An anonymous cash gift of $500,000 will help fund the lifesaving research conducted at the CTRC’s Institute for Drug Development through its Phase I clinical research program. Phase I studies offer hope for cancer patients through new investigational anticancer drugs or new combinations of novel therapies. This generous gift will support researchers who study the […]
An additional $500,000 gift to the CTRC Foundation from Ruth McLean Bowman Bowers has elevated the Chair named in her honor to The Ruth McLean Bowman Bowers Distinguished Chair in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. The CTRC Foundation is a partner organization dedicated to funding the CTRC and its clinical, research and educational programs. Distributions […]
The Department of Comprehensive Dentistry in the Dental School received more than $6.5 million in grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration. Professor Jeffrey Hicks, D.D.S., was awarded three grants totaling nearly $3.5 million. A five-year grant for more than $2.8 million will be used to expand the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) […]
Thomas F. Patterson, M.D., chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and professor of medicine, received $4,015,552 from the National Institutes of Health for two five-year studies that focus on small-animal model development and utilization for target identification and testing of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines for invasive aspergillosis and clinically related fungal diseases, and selected […]
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) recently awarded $1.9 million to Health Science Center researchers. An $890,659 grant designed to expand the known benefits of exercise to more cancer survivors will kick off a research-based program of Stacey Young-McCaughan, R.N., Ph.D., at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center. Rong Li, Ph.D., a […]
The Deaf Education and Hearing Science program received a grant of $806,500 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The grant will fund 36 scholarships for teachers, support faculty and provide some of the program expenses for the Master of Deaf Education and Hearing Science program, which has grown […]
With the help of a $400,000 Prematurity Research Initiative grant from the March of Dimes, Leslie Myatt, Ph.D., is studying how environments, both within and outside the uterus, turn genes on and off and influence the timing of uterine contractions and the length of pregnancy. Dr. Myatt is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in […]
The Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the UT Health Science Center was named a LIVESTRONG® Community Impact Project award recipient. The CTRC will use the $16,000 grant to create a LIVESTRONG Creative Arts Center with an artist in residence who will work with cancer patients. “We’ll use art in all sorts of ways to […]
The Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy received the 2011 Outstanding Educational Program award from the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. The award recognizes innovation that advances undergraduate or graduate education in prevention and public health, specifically furthering student interest in the profession. The schools of Medicine and Nursing also received a national […]
The Ted Nash Long Life Foundation has awarded a two-year $200,000 grant to Peter J. Hornsby, Ph.D., for his studies of stem cells and improvement of lifelong health. Dr. Hornsby is a professor in the Department of Physiology and a researcher at the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. The grant […]