2007 News Release Archive

12-17-07» Nano pioneer Ferrari test-launching multi-stage drug delivery system

12-17-07» UT-Houston’s Northrup and Colleagues Uncover Genetic Link to Spina Bifida

12-17-07» UT-Houston Researchers to Examine Medical Error Detection and Correction

12-10-07» New Research Space Marks Major Expansion for UT Medical School

12-10-07» Personal challenges drive UT-Houston independent living advocate Frieden

12-10-07» Sesame Street’s Elmo to Visit the “The Kids Place” Pediatrics Clinic

12-04-07» UT Medical Students Target Childhood Obesity By Sharing Healthy habits with HISD Fifth-Graders

11-26-07» UT-Houston’s Hardwicke to Serve Two-Year Term as HANCB President

11-21-07» Willerson and 20 Faculty Members Named as America’s ‘Top Doctors’

11-12-07» Study Says Nitrite/Nitrate-Rich Foods May Help in Heart Attack Survival

11-11-07» Life-threatening gene defect located by UT-Houston researchers
Mutation linked to thoracic aortic disease

10-30-07» McAllen boy recovering from rare condition, thanks to pediatric neurologist’s diagnosis

10-30-07» Fat-cell biologist Perry Bickel Joins UT’s fight against obesity

10-30-07» East Houston Dentist Donates $1 Million to UT Dental Branch
Matches largest donation in school’s 102-year history

10-30-07» Rosenstein to Lead UT-Houston’s Joint Replacement Program

10-25-07» UT Medical School Microbiologist Samuel Kaplan Elected AAAS Fellow

10-22-07» UT-Houston Geriatric Education Grant Will Focus Expertise on Vulnerable Elders

10-22-07» UT-Houston President Willerson to Receive 2007 Katz Prize in Cardiovascular Research

10-22-07» UT Rheumatologists Discover Two Genes Related to Disabling Form of Arthritis

10-16-07»“Quite simply, we want to be the best!”
Family impact spurs research interests of UT-Houston neurosurgeon Dong Kim

10-16-07»Dental Branch Dean Flaitz to Join Committee for Children's Initiatives

10-16-07»Treating Heart Attacks Should Begin in the Ambulance, New Study by UT-Houston Cardiologists Shows

10-16-07»NIH Awards UT-Houston $1.47 Million Grant Creating Network for Neurological Research

10-08-07»UT-HCPC experts discuss mental health on college campuses, Oct. 20

10-08-07 »Priority Care clinic offers adults same-day appointments

10-01-07 » Disability rights champion joins UT Health Science Center faculty

10-01-07 » LBJ Hospital Pediatricians Join First Nationwide Effort Aiming to Improve Care for Newborns

10-01-07 » UT-Houston Surgeons Offer New Procedure to Help Patients Lose Weight

09-26-07 » UT School of Public Health Study Says West Nile Virus Takes Toll on Homeless

09-26-07 » Woman, Infants and Children Program Helps Families Get Proper Nutrition

09-25-07 » Elder Self-Neglect a Growing Concern, UT-Houston Experts Say

09-18-07 » Vaccine Patch May Be “Excellent New Weapon”
Against Travelers’ Discomfort, DuPont Says

09-18-07 » Houston Surgeons Restore Mobility, Big Smile
For Guatemalan Woman with Rare Benign Tumor

09-18-07 » Smart Insulin Nanostructures Pass Feasibility Test, UT Study Reports

09-11-07 » UT Physician Pacheco needs to “help heal the Earth” – and its children

09-11-07 » UT-Houston Startup Will Develop Nanostructured CT Contrast Agents

09-11-07 » Houston-Based Study Reports Teen Misuse of Erectile Dysfunction Drug

09-11-07 » Health, Activity and Nutrition Expert Bill Kohl Joins
UT School of Public Health and UT Austin Faculties

09-11-07 » NIH Genes, Environment and Health Initiative Awards Funding to Boerwinkle

