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Awards, Events and Scholarships

Karolina (Karo) Stepien Receives 2021 Ida M. Green Award

Karolina (Karo) Stepien, a graduate student in the Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program, has been chosen by the Graduate Awards Committee to receive the 36th Annual Ida M. Green Award. Story courtesy of UT Southwestern.

Advancing Brain Treatment

Leading Change in Parkinson’s Research through Major Donation

Shad and Michele Rowe made a generous gift to Southwestern Medical Foundation that will help scientists decipher the workings of the human brain at the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute (OBI). The Rowes are hopeful that new discoveries will someday end the devastating toll of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s (PD) and other movement disorders.

Awards, Events and Scholarships

The Cary Council’s “An Evening with DocStars at Home” Drive-Thru Celebration

The Cary Council, a group of emerging young leaders who support the missions of Southwestern Medical Foundation and UT Southwestern Medical Center, announced grant recipients of funds raised to support early-stage research from their 2021 An Evening with DocStars at Home event, held on Saturday, May 1.

Launching Innovation

An Evening with DocStars at Home – Do or Dye by Dr. Chika Nwachukwu

Do or Dye with Dr. Chika Nwachukwu Using different dyes, Dr. Chika Nwachukwu, a previous Cary Council Early Research Grant recipient, or “DocStar,” will walk you through color-changing experiments that mimic the way HPV is detected in patient samples. This video is part of The Cary Council’s 2021 fundraising event: An Evening with DocStars at […]

Launching Innovation

Meet The Cary Council’s Early Stage Research Grant Recipients: The 2021 DocStars

The Cary Council, a group of emerging young leaders who support the missions of Southwestern Medical Foundation and UT Southwestern Medical Center, announced grant recipients of funds raised to support early-stage research from their 2021 “An Evening with DocStars at Home” event, which was held Saturday, May 1.

Photo of Dr. William T. Dauer on the campus of UT Southwestern.

Advancing Brain Treatment

The Human Connectome Project

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have joined biologists, physicians, computer scientists, and physicists from many different institutions across the U.S. to participate in the Human Connectome Project (HCP). The HCP is an ambitious effort to study and share data on the patterns of neural connections in the human brain during developmental stages, as well as in health and disease states, that could reap tremendous benefits for humanity.

February 11, 2021

Celebrating Women and Girls in Science

Research

At Southwestern Medical Foundation, we have supported women in science for many years. We are proud to continue to champion the next generation of trailblazers who continue to drive innovation and progress.

May 7, 2020

Thoughts from Drs. Gaur and Hoffman on the Impact of COVID-19

Advancing Public Health

Hear from two public health experts, one just beginning her career conjointly with winning The Ho Din Award, and the other with tremendous depth of experience at UT Southwestern and in Colorado.

Panelists at the Leading the Conversation on Health event

October 4, 2019

On The Cusp

Awards, Events and Scholarships

On October 1, 2019, Southwestern Medical Foundation continued its ongoing speaker series, Leading the Conversation on Health, with a talk titled “On the Cusp: Innovation and Commercialization in Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Disease at UT Southwestern Medical Center.”

August 7, 2019

Dr. Joseph Sambrook’s Enduring Legacy

Leading Cancer Care

Dr. Sambrook brought tremendous leadership during his time at UT Southwestern. He was admired and respected by all who knew him and will be remembered fondly.