2018 Article Archive
Cryo-EM structures of the nicotine receptor may lead to new therapies for nicotine addiction
UT Southwestern researchers today published in Nature atomic-scale blueprints of the most abundant class of brain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. A structural understanding of the protein, found in neurons, could lead to new ways to treat nicotine addiction from smoking and vaping.
Cardiologist Dr. Ambarish Pandey selected Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholar
UT Southwestern cardiologist Dr. Ambarish Pandey has been named a Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholar. Funding from this award will bolster his studies developing novel approaches to prevent heart failure and improve heart failure outcomes at a health system level.
Clinical trials exclude too many patients
Unfortunately, many sick patients are being denied the opportunity to test new drugs that might save their lives. It’s time for this to change.
Study: Wearable fitness monitors useful in cancer treatment
Wearable fitness trackers, such as Fitbits, that measure steps taken per day may be a useful tool to evaluate and help treat cancer patients, researchers at UT Southwestern’s Simmons Cancer Center have shown.
United to Serve community health fair draws strong turnout
More than 800 people registered at the front desk of United to Serve, jamming the middle school’s halls from the health fair’s 9 a.m. opening until its 2 p.m. closing.
Bel receives Brown-Goldstein Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research
Dr. Shai Bel, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Lora Hooper, has been named the winner of the Brown-Goldstein Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research at UT Southwestern.
Fitz transitions to global initiative; Thiele named interim EVP, Provost, Dean
Dr. J. Gregory Fitz has stepped down after nearly nine impressively successful years of overseeing UT Southwestern’s academic missions as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and Dean of UT Southwestern Medical School. While a national search to find a permanent successor for the position is conducted, Dr. Dwain L. Thiele has been appointed Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and Dean of UT Southwestern Medical School.
Graduate student earns Weintraub Award for structural biology work
Claudio Morales-Perez, a sixth-year Molecular Biophysics student in the UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, has received a 2018 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recognizing outstanding achievement in the biological sciences.
Professor shares secrets of success as a renowned female cancer researcher
Dr. Olivera J. Finn, a prominent University of Pittsburgh tumor immunologist, visited UT Southwestern recently as the 2018 Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professor Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.
Dr. Donald W. Seldin, ‘intellectual father’ of UT Southwestern, dies at 97
Dr. Donald W. Seldin, known as the “intellectual father” of UT Southwestern Medical Center, died Wednesday, April 25. He was 97.