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 NSF grant to Rice, UH, Texas Southern will help future science, engineering professors
HOUSTON – (Aug. 13, 2019) – Rice University, Texas Southern University (TSU) and the University of Houston (UH) have won a multimillion-dollar grant to help increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing academic careers in engineering and science. |
Houston universities team up to boost minorities in academia |
 Finding Could Lead to Better Clinical Disease Monitoring
University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is reporting in Arthritis Research and Therapy that clotting proteins, both those that promote blood clots (pro-thrombotic) and those that work to dissipate them (thrombolytic), are elevated in the urine of patients who suffer from lupus nephritis (LN). |
Blood Clotting Proteins Discovered as Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis |
 Faculty, students recognized for innovation, creative entrepreneurial spirit
Innovation is the engine that drives all of humanity’s greatest achievements – from the creation of the first wheel to electricity to heart transplants. And it is the entrepreneurial spirit that puts these advances into the hands of the people who can use it the most. |
UH Cullen College of Engineering Presents Inaugural Innovator Awards |
 University of Houston Researchers Report Adaptable Stimulation Treatment
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Smart Brain Stimulators: Next-Gen Parkinson’s Disease Therapy |
 The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) honored the UH Cullen College of Engineering with an award recognizing its commitment to diversity and inclusiveness. |
UH Cullen College of Engineering Recognized for Achievements in Diversity by ASEE |
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Researchers Developing Early Detection, Home Monitoring Tests For Lupus Nephritis
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Understanding Congenital Heart Defects to Prevent Them
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We are improving disease detection methods
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We are making blood transfusions safer
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We are making groundbreaking discoveries in neuroscience
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We are promoting collaboration, interdisciplinary research and idea sharing
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Finding Could Lead to Better Clinical Disease Monitoring
University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is reporting in Arthritis Research and Therapy that clotting proteins, both those that promote blood clots (pro-thrombotic) and those that work to dissipate them (thrombolytic), are elevated in the urine of patients who suffer from lupus nephritis (LN). |
Blood Clotting Proteins Discovered as Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis |
 Transformative Research Empowering Patients to Monitor Themselves
With $5 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), two University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering biomedical researchers are moving the needle on early detection and monitoring of kidney nephritis, or inflammation, in patients who have Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, known simply as lupus. |
Researchers Developing Early Detection, Home Monitoring Tests for Lupus Nephritis |
Faculty Accolades
 Findings May Point to Potential Cure for Addiction
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New Data Suggests Nicotine While Pregnant Alters Genes |
 UH Engineer Using Optical Equipment to Watch Heart Develop
To understand cardiovascular failures, the leading cause of birth defect-related deaths in infants, UH professor of biomedical engineering Kirill Larin is teaming up with Baylor College of Medicine professor of cellular and molecular physiology Irina Larina on a chicken and egg hunt. |
Understanding Congenital Heart Defects To Prevent Them |
Student Success
 Alumni Spotlight
Megan Goh (BSBE ’18), a 2018-2019 Fulbright grant recipient, is conducting research in Germany. She is studying how and when infantile brain disorders occur in animal models using photoacoustic imaging. |
Cullen College Alumna Conducts Fulbright Research in Germany |
 Recipients Include Three Cullen College Coogs
Seven current and former University of Houston students – three of whom represent the Cullen College of Engineering – have earned highly coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowships. |
UH Students and Alumni Earn Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships |
Student Success
Alumni Spotlight
Megan Goh (BSBE ’18), a 2018-2019 Fulbright grant recipient, is conducting research in Germany. She is studying how and when infantile brain disorders occur in animal models using photoacoustic imaging. |
Cullen College Alumna Conducts Fulbright Research in Germany |
University of Houston Researchers Report Adaptable Stimulation Treatment
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Smart Brain Stimulators: Next-Gen Parkinson’s Disease Therapy |
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