2025 Article Archive
Food as medicine: UTSW advances clinical nutrition care
A novel clinical pilot program at UT Southwestern Medical Center is transforming the role of nutrition education in patient care.
UTSW named Specialized Program of Research Excellence for liver cancer
The Liver Tumor Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE).
Biomarkers linked to side effects from cancer immunotherapy
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.
Higher dose of semaglutide increases weight loss, metabolic benefits
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.
UT Southwestern biochemist Steven McKnight, Ph.D., earns Lasker Award
Steven McKnight, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been awarded the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award.
UT Southwestern biochemist Zhijian ‘James’ Chen to receive 2026 Brinster Prize
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.
UTSW molecular biologist Eric Olson, Ph.D., to receive Horwitz Prize
Eric Olson, Ph.D., founding Chair and Professor of Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been awarded the 2025 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize.
‘Timekeeper’ shapes body’s infection defenses, UTSW study finds
A newly discovered “timekeeper” for fighting infections dramatically shapes the body’s immune defenses.
UTSW designated as North Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, recently funded the North Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) to be based at UT Southwestern Medical Center, in collaboration with UT Dallas and UT Arlington.
At 25, the Dallas Heart Study is shaping cardiac care and exploring links to brain health
Twenty-five years since its inception, the Dallas Heart Study (DHS) is recognized as one of the leading population-based studies of heart health in the U.S. It has spawned more than 230 research papers and produced major findings that have guided advancements in how cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and heart failure are treated.