09-07-07 » RESULTS Chapter to Honor Schultz with “Seeds of Hope” Award, Sept. 28

09-07-07 » UT Medical School at Houston Ranked Among Best Schools for Hispanics
“Hispanic Business” magazine puts local school on its Top 10 list

09-07-07 » Ferrari to discuss biomedical nanotechnology at Sept. 26 lecture

09-07-07 » UT Cardiologists Celebrate 30 Years of Advances in Coronary Angioplasty

08-29-07 » UT Imaging radiologists reveal MFAH mummy's secrets

08-29-07 » UT Health Science Center Breaking Ground on New Research Facility
Three programs combine in one educational, research and clinical complex

08-23-07 » Memorial Service Honors Slain Dental Branch Student, Aug. 22

08-21-07 » Gross Anatomy Plays Important Role in Medical Students’ Education

08-21-07 » Study Identifies Inconsistencies In Safety Precautions by Online Daters

08-13-07 » Pediatrician Accepts Position as Dean of UT Medical School at Houston

08-13-07 » Consultative Proteomics Service Can Help “Outsmart” Hard-to-Treat Cancers

08-13-07 » State Center Awarding “Texas Readiness Certification” to 450 Pre-K Classrooms for the ’07-’08 School Year

08-06-07 » UT-Houston Study Links Prepregnancy Obesity and Birth Defects

08-06-07 » Class of 2011 – UT Medical Students’ Ceremony Marks First Step to Becoming Physicians

08-06-07 » UT School of Nursing Conference Focuses on “Protecting Our Elderly,” Sept. 14

07-31-07 » UT Health Science Center at Houston Names Advancement Vice President

07-26-07 » Ruiz Replaces Guynn in Leadership Roles at UT Medical School and UT-HCPC

07-25-07 » “A real jewel of a thing!”–
Retired docs pass on experience to UT nursing students in pilot program

07-18-07 » UT-Houston Cardiologist to Lead Local American Heart Association Board

07-10-07 » Jarrod’s story:
Rare, but once pandemic, form of encephalitis still challenges doctors

07-10-07 » Biological Modeling Innovator Joins Health Information Sciences School

07-10-07 » Cardiologist Champions Care for Heart Attack Patients,
Offers Houston Perspective as National Model

07-05-07 » UT-Houston Study Shows Most Weight Loss Advice Online is Accurate

07-03-07 » "Safety Bob" Emery starts internship to get disabled vets into new careers

07-03-07 » UT Study Reveals Inaccuracies in Cardiac PET-CT Imaging – And Finds Solution

07-03-07 » UT Physician Serves with Critical Care Air Transport Team in Iraq

06-27-07 » UT Dental Branch Clinic Offers Expert Care for Special Needs Patients

06-27-07 » New UT Medical School program open daily to help high-risk moms-to-be

06-22-07 » Long-Term Treatment for Psoriasis Effective and Safe, Says UT-Houston Researcher

06-22-07 » Cooper Named UT School of Public Health's New Regional Dean for San Antonio

06-14-07 » Brownsville Regional Dean McCormick Re-Appointed as Chancellor’s Fellow

06-14-07 » Like Father, Like Daughter:
Together, a Daughter and Her Dad Seek a Surgical Solution to Obesity

06-11-07 » IMM’s Caskey developed DNA technique Feds use to ID America’s Most Wanted

06-06-07 » Nobelist Murad Named Director Emeritus of IMM – Caskey Now Director/CEO

05-25-07 » When Every Second Counts:
UT physicians support hospital-EMS partnership to help patients breathe

05-16-07 » UT School of Public Health Policy Expert Joins New Juvenile Justice Task Force

05-10-07 » UT Medical School to Study Prescribing Practices and Industry Influence

05-03-07 » UT scientists contributing to international study parse DNA tied to heart disease susceptibility

05-03-07 » UT-Houston’s Spudich Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

04-23-07 » UT-Houston Study Reports Social Factors, Not Genetics,
Drive Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival

04-17-07 » UT-Houston’s Casscells Now on Duty as Assistant Secretary of Defense

04-17-07 » DNA Survey Completed by Two UT Institutions Reveals Nature’s Way
of Reducing Triglycerides and Heart Disease

04-17-07 » Rare 4-organ transplant enables girl to live – and eat – normally

04-17-07 » Leading by Example: Richard J. Andrassy, M.D., F.A.C.S.

