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In the heart of the Texas Medical Center and across the state, UTHealth Houston is boldly committed to solving the greatest health challenges of our time through education, research, innovation, and excellence in patient care.
Members of the #UTHealthHouston community gathered at Houston National Cemetery for #WreathsAcrossAmerica, honoring the nation’s fallen service members and their sacrifice. We are proud to take part in this tradition for the seventh year.
December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Members of the #UTHealthHouston community gathered at Houston National Cemetery for #WreathsAcrossAmerica, honoring the nation’s fallen service members and their sacrifice. We are proud to take part in this tradition for the seventh year.
This season, we celebrate the remarkable achievements of our community and look to the future with renewed energy and excitement. Please enjoy this video, go.uth.edu/2025PresidentsHolidayVideo, showcasing our shared successes in 2025 and inspiring us for another exceptional year ahead.
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This season, we celebrate the remarkable achievements of our community and look to the future with renewed energy and excitement. Please enjoy this video, go.uth.edu/2025PresidentsHolidayVideo, showcasing our shared successes in 2025 and inspiring us for another exceptional year ahead.
Fun Fest 2025 really hit the mark! Attendees from across the #UTHealthHouston community came together at the Cooley Center for an afternoon of connection, campus spirit, turkey legs, french fries, churros, and fun carnival games.
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Fun Fest 2025 really hit the mark! Attendees from across the #UTHealthHouston community came together at the Cooley Center for an afternoon of connection, campus spirit, turkey legs, french fries, churros, and fun carnival games.
Students from McGovern Medical School and School of Dentistry came together this week for Finals Feast, a much-needed chance to relax, recharge, and connect before exams begin.
#UTHealthHouston #FinalsFeast #StudentLife
#UTHealthHouston #FinalsFeast #StudentLife
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Students from McGovern Medical School and School of Dentistry came together this week for Finals Feast, a much-needed chance to relax, recharge, and connect before exams begin.
#UTHealthHouston #FinalsFeast #StudentLife
#UTHealthHouston #FinalsFeast #StudentLife
UTHealth Houston recently hosted the 2025 International Space Medicine Summit, bringing together astronauts, NASA physicians, global agencies, and commercial spaceflight leaders. See how this milestone event is shaping the future of human spaceflight: go.uth.edu/SpaceMedicineSummit
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
UTHealth Houston recently hosted the 2025 International Space Medicine Summit, bringing together astronauts, NASA physicians, global agencies, and commercial spaceflight leaders. See how this milestone event is shaping the future of human spaceflight: go.uth.edu/SpaceMedicineSummit
School spirit was on full display at 2025 Sports Day!
#UTHealthHouston students competed across multiple events, and UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry claimed the championship. 👏
📸go.uth.edu/SportsDay2025
#UTHealthHouston #SportsDay #WellnessWeek
#UTHealthHouston students competed across multiple events, and UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry claimed the championship. 👏
📸go.uth.edu/SportsDay2025
#UTHealthHouston #SportsDay #WellnessWeek
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
School spirit was on full display at 2025 Sports Day!
#UTHealthHouston students competed across multiple events, and UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry claimed the championship. 👏
📸go.uth.edu/SportsDay2025
#UTHealthHouston #SportsDay #WellnessWeek
#UTHealthHouston students competed across multiple events, and UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry claimed the championship. 👏
📸go.uth.edu/SportsDay2025
#UTHealthHouston #SportsDay #WellnessWeek
UTHealth Houston researchers received a $3.1 million NIH grant to develop a new treatment for cocaine addiction, combining behavioral therapy with brain stimulation to target the brain circuits behind addiction. Learn how this work could redefine recovery: go.uth.edu/CocaineAddiction
October 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
UTHealth Houston researchers received a $3.1 million NIH grant to develop a new treatment for cocaine addiction, combining behavioral therapy with brain stimulation to target the brain circuits behind addiction. Learn how this work could redefine recovery: go.uth.edu/CocaineAddiction
Severe migraines, brain fog, and fatigue once made daily life daunting for Carolina Yguerabide. Now, with scholarship support at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, she is turning her experience into compassion for future patients. Watch her story: go.uth.edu/CarolinaYguerabide
September 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Severe migraines, brain fog, and fatigue once made daily life daunting for Carolina Yguerabide. Now, with scholarship support at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, she is turning her experience into compassion for future patients. Watch her story: go.uth.edu/CarolinaYguerabide
New and returning students celebrated the start of the fall semester at Salutation Sept. 18. They enjoyed food, games, connection, and a chance to hear from and meet university leadership, including President Melina Kibbe, MD.
📸: go.uth.edu/Salutation25
#UTHealthHouston #FutureHealthLeaders
📸: go.uth.edu/Salutation25
#UTHealthHouston #FutureHealthLeaders
September 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New and returning students celebrated the start of the fall semester at Salutation Sept. 18. They enjoyed food, games, connection, and a chance to hear from and meet university leadership, including President Melina Kibbe, MD.
