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While area gardens are slowing arising from the February chill, North Texas boards are in full bloom with news about new members. The latest to blossom is the Southwestern Medical Foundation Board of Trustees.

In partnership with the Southwestern Medical Foundation, the Cary Council awarded $50K grants to each of its three 2021 young “DocStars.” On a recent “What’s Up Doc?” virtual event, the young investigators spoke about how their research projects are going, what they hope to achieve—and why the seed grants are a catalyst for medical innovation.

The Cary Council recently announced grant recipients of funds raised to support early-stage research from their 2021 “An Evening with DocStars at Home” event. From a distance, guests had the opportunity to meet this year’s grant recipients and several from previous years.

The culinary medicine program targets medical students at UT Southwestern and their future patients.

The Council named its three 2020 grant awardees – each with a different clinical focus but united by a single purpose: to explore new evidence-based pathways to treating some of the world’s most intractable illnesses.

Southwestern Medical Foundation President and CEO, Kathleen M. Gibson, joined David Johnson for a brief conversation about Southwestern Medical Foundation’s beginnings, continued mission, and the generosity and strength of our community.

Members raised nearly $100K in funding for the research awardees who will investigate new evidence-based pathways that can treat some of the world’s most intractable illnesses.

The pandemic should have demonstrated to them that there are also social, economic, environmental and political determinants of health.

Dr. Priyanka Gaur says she’d like to work in a big public hospital. She recently completed her final year at UT Southwestern Medical School and is bound for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore this summer to start her residency in gynecology and obstetrics.

Becoming a doctor during a pandemic was not necessarily what Priyanka Gaur envisioned when she started medical school. Still, as she heads to Johns Hopkins Hospital to begin her residency, she’ll be tasked with reassuring and treating frightened patients.