
School of Medicine
From driving cutting-edge research to bringing medical innovations to market, landing competitive awards and more, the faculty, staff and students at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ know how to make headlines.

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Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis
Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS
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January 28, 2025
At ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, innovation extends beyond academics. January marks National Hobby Month, a perfect opportunity to highlight the unique talents and passions of the university’s faculty, staff and students.
From competitive dodgeball to jewelry-making, their interests reflect the...

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January 22, 2025
Managing Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can often feel overwhelming—and that’s especially true for children and their caregivers. That’s where ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s Diabetes Inspired Culinary Education (DICE) study comes into play, offering a new way to approach T1D care and education.
Led by Ca...

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January 22, 2025
Managing Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can often feel overwhelming—and that’s especially true for children and their caregivers. That’s where ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s Diabetes Inspired Culinary Education (DICE) study comes into play, offering a new way to approach T1D care and education.
Led by Ca...

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January 22, 2025
To encourage and advance team science between clinical and basic science faculty, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) jointly funded five research teams engaged in new and promising scientific studies.
The Collaborative Science Pilot Awards, a program su...

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January 17, 2025
It’s rare to be able to make everyone around you feel seen, valued and inspired, but Mary Garrity had that gift. Whether she was mentoring a colleague or forging connections with alumni and researchers, Garrity brought genuine warmth to everything she did.
Now, the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ ...

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January 17, 2025
Masashi Tabuchi, assistant professor of neurosciences at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, was awarded a prestigious Scialog grant alongside his research collaborators for their innovative work in sleep and cognition research. Members of the the team, including Farzaneh Najafi of Georgia Tech and Lon...

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January 15, 2025
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects about 200 million people worldwide and can result in legal blindness, impairs an area of the eye (retina) used for reading, driving and many other critical daily tasks.
A new study of large existing patient datasets indicates genetic and demogra...

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January 15, 2025
Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine have discovered how specific protein regions contribute to breast cancer.
Their study, published recently in Nature, focuses on what is known as the estrogen receptor, a protein linked in previous research to the development of rough...

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January 14, 2025
National Institutes of Health awards $4 million to ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist
January 13, 2025
The secret to understanding how to treat diseases like Alzheimer’s might be found in the structural function of the proteins linked to them. Amita Sahoo is among those working to gain new insights.
Sahoo, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ ...