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UTSW Medical Student Dean selected for prestigious Piper Professor Award for educators: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/piper-professor-award.html
Dr. Angela Mihalic, Dean of Medical Students and Associate Dean of Student Affairs, has been selected to receive the 2019 Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation’s Piper Professor Award, a prestigious honor that recognizes outstanding college professors across Texas.
"Reelin" in a new treatment for multiple sclerosis: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/new-treatment-ms.html
In an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), decreasing the amount of a protein made in the liver significantly protected against development of the disease’s characteristic symptoms and promoted recovery in symptomatic animals, UTSW scientists report.
Biomarkers linked to side effects from cancer immunotherapy
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/sept-immunotherapy-biomarkers.html
A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists has identified early signals from the immune system that could help predict which cancer patients are most likely to develop harmful side effects from immunotherapy.
UT Southwestern biochemist Zhijian ‘James’ Chen to receive 2026 Brinster Prize
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/sept-brinster-prize.html
Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and one of the world’s top researchers on innate immunity, has been awarded the 2026 Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine.
Higher dose of semaglutide increases weight loss, metabolic benefits: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/sept-semaglutide.html
Tripling the standard dose of semaglutide, a popular drug prescribed to treat obesity, led to significantly greater weight loss and associated metabolic benefits without increased risk of serious side effects, a multicenter clinical trial led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher shows.
The perfect match: UTSW students open envelopes to residency futures : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/march-match-day.html
Members of UT Southwestern Medical School’s Class of 2025 gathered with anticipation inside the Bryan Williams, M.D., Student Center gymnasium Friday morning to learn where they will begin the next phase of their training as residents.
Cause of ‘brain freeze’ a bit of a mystery, but not to worry: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2023/aug-brain-freeze.html
You’re eating or drinking something frozen, like a snow cone, ice cream, or ice pops – probably a bit too eagerly – and you get one of those sudden-onset, painful headaches known as “brain freeze.” Man, does it hurt, but usually not for long, and it’s not harmful, according to an expert at UT
UTSW finds potential key to predict immunotherapy toxicity : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2023/aug-immunotherapy-toxicity.html
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a novel parameter of T cells that could help oncologists anticipate which patients would be most likely to develop immunotherapy toxicity.
New frontiers in neuroscience: 10 years of progress at UTSW’s O’Donnell Brain Institute: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/oct-obi-10-year-anniversary.html
In her new office at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Ceci Verbaarschot, Ph.D., sits among unpacked boxes and discusses the intricacies of a brain-computer interface she is developing. The device is designed to restore sensation and movement in the upper limbs of people who are paralyzed from the
Singers’ genre may play role in voice injuries: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/december-voice-injuries.html
A singer’s primary genre can impact the likelihood of developing vocal fold injury and may even influence the specific type of injury that occurs, a recent study by UT Southwestern researchers suggests.