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The important role of genetics in autism development has become increasingly obvious. Many genes implicated in autism are so fundamental to basic neurobiology that species as diverse as worms and humans share them. After discovering that natural variability in autism-related genes correlates with alterations in worm social behavior, Audrey Brumback,… read more 

  Steve Roach, MD, was recently interviewed by the Austin American-Statesman about how a 13-year-old boy who suffered a stroke could change the stroke protocol at Dell Children’s and other children’s hospitals. Roach wrote the first statement on pediatric strokes for the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association in 2008 and… read more 

UT Health Austin clinician-researchers work to understand and address the elevated risk of Alzheimer’s disease among Hispanic older adults According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Hispanic older adults are at a disproportionate risk for Alzheimer’s disease in the United States, with some studies estimating that Hispanic older adults are 1.5 times… read more 

Dr. Nicholas M. Barbaro received the prestigious “Distinguished Service Awardees” from the The Society of Neurological Surgeons at the 2023 Annual Meeting in Dallas

The week of March  20, UT Health Austin’s Bipolar Disorder Center within the Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences successfully completed the first SAINT protocol in Texas, and join institutions like Stanford, Harvard and John Hopkins as the only few sites proving this groundbreaking intervention to treat depression. The SAINT protocol received FDA… read more 

Akhil Surapaneni won the Larry Abraham Excellence in Rehabilitation Research Award, the overall grand prize for best student presentation or poster at CARE research day 2023. the Larry Abraham Excellence in Rehabilitation Research Award

Research and discovery are a key part of Dell Medical School’s mission — and of The University of Texas at Austin’s vision of becoming the world’s highest-impact public research university. Meet below our two Mulva Faculty involved in this critical mission:  David Paydarfar and Audrey Brumback or read about the eight… read more