McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics will host its annual Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday, May 7 this year. We invite the entire school community to attend.

MS, PhD, and DHI graduates from Summer 2023, Fall 2023, and Spring 2024 are eligible to walk in the ceremony. In the coming weeks, our Office of Academic Affairs team will contact eligible participants directly with additional information regarding the ceremony.

Visit https://sbmi.uth.edu/graduation/ for more information on the event.

If you are a current McWilliams Certificate or MS student interested in a higher-level degree at our school, please be aware that the Summer and Fall application deadline dates are quickly approaching. If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to the admissions team in the Office of Academic Affairs via e-mail [email protected] or phone 713-500-3591.

Feel free to also join us in a Prospective Student Webinar Information Session by registering HERE.

The UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging will host the 8th annual Hot Topics in Aging Conference on March 5, 2024. Visit this webpage to learn more and register.

Research co-authored by Assistant Professor Assaf Gottlieb, PhD, found that the body’s immune response to Epstein-Barr virus may play a role in causing damage in people with multiple sclerosis. This news was covered by dozens of outlets including these:

• U.S. News & World Report
• HealthDay
• NeurologyLive
• UTHealth Houston News
• ReachMD
• Technology Networks
• Science Alert

• Shoutout HTX published a profile on Dean Jiajie Zhang, PhD in late December. It even includes some of his go-to spots here in Houston.
• Associate Dean for Applied Informatics Robert Murphy, MD, was recently mentioned in a Becker’s Clinical Leadership article highlighting research he co-authored, which revealed that the cost of treating patients with COVID-19 has risen 26% in two years.