“I am extremely grateful to have had such as empowering mentor such as Dr. Chao during my time in the SMART Program. She allowed me freedom in my research based on my interests and adequately ...

Dr. Birnbaum is a physician-scientist working at Baylor College of Medicine. He has been in practice for more than 33 years treating patients with diverse cardiac diseases. Realizing the limited ...

In a healthy human adult, bacterial cells outnumber human cells, but the identity and degree of diversity of these bacteria in a single individual, their variability from person to person, and their ...

As a federally funded institute, TRISH supports research projects led by investigators currently at U.S.-based institutions. However, to foster an environment for collaboration, TRISH encourages ...

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The Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Center on Aging spearheads breakthrough research and is committed to translating basic research discoveries into applications that promote healthy aging and ...

Dr. Gustavo Oderich focuses on the clinical evaluation, open surgical and endovascular treatment of aneurysms, dissections, trauma, and aortic pathology involving any segment of the aorta, including ...

Established in August 1997, the Zechiedrich laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine is located in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world, in Houston, Texas, USA. The work ...

Honors & Awards The 2026 Lyda Hill Philanthropies Prize in Biological Sciences Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology (01/2026) NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards 2020 & 2009 Science ...

BCM Positions Senior Dean of Faculty Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas, United States Professor Medicine-Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, US Mary and Gordon Cain Chair of ...

My laboratory’s research is rooted in my early clinical encounters with patients suffering rare and enigmatic disorders. One memorable patient suffered Rett Syndrome; another was part of a family that ...

BCM Salim S. Virani, MD, Ph.D., is a tenured Professor in the Sections of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is also an investigator in the ...