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In March 2021, Tiffeny Morrow underwent an intense SEEG scan to locate the source of her seizures: a genetic abnormality known as periventricular nodular heterotopia. (Photo courtesy of Tiffeny Morrow)

Breast cancer survivor with epilepsy-inducing genetic abnormality seizure-free after two laser ablation surgeries

When Tiffeny Morrow was 40 years old, she started having strange episodes: She would feel heat in the pit of her stomach, and then her body would freeze into one position for a few minutes, as she shook with fear.

Photo of Jack Tsai, PhD, and Vanessa Schick, PhD, with UTHealth School of Public Health.

UTHealth Houston researchers awarded over $6 million in CPRIT grants

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) awarded over $6 million to researchers with UTHealth Houston to aid in cancer prevention research. These awards will expand liver cancer prevention to persons experiencing homelessness, facilitate communication about the HPV vaccine, and find therapeutics that can help destroy gastrointestinal cancer cells.

After experiencing extreme fatigue, Elizabeth Dravis was diagnosed with minimal change disease, a rare kidney disease. She visits with her doctors Aliasger Aun Ali, MD (left) and Donald A. Molony, MD (right). (Photo Courtesy of Elizabeth Dravis)

Active mom back to normal after scare with rare kidney disease

Elizabeth Dravis was a medical field professional, a PhD student at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, an avid runner, and mother of two when she started to suffer from extreme fatigue at the beginning of the year. Dravis thought she just needed to rest after a busy holiday season until her symptoms progressively worsened and she passed out.

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McGovern Medical School Class of 2022 students meet their match

他们通过两年的坚持最糟糕的锅demic the world has ever seen. Now, more than half of the 228 students who matched from the Class of 2022 of McGovern Medical School atUTHealth Houstonwill stay in Texas for their residencies.


Resource kits raise awareness of high risk of drowning for children with autism

希瑟McCrackin (far left) pictured with daughters Kimber, Kendal and her husband Philip recently launched an Autism Drowning Prevention Resource Kit. (Photo Courtesy of: Heather McCrackin)

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are 160 times more likely to die from drowning than the general pediatric population, according to research published in the December 2017 issue of Injury Epidemiology. That is why Heather McCrackin, RN, a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student at Cizik School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), is launching an Autism Drowning Prevention Resource Kit.


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