04-17-07 » UT-Houston Students, Faculty and Staff Join in April 21 Volunteer Effort

04-12-07 » BP MS 150 Bike Tour–
MS patient Steve Nye says he rides because others have ridden for him

04-10-07 » UT Health Science Center at Houston, UT M.D. Anderson Break Ground
on New Imaging Research Facility

04-10-07 » Research Suggests a Diabetes Medication May Be Good As Stroke Treatment, Too

04-06-07 » New Agreement Will Continue to Provide Hospital District’s Physicians

03-30-07 » U.S. News & World Report’s 2008 Rankings —
UT School of Nursing at Houston Placed Among Top Five Percent in U.S.

03-30-07 » UT Medical School Partnership with Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Will Expand Roster of Pediatric Surgical Specialists and Enhance Research

03-27-07 » Overnight accident causes water damage to some areas of UT Medical School

03-23-07 »Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building Earns AIA Houston Honor Award

03-22-07 » UT Health Science Center technology transfer:
$2 Million State Grant Will Help Commercialize Lichtenberger’s Research

03-22-07 » Nobel Laureate Murad Produces Wellness Book on Benefits of Nitric Oxide

03-13-07 » The Defining Moment: Seniors at UT Medical School Match to Residency Programs

03-13-07 » Online Program Helps College Students Reduce Drinking, Change Attitudes on Alcohol

03-13-07 » UT Medical School Testing New Oral Drug for Treating MS Patients

03-07-07 » Hundreds of UT Medical Students Meet Their Match, March 15

03-07-07 » Commencements Announced for UT Health Science Center's Six Schools

03-05-07 » $100,000 gift: Country music star Clay Walker supporting MS research at UT-Houston

02-28-07 » Microbiologist Norris Honored by UT System for Lyme Disease Test

02-26-07 » UT Scientists Develop Promising New Procedure To Differentiate
Human Embryonic Stem Cells

02-26-07 » UT Medical Students Present March 12 Debate On Pharmaceutical Industry’s Role
in Medicine

02-26-07 » Casscells Nominated by President Bush to be Assistant Secretary of Defense

02-20-07 » UT-Houston Biosecurity System Partnered with Oracle™ Technology Enables Improved Public Health Surveillance and Decision Making

02-20-07 » UT-Houston Hosting Public Forum Updating Central Nervous System Trauma and Rehab

02-20-07 » Bestselling author Mehmet Oz keynotes PARTNERS Luncheon, April 17

02-18-07 » UT Medical School completes clean-up after construction site fire, open as usual

02-17-07 » Early-morning fire damages Replacement Research Facility,
UT Medical School Building largely unaffected, opens Tuesday

02-12-07 » UT School of Public Health Geneticists Report on Retinitis Pigmentosa Research

02-12-07 » UT School of Public Health’s DuPont to Receive National Award for Scientific Achievement

02-08-07 » “Super Enzyme” and Potential Heart Treatment Emerge from Vioxx® Research

02-08-07 » UT School of Nursing Hosts Annual Stroke Survivors Conference, March 23

02-01-07 » Schultz Wins International Honor for Pioneering Oral Rehydration Research

01-30-07 »UT School of Public Health to Lead National Research Network Seeking Stem Cell
Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease

01-30-07 »UT-Houston Pediatricians to Consult with State on Child Abuse Cases

01-25-07 » New Look at Troublesome Gene Sheds Light on Inherited Eye Disease

01-25-07 »UT School of Nursing and Memorial Hermann Hospital creating New TMC partnership
with Chief of Advanced Practice position

01-19-07 »UT School of Public Health Reports Possible Link Between Ship Channel Air Pollutants, Cancer Risks

01-19-07 »Moyé writes “Face to Face” account of Hurricane Katrina ordeals

01-03-07 » UT Researchers to Study Genetic and Environment Factors in Scleroderma