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UTSW sleep researcher awarded prestigious Breakthrough Prize: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/october-breakthrough-prize.html
UT Southwestern sleep researcher Masashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his discovery of the cause of narcolepsy.
$25 million gift from Once Upon a Time Foundation establishes Raynor Cerebellum Project at UT Southwestern to tackle cerebellar dysfunction and disorders: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/raynor-cerebellum-project.html
A generous $25 million commitment from the Once Upon a Time Foundation will create the Raynor Cerebellum Project at UT Southwestern Medical Center (RCP-UTSW) to investigate diseases associated with cerebellum dysfunction, with the goal of discovering how to preserve and restore lost brain function.
UTSW researchers examine impact of pandemic on children’s mental health: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/october-impact-of-pandemic.html
New research from pediatricians at UT Southwestern and Children's Health reveals the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in children.
Brain wave readings may be key to detecting concussions: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/october-detecting-concussions.html
Measuring levels of a specific brain wave could lead to more objective, definitive methods of diagnosing concussions.
Dr. John Warner receives Gold Heart Award from the American Heart Association: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/june-warner-aha.html
Dr. Warner took on a larger role in launching a program that brought together EMS and hospitals to speed treatment for people in Dallas who experience a severe type of heart attack known as a STEMI.
Dr. Eugene P. Frenkel, pioneering oncologist who led UT Southwestern’s Division of Hematology and Oncology for 30 years, dies: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/frenkel-obit.html
Dr. Eugene P. Frenkel, a cancer researcher, clinician, and educator who pioneered UT Southwestern’s Division of Hematology and Oncology, died June 21, 2019.
For oxygen-deprived newborns, rewarming after cooling therapy can trigger seizures: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/oxygen-deprived-newborns.html
Oxygen-deprived newborns who undergo cooling therapy to protect their brains are at an elevated risk of seizures and brain damage during the rewarming period, which could be a precursor of disability or death
New role for innate immune sensor: suppressing liver cancer: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/suppressing-liver-cancer.html
UT Southwestern researchers have found that a protein in the body’s innate immune system that responds to gut microbes can suppress the most common type of liver cancer.
Tips for tackling your diet at Super Bowl parties: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/super-bowl-parties.html
If you have resolved to eat healthier to manage your diabetes, blood pressure, or cholesterol, parties can present a challenge, so it’s important to have a game plan before tackling the Super Bowl spread.
UTSW researcher wins prestigious NIH Pioneer Award to look for answers to pandemics like COVID-19 in animal genes: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/nih-pioneer-award.html
A UT Southwestern researcher who studies how the body’s innate immune system responds to coronaviruses is one of 10 recipients of the coveted NIH Director’s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health.