Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
June 9, 2025
The new UTHealth Houston Future Nurses Fund will provide free in-state tuition and fees to qualifying students enrolled in the state’s top Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.
June 6, 2025
At just 13 years old, Myreen Ahsan is already earning recognition usually reserved for PhD candidates and seasoned professionals. From leading-edge research on brain cancer to award-winning robotics projects, the Friendswood Junior High student is blazing a trail in science, medicine, and technology.
May 27, 2025
What began as a leap of faith became a story of innovation, adaptation, and a firm belief in the power of human connection for UTHealth Houston’s Naga Krishna Kadiyala.
May 23, 2025
Four members of the UTHealth Houston community received the university’s most distinguished awards for their exceptional work, history of long-standing excellence, and dedication during the 2025 President’s Scholar Awards and Recognition of Excellence Award ceremony on May 22.
May 19, 2025
With hurricane season approaching, UTHealth Houston once again tested its flood defense systems through a carefully coordinated annual drill Saturday that underscores how far the university has come since the devastation of Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.
May 8, 2025
Scott Patlovich, DrPH, is no stranger to difficult situations. The very nature of his job in Environmental Health and Safety at UTHealth Houston has him responding to emergencies when everyone else is running away.
May 8, 2025
Nhu Nguyen always knew she loved helping people, and medicine always seemed like the logical career choice. However, it wasn’t until she met her best friend during her freshman year of college that public health became not only an educational option to pursue, but also a viable career choice.
May 5, 2025
For Alondra Melendez, her love of science and anatomy began as a patient in her pediatrician’s office. Growing up the rural community of Brookshire, Texas, she suffered from severe asthma and allergies, which caused her to need monthly doctor’s visits.
May 2, 2025
A devoted professor and researcher, Andrew Springer, DrPH, has been named a 2025 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award recipient.
April 29, 2025
For Daniel Martinez, the road to medicine didn’t begin in a classroom. It started in the low-income neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Lewisville, Texas, in the emergency rooms where his mother worked nights cleaning up after patients, and in physicians’ homes, where he and his family cleaned houses to make ends meet.
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