UTHealth Houston Psychiatry Update set for April 9
Registration is now open for the 2022 UTHealth Houston Psychiatry Update Conference, hosted by the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, April 9 at the Institute of Molecular Medicine (1825 Pressler St.). The symposium is designed…
Selvaraj review on postmortem brain studies published in Molecular Psychiatry
A recent review and meta-analysis of postmortem brain studies from the lab of Sudhakar Selvaraj, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was published in the January edition of Molecular Psychiatry….
Trio receive grants to study bipolar disorder
Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences faculty Jair Soares, MD, PhD; Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, MD, PhD; and Gabriel Fries, PhD, have received grants from the Baszucki Brain Research Fund, partnering with the Milken Institute, aimed at funding innovative…
Heads awarded Texas D-CFAR grant for HIV prevention research
Angela Heads, PhD, associate professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, received a $50,000 grant for her project “Removing Barriers to Effective HIV Prevention Strategies for Individuals with Problematic Substance Use or Substance Use…
Soares named president of AACDP
Jair Soares, MD, PhD, professor and Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry, was recently named the president of the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry (AACDP). AACDP represents chairs in departments of psychiatry of medical schools across…
Grant to study role of meningitis, sepsis in Alzheimer’s
The role of peripheral and brain infections in the development of Alzheimer’s disease is the focus of new research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), funded with a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)….
Psychiatry celebrates 50 years
The Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth is celebrating its 50-year anniversary as a department. Louis A. Faillace, MD, was a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He…
HCPC sets standard for pandemic psychiatric care
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, it left the health care industry reeling among all specialties. Not only would health care workers be caring for their usual patients but also an influx of highly-infectious, COVID-19 patients. This put…
McGovern names vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion
麦戈文医学院has named eight faculty as the inaugural vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion, an initiative which began under former dean Barbara J. Stoll, MD. “Having vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion in some of our larger departments…
UTHealth partners with local schools to provide timely mental health care virtually to children
COVID-19流行病控制inues to induce stress for many, a team of multidisciplinary mental health specialists with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is leveraging telemedicine to connect students experiencing emotional or behavioral crisis with…