📸: go.uth.edu/Salutation25
#UTHealthHouston #FutureHealthLeaders
📸: go.uth.edu/Salutation25
#UTHealthHouston #FutureHealthLeaders
A stroke. A rare aneurysm. A groundbreaking surgery. Mijali Munoz Proestakis trusted #UTHealthHouston and Jacques J. Morcos, MD. His approach was a rare PICA-PICA side-to-side bypass, done in addition to trapping the aneurysm.
Today, Mijali is cleared to fly again. Read more: go.uth.edu/MijaliMP
Today, Mijali is cleared to fly again. Read more: go.uth.edu/MijaliMP
September 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A stroke. A rare aneurysm. A groundbreaking surgery. Mijali Munoz Proestakis trusted #UTHealthHouston and Jacques J. Morcos, MD. His approach was a rare PICA-PICA side-to-side bypass, done in addition to trapping the aneurysm.
Today, Mijali is cleared to fly again. Read more: go.uth.edu/MijaliMP
Today, Mijali is cleared to fly again. Read more: go.uth.edu/MijaliMP
Sounds like a chart-topper to us.🩺🎶🎧 #UTHealthHouston 🧡
September 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sounds like a chart-topper to us.🩺🎶🎧 #UTHealthHouston 🧡
Warned at 15 she might have only 20 years of good health, Linda Lee, DrPH, is thriving five decades later. Grateful for the care she received, she created an endowment at @McGovernMed to support tomorrow’s endocrinologists. Read more: go.uth.edu/AgainstTheOdds
September 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Warned at 15 she might have only 20 years of good health, Linda Lee, DrPH, is thriving five decades later. Grateful for the care she received, she created an endowment at @McGovernMed to support tomorrow’s endocrinologists. Read more: go.uth.edu/AgainstTheOdds
After an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, 68-year-old Lance McNeel turned to UTHealth Houston for hope. With Leqembi infusions under the care of David Hunter, MD, his decline has slowed—and his art tells the story of resilience.🎨
Read more: go.uth.edu/LMcNeel
Read more: go.uth.edu/LMcNeel
September 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
After an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, 68-year-old Lance McNeel turned to UTHealth Houston for hope. With Leqembi infusions under the care of David Hunter, MD, his decline has slowed—and his art tells the story of resilience.🎨
Read more: go.uth.edu/LMcNeel
Read more: go.uth.edu/LMcNeel
Welcome, President Kibbe! 🎉
Today marks Dr. Melina Kibbe’s first official day as president of #UTHealthHouston — committed to education, discovery, and healing.
Read her message: go.uth.edu/PresidentKibbe-FirstDay
Today marks Dr. Melina Kibbe’s first official day as president of #UTHealthHouston — committed to education, discovery, and healing.
Read her message: go.uth.edu/PresidentKibbe-FirstDay
September 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Welcome, President Kibbe! 🎉
Today marks Dr. Melina Kibbe’s first official day as president of #UTHealthHouston — committed to education, discovery, and healing.
Read her message: go.uth.edu/PresidentKibbe-FirstDay
Today marks Dr. Melina Kibbe’s first official day as president of #UTHealthHouston — committed to education, discovery, and healing.
Read her message: go.uth.edu/PresidentKibbe-FirstDay
McGovern Medical School is launching the Division of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. Data from the CDC indicate that approximately 1 in 6 children in the U.S. has a developmental disability, underscoring the need for specialized, interdisciplinary care. go.uth.edu/developmentalpediatrics
September 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
McGovern Medical School is launching the Division of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. Data from the CDC indicate that approximately 1 in 6 children in the U.S. has a developmental disability, underscoring the need for specialized, interdisciplinary care. go.uth.edu/developmentalpediatrics
📚 A new semester begins at UTHealth Houston.
Welcome back to our students, faculty, and staff across all seven schools. Here’s to another year of advancing knowledge, discovery, and the future of health. 🧡
#UTHealthHouston #BackToSchool #HealthEducation
Welcome back to our students, faculty, and staff across all seven schools. Here’s to another year of advancing knowledge, discovery, and the future of health. 🧡
#UTHealthHouston #BackToSchool #HealthEducation
September 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
📚 A new semester begins at UTHealth Houston.
Welcome back to our students, faculty, and staff across all seven schools. Here’s to another year of advancing knowledge, discovery, and the future of health. 🧡
#UTHealthHouston #BackToSchool #HealthEducation
Welcome back to our students, faculty, and staff across all seven schools. Here’s to another year of advancing knowledge, discovery, and the future of health. 🧡
#UTHealthHouston #BackToSchool #HealthEducation
🚀 A first for UTHealth Houston.
Aodong Mei, a PhD student at @UTHealthSPH, partnered with her mentor Yun Hang, PhD, assistant professor in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, to receive the NASA FINESST award with $150K in funding.
Learn more at go.uth.edu/NASAFutureInvestigators.
Aodong Mei, a PhD student at @UTHealthSPH, partnered with her mentor Yun Hang, PhD, assistant professor in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, to receive the NASA FINESST award with $150K in funding.
Learn more at go.uth.edu/NASAFutureInvestigators.
September 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🚀 A first for UTHealth Houston.
Aodong Mei, a PhD student at @UTHealthSPH, partnered with her mentor Yun Hang, PhD, assistant professor in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, to receive the NASA FINESST award with $150K in funding.
