Journey to Becoming Physicians
August 11, 2008 » UT Joins with Memorial Hermann to Offer Congestive Heart Failure Program Meyers to lead new initiative
August 08, 2008 » Public Health Clinic Study Links "Americanization" and Depression
August 08, 2008 » Researchers to Study Lyme-Like Illness in Texas
August 06, 2008 » UT Houston Researchers Study Diet In Autistic Children
August 01, 2008 » Bacterial Infection Has High Rate of Recurrence in Pregnant Women
August 01, 2008 » Recurrence of Group B Strep High in Subsequent Pregnancies, say UT Houston Obstetricians
July 28, 2008 » Survey of Hispanics and Alcohol Dependence to Be Expanded to U.S.-Mexico Border Population
July 27, 2008 » Pre-eclampsia May Be Autoimmune Disease
July 14, 2008 » Using Heparin After Cardioembolic Stroke Increases Risk Of Severe Bleeding
July 14, 2008 » UT Experts Developing Interventions to Improve Children's Math Skills
July 11, 2008 » Hagberg Appointed Chair of Anesthesiology at UT Medical School at Houston
July 07, 2008 » UT Houston Nursing Faculty Member Honored as One of Country's Leading Practitioners
July 03, 2008 » Cancer Cell Biologist John Hancock Named Integrative Biology Chair at UT Med School
July 03, 2008 » UT Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel of HIV
July 01, 2008 » The Faces of Our Future Health Care Providers
June 26, 2008 » UT Houston Names New Public Affairs Leader
June 23, 2008 » UT Neurologist Joins World Stroke Organization as Honorary Member
June 19, 2008 » UT Biochemist Jianping Jin Named Pew Scholar
June 16, 2008 » Novel Compound May Treat Acute Diarrhea
June 13, 2008 » White House Commends Retired Physician Organization for Innovative Partnership with UT School of Nursing
June 11, 2008 » UT School of Public Health Researchers Discover Significant Efficacy of Travelers' Diarrhea Vaccine
June 10, 2008 » UT Houston Senior Media Relations Specialist Named Communicator of the Year
June 02, 2008 » UT Houston Student Receives MS Research Scholarship
June 02, 2008 » UT's Lex Frieden Launches Web Site Offering Hurricane Planning for People with Disabilities
May 30, 2008 » UT Houston President Announces New School of Public Health Dean
May 27, 2008 » UT Researchers Explore New Treatment Options for Cocaine Addiction
May 19, 2008 » JNC Bases New Guidelines for Hypertension Treatment with Diuretics on UT Research
May 19, 2008 » UT Houston Dermatologists Link Family History to Shingles Susceptibility
May 19, 2008 » UT Houston Responds to Need for More Geriatric Specialists
May 19, 2008 » Kevin Dillon Named One of Houston's Top CFOs
May 18, 2008 » Blood-Clotting Protein Modified for People with Hard-to-Treat Hemophilia
May 12, 2008 » UT Piques Teen Interest in Medicine, in Effort to Address Doctor Shortage
May 08, 2008 » Internationally Recognized Nasal & Sinus Specialist Joins UT Houston With Plans to Create World-Class Sinus Institute
May 07, 2008 » Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst Announces $5 Million TETF Investment in UTHSC-H Trauma Research Center
May 01, 2008 » UT Researchers Find Link Between Advertising and Increased Tobacco Use Among India's Youth
May 01, 2008 » UT Houston Responds to High Number of Developmental and Learning Disabilities Cases
April 29, 2008 » UT Houston Pediatricians... Healing Children, Inspiring Readers
April 24, 2008 » Dr. James "Red" Duke Receives 2008 Thurman Award
April 22, 2008 » UT Houston Celebrates Six Commencement Ceremonies in May
April 17, 2008 » UT Houston and Rice join DoD in regenerative medicine research
April 16, 2008 » Gestational Age Not Only Factor in Outcome of Severely Premature Healthy Babies, according to UT Houston Researchers
April 15, 2008 » UT School of Public Health Announces Creation of Fleming Center
April 14, 2008 » Center For Clinical And Translational Sciences Celebrates New TMC Home
