2006 News Release Archive

12-30-06 » Health Science Center on “Skeleton Crew” Jan. 2 in Memory of President Gerald R. Ford

12-22-06 » Memorial Hermann names two UT doctors “Physicians of the Year”

11-29-06 » New Study Seeks Genes Contributing to Early Heart Attack and Stroke Risk

11-29-06 » Texas Workforce Commission makes second grant to TEEM

11-09-06 » John S. Dunn Foundation’s $2.7 Million Grant Will Boost Drug Discovery at Gulf Coast Institutions

11-09-06 » “It fuels both of our fires”–
Strobels, Father and Son, Also Share Research Focus as Colleagues

11-08-06 » $7.5 million from NIH will establish new UT-Houston scleroderma research center

11-01-06 » UT-Houston COO Michael D. McKinney Named Sole Finalist for Texas A&M System Chancellor

11-01-06 » UT School of Public Health’s Program to Curb Childhood Obesity Garners “2006 Secretary’s Innovation in Prevention Award”

10-23-06 » UT Public Health Program Will Tackle Travis County Childhood Obesity,
Supported by $2.4-Million Grant from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

10-23-06 » Mental Sciences Institute Offers Nov. Lecture Series

10-03-06 » UT Health Science Center Receives $36 Million NIH Grant to Spur Innovation

10-03-06 »UT projects on genetics of TB, diabetes and rickets
stem from CCTS seed funding in $38-million grant

10-03-06 » Medical Errors Causing Missed or Late Diagnoses in Ambulatory Care
Led to ‘Significant Harm’ To Patients, Study of Malpractice Claims Finds

09-26-06 »UT Researchers Find Diabetes and T.B. Go Hand-in-Hand in Border Region

09-25-06 »Professor Emeritus James Steele Honored for Public Health Career
Spanning Nearly 70 Years

09-25-06 »New UT Clinic Offers “One Stop” Care for Tuberous Sclerosis Patients of All Ages

09-19-06 »UT-Houston Scientist Lee Wins NIH’s Prestigious “Pioneer Award”

09-19-06 »UT-Houston Ombudsman Program
Help Make a Difference in the Lives of Local Seniors in Care Facilities

09-16-06 »UT Researcher Reports on Impact of Racial Messages
on African-American First Graders in Various Neighborhoods

09-16-06 »Dr. Clifton goes to Washington–
Save Our ERs” founder studies hands-on health policy formation in D.C.

09-11-06 »At the Center of Medical Breakthroughs
Clinical Research Center Receives $9.4 million and new space at hospital

08-21-06 »Texas Health Commissioner Eduardo Sanchez Will Direct
Policy Institute at UT School of Public Health

08-14-06 »UT Medical School study combines blood thinner with clot-buster
for treating acute stroke patients

08-10-06 »UT System Regents grant $77.1 million for new UT Health Science Center buildings

08-08-06 »Study reports on abnormal heart muscle function in severely obese patients

08-07-06 »Donning the White Coat –
Aug. 9 Ceremony Begins Students’ Journey to Becoming Physicians

07-25-06 »UT Physician Offering Innovative Therapies at New Stroke Recovery Clinic

07-25-06 »UT Medical School microbiologist’s yeast-based research
provides key link to genetic explanation of liver failure

07-19-06 »New $11.6 Million Grant Will Start Center for Study of Often-Fatal Aortic Diseases

07-11-06 »Hardy Bacterium Draws UT Medical School Researcher
Into Department of Energy Genome Sequencing Project

07-11-06 »Pioneering “Wet” Lab Sets Ambitious Research Agenda For Nurses

06-22-06 »TEEM receives $8.3 million from Texas Workforce Commission

06-22-06 »Just-Approved Doctoral Degree Offers Texas Nurses Entry to a New Level of Practice

06-22-06 »Houston Scleroderma Study Testing Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Transplantation

06-15-06 »Arnett Honored as 2006 TIAA-CREF Distinguished Medical Educator

06-12-06 »Task Force Reports to Houston’s Mayor, Ranks Air Quality Health Risks

06-06-06 »Medication Helps Multiple Sclerosis Patients Maintain Mobility, Study Shows

06-02-06 »Caetano Will Do Double Duty as Dean of Two UT Schools in Dallas

05-25-06 »Neurologist Jerry Wolinsky Appointed Interim Dean at UT Medical School

05-25-06 »Grotta Named American Heart Association’s Physician of the Year

05-18-06 »UT Health Science Center Connects Austin to Houston for
New Inter-institutional Biomedical Engineering Department

05-18-06 »Stem Cell Expert Simmons to Lead Research Program
At Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine

04-27-06 »UT Physician Richard Andrassy Wins Distinguished Surgeon Award

04-27-06 »The “privilege of trying to help”–
Cardiologist Casscells applies all his skills to service of country

04-27-06 »UT Nursing School at Houston to Offer Texas' First Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree

04-21-06 »UT School of Nursing Building Garners National "Green" Design Award

04-17-06 »Nanotechnology Pioneer Ferrari Joins UT Health Science Center
Scientist also will lead Houston’s Alliance for NanoHealth

04-17-06 »UT Health Science Center and TIRR Sign Merger Agreement,
Will Join in Rehabilitation Research and Education

04-04-06 »Weight Worries?
Realistic Student Competition Will Address Houston’s Obesity Concerns

04-04-06 »Commencements Announced for UT Health Science Center's Six Schools

03-23-06 »Willerson Inducted into Japanese Circulation Society, Honored Internationally

03-22-06 »Genetic Variation Cuts “Bad” Cholesterol, Reduces Heart Disease Risk

03-16-06 »From Many Beginnings, One Destination: UT Medical Students Meet Their Match

03-15-06 »Hundreds of UT Medical Students Meet Their Match, March 16

03-07-06 »UT Health Science Center at Houston Unveils New Mobile Clinic
Designed to Serve Hidalgo and Cameron County Patients

02-23-06 »Don’t Forget!
UT Neuroscience Research Center Hosting Forum on Memory

02-22-06 »Starr County Health Studies Office Celebrates 25th Anniversary
with Health Fair, Open House

02-21-06 »Lights! Camera! Action!
Student films based on Hurricane Katrina relief premieres at UT Medical School

02-17-06 »Duncan Family’s $10 Million Gift Creates UT Clinic to Help
Children with Developmental and Learning Disorders

02-15-06 »Study of Autism and ADHD Seeks Volunteers

02-10-06 »UT Researcher Links Stomach Bacteria to Iron Deficiency and Other Anemia

02-08-06 »Drug Shows Promise in Reducing Disability After Stroke, Says U.T. Researcher

02-01-06 »Researchers Provide Dose of Education to Lower Blood Pressure
Landmark Project Launches Education Campaign for Patients, Doctors

01-26-06 »Canadian Prize in Cardiovascular Research Awarded to Dr. James Willerson

01-23-06 »Linda Armstrong Kelly Speaking at Luncheon for UT School of Nursing, March 1

01-23-06 »UT Physicians the First to Offer Intestinal Transplants in Houston

01-18-06 »Darkness Unveils Vital Metabolic Fuel Switch Between Sugar and Fat

01-17-06 »Defense Department Funds Pandemic Flu Disaster Response Program,
Builds on UT Health Science Center at Houston Preparedness Research

01-13-06 »Sabrina Midkiff Named Government Relations Chief
for UT Health Science Center at Houston

01-05-06 »C. Thomas Caskey Will Direct Brown Foundation
Institute of Molecular Medicine at UT Health Science Center