Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
At first glance, the words “space medicine” may bring to mind images of astronauts floating in zero gravity and managing emergencies aboard distant spacecraft. But for Bentley Bobrow, MD, UTHealth Houston’s inaugural vice president for health care innovation, and Kris Lehnhardt, MD, the first director of the UTHealth Houston Space Medicine Program, that’s only part of the story.
Roger James Bulger, MD, former president of UTHealth Houston, died recently at the age of 91. A nationally respected physician and health policy leader, Bulger served as second president of the institution from 1978 to 1988, guiding the university through a period of significant academic and clinical expansion.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents has named Melina R. Kibbe, MD, as the sole finalist for the presidency of UTHealth Houston. Dr. Kibbe currently serves as chief health affairs officer at UVA Health and dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry ranked No. 8 among U.S. dental schools in research funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for fiscal year 2024, according to the agency’s annual rankings released in July.