April 08, 2008 » Health IT Chief Robert Kolodner To Address UT Houston Summit
April 04, 2008 » Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences Hosts Grand Opening, April 11
April 04, 2008 » Childhood Obesity Expert Dr. William Dietz Featured at Second Annual Michael & Susan Dell Lectureship in Child Health
April 04, 2008 » Grant to Target Rio Grande Valley $7 Million Will Help Fight Diabetes, Obesity
March 20, 2008 » UT Houston Seniors Meet Their Match Almost 60 Percent of the Class Will Stay in Texas For Residency Training
March 18, 2008 » Adolescents with Chronic Insomnia Report "Twofold to Fivefold" Increase in Personal Problems
March 17, 2008 » Faculty Member Appointed Chancellors Health Fellow for Public Health
March 13, 2008 » UT Surgeon Earns Lifetime Achievement Award
March 12, 2008 » UT Medical Students Meet Their Match, March 20
March 12, 2008 » UT Conducts First Empirical Study Demonstrating That Populations of Nerve Cells Adapt To Changing Images
March 12, 2008 » UT Scientists Challenge RNA Quality Control Model
March 07, 2008 » Willerson Receives Top Honor for Cardiology in Mexico
March 06, 2008 » New Weight Management Clinic Provides Personalized Approach to Weight Loss
March 04, 2008 » UT Health Science Center at Houston Receives $2.6 Million Federal Grant to Improve Academic Achievement
March 02, 2008 » Nanomedicine System Engineered To Enhance Therapeutic Effects of Injectable Drugs
February 28, 2008 » UT Dental Branch Expert in Maxillofacial Prosthetics Gives Hope to Injured Sea Turtle
February 27, 2008 » U.S. Faces Severe Shortage of Public Health Workers
February 26, 2008 » UT Medical School at Houston To Offer Neurosurgery Residency Program
February 14, 2008 » Nursing Endowment honors UT Health Science Center at Houston's 'First Lady' Nancy Willerson
February 11, 2008 » Review of Online Breast Cancer Information Encourages Healthy Skepticism For Consumers
February 05, 2008 » UT School of Public Health to offer MPH degree at Austin Regional Campus
February 04, 2008 » Congressman Ortiz Secures Federal Funds to Support Hispanic Health Research at UT School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus
February 01, 2008 » El CDC Ayuda con Proyecto Que Trata de Bajar Casos de Cancer Cervical en Mujeres Inmigrantes de Mexico
February 01, 2008 » CDC Funded Project Targets High Cervical Cancer Rates in Immigrant Mexican Women
January 30, 2008 » UT Neurology Chair Meets Challenges in Research, On Mountaintops
January 28, 2008 » Diuretics Excel in Drug Comparison Trial Involving Hypertension/Metabolic Syndrome
January 28, 2008 » UT Researcher Says College Students' Predictable Drinking Habits Can Open Door to Prevention
January 22, 2008 » Genetic Makeup May Affect Blood Pressure Medications
January 18, 2008 » UT Houston Research Shows Etanercept Proven Effective and Safe in Treatment of Children with Psoriasis
January 14, 2008 » Boerwinkle Establishes Impact of International Height Study on U.S.
January 10, 2008 » UT-Houston Surgeons Offer Obese Patients New Tools to "REALIZE™" Weight Loss
January 10, 2008 » UT Researchers Decoding Saliva's Secrets, "Spit Test" to Detect Breast Cancer Underway
January 07, 2008 » New Study Will Explore Brain's Connections Between Touch and Sound
January 07, 2008 » National Health Information Technology Summit Set for April 15 & 16
January 07, 2008 » New Study Will Seek Genes Tied to Heart Patients Who Are Depressed
January 03, 2008 » UT Researchers Study Robotic Device for Stroke Survivor Therapy
January 03, 2008 » Illuminating Eye Scans Help UT-Houston's Rafat Ansari Spot Disease
January 03, 2008 » Gulf Coast Consortia Awards First Discovery Project Pilot Grants, Will Fund Promising Early-Stage Chemical Genomics Research
January 02, 2008 » New Federal Funding Expected for Houston's Alliance for NanoHealth