Learn more at go.uth.edu/NASAFutureInvestigators.
Aodong Mei, a PhD student at @UTHealthSPH, partnered with her mentor Yun Hang, PhD, assistant professor in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, to receive the NASA FINESST award with $150K in funding.
Learn more at go.uth.edu/NASAFutureInvestigators.
High school juniors and seniors from Fort Bend and Lamar CISD got hands-on with health care as they practiced suturing, CPR, IV starts, and more with UTHealth Houston experts. Events like this spark the next generation of physicians and nurses.
📸 go.uth.edu/HandsOnHealthCare25
📸 go.uth.edu/HandsOnHealthCare25
August 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
High school juniors and seniors from Fort Bend and Lamar CISD got hands-on with health care as they practiced suturing, CPR, IV starts, and more with UTHealth Houston experts. Events like this spark the next generation of physicians and nurses.
📸 go.uth.edu/HandsOnHealthCare25
📸 go.uth.edu/HandsOnHealthCare25
#UTHealthHouston is entering the new academic year with exciting leadership changes!
Read the full announcement at go.uth.edu/Leadership26.
Read the full announcement at go.uth.edu/Leadership26.
August 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
#UTHealthHouston is entering the new academic year with exciting leadership changes!
Read the full announcement at go.uth.edu/Leadership26.
Read the full announcement at go.uth.edu/Leadership26.
Barbara Smith thought her bleeding gums were just irritation, but a biopsy revealed early tongue cancer. Thanks to the quick work of UT Dentists, the cancer was caught and removed before it spread. Her journey is a powerful reminder that oral health saves lives: go.uth.edu/BarbaraSmith
August 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Barbara Smith thought her bleeding gums were just irritation, but a biopsy revealed early tongue cancer. Thanks to the quick work of UT Dentists, the cancer was caught and removed before it spread. Her journey is a powerful reminder that oral health saves lives: go.uth.edu/BarbaraSmith
“Robotics has always represented the future.”
Elliot Herring, MS, AI and machine learning robotics researcher at @McWilliamsSBMI, is developing robots powered by AI to support health care & daily life. From fetching medication to helping people age in place, this is redefining robotics in medicine.
Elliot Herring, MS, AI and machine learning robotics researcher at @McWilliamsSBMI, is developing robots powered by AI to support health care & daily life. From fetching medication to helping people age in place, this is redefining robotics in medicine.
August 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Robotics has always represented the future.”
Elliot Herring, MS, AI and machine learning robotics researcher at @McWilliamsSBMI, is developing robots powered by AI to support health care & daily life. From fetching medication to helping people age in place, this is redefining robotics in medicine.
Elliot Herring, MS, AI and machine learning robotics researcher at @McWilliamsSBMI, is developing robots powered by AI to support health care & daily life. From fetching medication to helping people age in place, this is redefining robotics in medicine.
As you dive into the semester ahead, remember this: “You make UTHealth Houston better,” and “The world needs what you’re studying.” Each step you take brings us closer to advancing health care, education, and research together.
Here's to a great semester, #UTHealthHouston!🧡
Here's to a great semester, #UTHealthHouston!🧡
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As you dive into the semester ahead, remember this: “You make UTHealth Houston better,” and “The world needs what you’re studying.” Each step you take brings us closer to advancing health care, education, and research together.
Here's to a great semester, #UTHealthHouston!🧡
Here's to a great semester, #UTHealthHouston!🧡
Stephen Laman, DDS, assistant professor UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, and his wife, Melinda, cruised through Germany, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland this summer. Highlights: Wittenberg, Berlin Wall, Prague, and Dresden.
#UTHealthHouston #ManyFacesGoPlaces
#UTHealthHouston #ManyFacesGoPlaces
August 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Stephen Laman, DDS, assistant professor UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, and his wife, Melinda, cruised through Germany, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland this summer. Highlights: Wittenberg, Berlin Wall, Prague, and Dresden.
#UTHealthHouston #ManyFacesGoPlaces
#UTHealthHouston #ManyFacesGoPlaces
Fifteen years ago, while walking to his car after a workout at the gym, Robert Brown, now 71, suddenly felt violently ill. He was rushed to the emergency room. See how care at #UTHealthHouston gave Robert hope after years of unexplained cardiac struggles go.uth.edu/RobertBrown.
August 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Fifteen years ago, while walking to his car after a workout at the gym, Robert Brown, now 71, suddenly felt violently ill. He was rushed to the emergency room. See how care at #UTHealthHouston gave Robert hope after years of unexplained cardiac struggles go.uth.edu/RobertBrown.
This summer, six college students joined #UTHealthHouston’s first-ever Human Relations internship program. From Payroll & Benefits to Talent Acquisition, Compensation, and HR Innovation, they tackled real projects, learned from mentors, and redefined what it means to work in HR.
August 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This summer, six college students joined #UTHealthHouston’s first-ever Human Relations internship program. From Payroll & Benefits to Talent Acquisition, Compensation, and HR Innovation, they tackled real projects, learned from mentors, and redefined what it means to work in HR.