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Dave F. Clarke, MD, professor of neurology and pediatrics at The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School and holder of the Kozmetsky Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy, received the J. Kiffin Penry Award for Excellence in Epilepsy Care by the American Epilepsy Society (AES) at its recent… read more 

It’s hard to overstate the significance of this moment for patients and families in Central Texas: 140 years of expertise at a Tier 1 research university is converging with some of the brightest minds in health care and medical education to build The University of Texas Medical Center. Meet the… read more 

We are proud to share that Delan Lui won the Dr. Ayyez and Shelena Lalji & Family student scholar award for repair and regenerative mechanism in ALS for “Project integrating artificial intelligence (AI) modules (language models and reinforcement learning) in Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) to restore efficient communications for ALS patients”

A $3.5 million Department of Defense Clinical Trial Award is funding a study on trauma-informed parent-child functioning intervention for military veterans. Suzannah Creech is the primary investigator with Justin Benzer and Paul Rathouz as co-investigators. The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System is partnering with Dell Med on the study.… read more 

For many, the prospect of a coming delivery is exciting. But for Benjamin Umlauf, Ph.D., it’s not what’s in the package that holds his interest; it’s the how — the delivery method itself. And patients with brain conditions may soon benefit from his perspective. Umlauf, an assistant professor in Dell… read more 

Neuroscience research tools are incredibly powerful: Researchers can flip individual neurons on and off to observe effects at the molecular level. The problem? That’s not how psychiatric medications work, so discoveries aren’t readily transferable to useful solutions. If Lief Fenno, M.D., Ph.D., has his way, treatments for mental illness will… read more