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McGinley receives John S. Dunn Research Collaborative Award
Dr. Matthew McGinley, assistant professor at Baylor College and investigator at Cain Foundation Labs, receives a research seed grant to develop a virtual-reality based platform to better understand mechanisms that integrate audio information with the brain’s broader cognitive maps and in the process improve technologies like cochlear implants.
The Search for a Cure: Catching up with Henry & Dr. Zoghbi
When Dr. Huda Zoghbi left war-torn Lebanon in the 1970s to attend medical school in the U.S., little did she know that her journey would bring her to Texas Children’s Hospital. Today, she is a world-renowned neurogeneticist and director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI), where she leads a team dedicated to finding more effective treatments for a host of devastating neurological disorders.
Dr. Hsiao-Tuan Chao named new McNair Scholar
Dr. Hsiao-Tuan Chao, assistant professor of pediatrics and molecular and human genetics, faculty at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, and associate program director of the basic neuroscience pathway in pediatric neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named the newest McNair Scholar at Baylor. She is the College’s first M.D./Ph.D. McNair Student Scholar Alumni to also be named a McNair Scholar.
CURE Epilepsy’s Day of Science: March 30
CURE Epilepsy’s Day of Science
Dr. Zoghbi elected as a fellow of the NAI
Dr. Huda Zoghbi elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors this week.
Our superhero son's diagnostic odyssey
In this blog, a dad describes his ten-year old son's rare regressive medical condition and their medical odyssey to get a right diagnosis for him.
NRI hosts the fourth biennial symposium
NRI's fourth biennial symposium and workshop was focused on "Neuropsychiatry".
Dr. Hari Krishna Yalamanchili receives the 2018 NRI Zoghbi Scholar Award
Dr. Hari Krishna Yalamanchili receives the 2018 NRI Zoghbi Scholar Award.
SYNGAP1 Center of Excellence at Texas Children’s Hospital receives research grant
Jimmy Holder Jr., M.D./Ph.D., a pediatric neurologist and scientist at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, was awarded a $25,000 research grant from the Bridge the Gap – SYNGAP Education and Research Foundation.
Dr. Hsiao-Tuan Chao awarded NIH Director's High-Risk, High-Reward grant
Dr. Hsiao Tuan Chao awarded the National Institutes of Health Director’s Early Independence Award from the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
Dr. Hsiao-Tuan Chao receives a Child Neurology Foundation grant to study pediatric epilepsy and intellectual disability
Dr. Hsiao-Tuan Chao, MD/PhD, clinical child neurologist and associate director of the child neurology residency program at Texas Children’s Hospital was awarded the Child Neurology Foundation’s 2018 Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation Grant.
Dr. Christian Schaaf presents "The Power of Patient No.1"
Dr. Schaaf presents at the annual ACMG meeting.
Dr. Zhandong Liu receives distinguished service award
Dr. Zhandong Liu receives the Distinguished Service Award from the International Association for Intelligent Biology and Medicine (IAIBM).
Dr. Mingshan Xue awarded 2018 McKnight Scholar Award
Dr. Mingshan Xue receives the 2018 McKnight Scholar Award.
Dr. Hsiao-Tuan Chao receives the prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award
Dr. Hsiao-Tuan Chao receives the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award to study the mechanisms underlying transcriptional dysregulation of inhibitory signaling pathways in childhood neurodevelopmental disorders.
An inaugural family conference for Bosch-Boonstra-Schaaf Optic Atrophy Syndrome brings together key stakeholders
An inaugural Bosch-Boonstra-Schaaf Optic Atrophy Syndrome (BBSOAS) family conference was held last month in Houston.
FDA approves everolimus for tuberous sclerosis-associated seizures, a treatment first discovered at Texas Children’s Hospital
FDA approves everolimus to treat partial-onset tuberous sclerosis-associated seizures, a treatment developed by our researchers.
Dr. Huda Zoghbi elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Huda Zoghbi is elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Spectrum News features Dr. Rodney Samaco
Dr. Rodney Samaco is featured in Spectrum News, a leading news site that provides comprehensive analysis of autism research.
Dr. David Nelson is 2018 President of the American Society of Human Genetics
Dr. David Nelson has been elected the 2018 President of ASHG.