BCM Pride to celebrate togetherness with Pride Palooza

Celebrating LGBTQ+ pride has not been the same during the pandemic, said first-year medical student JP Nguyen. What was missing? The party.

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Baylor alumna celebrates 50 years of government service at NIH

Dr. Bettie Graham was teaching math and science in Nigeria during a two-year stint in the Peace Corps when she realized something. The children she was teaching did not understand bacteria, she said, because they didn’t have access to a microscope. If the kids didn’t understand bacteria, they couldn’t fully learn about infections, Graham said.

Events

‘Humanity of healthcare’: 265 graduate at Baylor College of Medicine commencement

As graduates, faculty and families took their seats for the 2022 commencement, Dr. Paul Klotman, president, CEO and executive dean of Baylor College of Medicine, told the students to stand back up, turn around, face their families and give them a roaring round of applause.

Baylor College of Medicine doctors helped a man who experienced a heart attack on a March 2022 flight.

Community

Dermatology heroes showcase teamwork, diversity in emergency

On a flight to Boston for a dermatology conference, Dr. Suzanne Alkul heard a commotion in the row behind her. She turned around in her seat and saw a male passenger pale, sweating and struggling to breathe. Her instinct to help kicked in immediately.

education

Baylor residents to compete at national Medical Jeopardy-style competition

In Room D-1 on the sixth floor of Ben Taub hospital, a group of Baylor College of Medicine residents were emphatically buzzing. With only a week before the annual American College of Physicians’ Doctor’s Dilemma on April 28, Drs. Nathan Spezia-Lindner, Ali El-Halwagi and Firas Bahdi needed to develop a solid team strategy.

Nominate worthy colleagues for Power of Professionalism Award

Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Professionalism works to recognize the efforts of Baylor faculty and staff who go beyond the typical job duties of healthcare workers. Through the Power of Professionalism Award, the Center rewards Baylor community members who demonstrate respect for all involved in the health caregiving process.

‘It’s my purpose’: Laboratory animal technician reflects on her calling

They say you should never meet your heroes, but Angela Asch works with hers every day. As a laboratory animal technician for Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Comparative Medicine, Asch cares for more than 1,500 research mice daily.

Efforts to aid Ukrainian refugees through BIPAI clinic in Romania

On Feb. 24, Michael Mizwa was traveling abroad at Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation – Malawi when Russia invaded Ukraine. In less than 10 days, he flew to Romania, a country that borders Ukraine, to coordinate relief for Ukrainian refugees at Baylor Black Sea Foundation, part of Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS…

Holy Cow! Veteran names baby cow after Baylor / VA Doctor

Army Veteran Roy Cadwalder recently stunned his Houston VA physician, also a Baylor College of Medicine faculty member, with a very special, but unique, honor. The surprise? Cadwalder, a farmer from Cleveland, Texas – the home of Sam Houston National Forest, named his newly born calf after his primary care doctor, Dr. Barbara Trautner, professor…

Student Corner: Presenting research on the national stage

As a fourth-year graduate student, Bailey Martin-Giacalone has already checked off an impressive achievement in her career. Last October, she presented her research during a plenary session at the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting in front of a virtual audience of more than 1,000 experts in her field.