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Little feet making big strides

Preemie击败了休斯顿休斯顿儿科神经外科医生的赔率

艾莎·阿特金森(Aisha Atkinson)被新生儿孵化器的玻璃屏障隔开,看着她的刚出生的儿子阿里斯(Aries),渴望抱住他,抚摸他,爱他。他被管子和电线纠缠,为自己的生命而战,而一台机器乐团在后台呼啸而过。


Vision to reality
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Vision to reality

独特的奖项激发了创新

The thought of a surgeon cutting into your child’s brain is enough to send any parent spiraling. Tawny McAnally knows the feeling all too well. Her daughter, Morgan Layton, was diagnosed at age 13 with intractable epilepsy, a neurological disorder causing seizures that cannot be managed using medication.

希望小孩子
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希望小孩子

Retraining the brain to overcome pediatric stroke

A developing brain holds extraordinary untapped potential—neural networks and pathways form rapidly as children grow and experience the world around them. For victims of neonatal arterial ischemic stroke, a condition that occurs when an infant’s brain loses blood supply, this plasticity offers profound benefits.

Bite-sized innovation
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Bite-sized innovation

Dental program transforms graduates into pediatric specialists

DDS的切尔西·韦尔(Chelsea Wehr)问自己,同样的问题在整个时代都引发了科学进步:有更好的方法吗?借助数字牙科的所有新事态发展,她知道必须有一种更好的方法来使新生儿中的嘴唇和口感正确。

All in
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All in

Alumna leads the way for future generations

Young people often bounce from one idea to another as they consider their career aspirations. But for Anita Khetan, MD ’95, the answer was always simple: doctor.

更牢固的联系,更健康的社区
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更牢固的联系,更健康的社区

连接社会服务和医疗保健

当数字追踪器竞争与Covid-19案件和死亡保持同步时,头条新闻不断地滚动在我们的屏幕上。但是,在这种动荡的健康危机之后,我们社区中一些最脆弱的成员正在与同时发生的经济大流行与巨大的股份作斗争:经济上落后于财务状况,面临致命疾病。

充满微笑的未来
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充满微笑的未来

Outreach event provides dental care to underserved children

For children, poor oral health can spark harmful consequences that may affect the entire course of their lives—from pain that impairs concentration in school to discolored teeth that might impact their confidence.

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一个更光明的未来前景

公共卫生学院的学生帮助家庭导航COVID-19大流行

As quarantines and lockdowns rippled through our communities at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shreela V. Sharma, PhD, RD, recognized an opportunity to help families address mounting health and social needs through Brighter Bites, a nonprofit organization she cofounded in 2012. With help from School of Public Health students, they are compiling resources to ensure families have access to the help they need.

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From healer to healing

创伤ICU护士在Covid-19期间与乳腺癌作斗争

当Covid-19案件从2020年初开始峰值时,RN的Liz de Macedo与她的同胞护士站在一起,照顾淹没休斯顿医院的重症患者。她推迟了例行的医疗保健,以便可以继续为患者提供护理。9月,她设法与妇科医生任命。当她的医生在Liz的乳房中发现肿块时,最初的例行检查颠倒了。

两个学生
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领导班级

Student leaders foster equity and inform policy

米奇拉·桑多瓦尔(Micaela Sandoval)对科学的热情早就扎根于动物园的夏天,并梦想着在疾病控制与预防中心工作的日子梦想。同时,特里斯滕·泰曼(Tristen Tellman)培养了化学和显微镜的生日祝福,以便她可以探索自己的世界。

Women dentists wearing superhero capes
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口腔健康的神奇女性

Mentoring the next generation

If you had to pick a superhero to describe your path in dentistry, which superhero would you choose? Peggy O’Neill, PhD ’74, DDS ’90, contemplated the seemingly odd question. Then an answer came to mind—one that would honor her fellow panelists and other women in oral health care.

Woman cooking with young girl
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A healthy foundation

Uthealth公共卫生专家试图补救儿童肥胖症

The grocery store poses a familiar challenge to parents of young children. Aisles of unhealthy food sit right at a child’s eye level, dazzling them with eye-catching packaging and promises of sugar-filled delights. With such readily available junk food and decreased activity levels across the United States, children as young as one face the rising threat of obesity.

Victoria Cisneros
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A Cycle of Empowerment

Alumna's gratitude enhances department

As Victoria Q. Cisneros, DDS, balanced classes, labs, and clinics with family life, the women of UTHealth School of Dentistry proved themselves to be much more than classmates and faculty members.

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在一起

Caring for our communities during COVID-19

Between day care closures and social distancing measures, children’s lives have been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. But if there is a silver lining for parents during this health crisis, it is that children seem to be less susceptible to the most dangerous effects of the virus.

April Crawford presenting CLI Engage
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培养新的增长

Helping children flourish during the shift to remote learning

School has looked a little different over the past year. As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, living rooms quickly turned into classrooms, and parents transformed into teacher aides. For our youngest learners in their formative years, transitioning from learning in the classroom to learning at home can be difficult. Faculty and staff at the Children’s Learning Institute at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth have made it their mission to help teachers and families navigate this arduous terrain as they nurture these promising seedlings.

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