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Launching Innovation

Southwestern Medical Foundation inspires a higher standard in innovation through early-stage research grants funded by The Cary Council. Our investments in promising research and bold ideas have led to millions of dollars in follow-on funding.

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Dr. John Sweetenham give a tour of the cancer care outpatient building at the Cary Council 2023 Kickoff Event.
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Advancing Patient-Centered Cancer Care: The Cary Council’s 2023 Kickoff Event

The Cary Council hosts an ‘Advancing Patient-Centered Cancer Care’ program highlighting the innovative ways UT Southwestern is approaching cancer care.

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Celebrating Medical Progress in 2022: A Message from Kathleen Gibson

Celebrating medical progress in 2022. President and CEO of Southwestern Medical Foundation, Kathleen Gibson, highlights the year’s accomplishments and looks forward to 2023.
The 2022 Docstar recipients: Dominic Moon, Robin Higashi, and Proshad Efune.
Awards, Events and Scholarships

An Evening With DocStars 2022: Photo Gallery and Recap

An Evening with DocStars 2022 photos and videos from a night to remember! This event helps support early-stage research grants awarded to promising young scientists at UT Southwestern.
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DocStars Experiment 2022: We BeLung Together

DocStars Experiment by Proshad Efune, M.D.: We BeLung Together. An interactive experiment on lung function in pediatric surgery.
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DocStars Experiment 2022: At the Bead of Light

DocStars Experiment by Dominic Moon: At the Bead of Light. An interactive experiment to show how scientists identify cancer cells.
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DocStars Experiment 2022: Home Is Where the Health Is

DocStars Experiment by Robin Higashi, Ph.D.: Improving Telehealth. An interactive experiment on improving access to healthcare at home.

October 4, 2022

What’s Up, Doc: Introducing the 2022 DocStars at Pegasus Park

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Medical Education Program honoring scholarship donors and recipients with a discussion from leading physicians and residents at UT Southwestern.

July 27, 2022

2022 DocStars

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Congratulations to this year’s “DocStars” – Proshad Efune, M.D., Robin Higashi, Ph.D., and Dominic Moon, M.D. – who all show great promise for medical innovation. Each investigator received a DocStar grant from The Cary Council, which has been providing crucial funding to advance the early-stage research of UT Southwestern young investigators since its founding in […]

April 7, 2022

Lead, Innovate, Ideate: Putting The Scientific Spotlight On Early Stage Research

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The Cary Council Learning From Leaders program brought together scientific and philanthropic leaders on March 30, 2022, to discuss the importance of early stage research.

April 1, 2022

Meet the Cary Council Early Stage Research Grant Recipients

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The Cary Council is a group of emerging young leaders who support early stage investigators at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Meet the researchers they have supported so far.

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