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September 5, 2025

Claudia Neuhauser Receives 2025 Effective Leader Award

The VP for Research was honored at the President’s Excellence Awards ceremony.

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September 5, 2025

Claudia Neuhauser Receives 2025 Effective Leader Award

The VP for Research was honored at the President’s Excellence Awards ceremony.

July 29, 2025

Five Innovative Projects Receive 2025 Seed Grants

DDI has awarded 2025 Seed Grants to research teams advancing innovative drug discovery. This year’s awards include a new Technique Expansion Track.

July 21, 2025

DOR Awards Four DPRIT Seed Funding Grants

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October 7, 2025

University of Houston Professor Awarded $3.9M To Fight Deadly Parasites That Threaten Children and Immunocompromised Adults

With funding from the NIH, UH leads a translational effort turning enzyme-targeting science into urgently needed treatments for Cryptosporidium infections — which are caused by a life-threatening pathogen and have no existing cure.

October 3, 2025

University of Houston Collaborates with Texas Medical Center Institutions to Train Next Generation of Kidney and Blood Disorder Researchers

Leveraging the University of Houston’s strengths in biomedical research and education, the Texas Medical Center is partnering with UH to launch an incubator for kidney, urologic and hematologic training, creating a pipeline of health care workforce success.

September 30, 2025

University of Houston Leads Texas in National Eye Institute Research Funding

The University of Houston is a national leader in vision science, receiving more National Eye Institute research funding than any other institution in Texas and placing among the top 10 recipients nationwide.

September 25, 2025

UH Optometry Professor Receives $2.6M to Continue Groundbreaking Eye Research

University of Houston College of Optometry Professor John O’Brien, a leading expert on retinal neuroscience, has received $2.6 million from the National Eye Institute to continue more than 20 years of research on electrical synapses and gap junction plasticity, which affects not just the retina, but also a wide range of other neurological functions.

September 18, 2025

University of Houston Co-Leads $25 Million NIH-Funded Grant to Study the Delay of Nearsightedness in Children

The University of Houston is co-leading a $25M national study, the first of its kind in the United States, exploring whether atropine eyedrops can delay the onset of nearsightedness in young children and lessen its progression over a lifetime.

September 5, 2025

Claudia Neuhauser Receives 2025 Effective Leader Award

The VP for Research was honored at the President’s Excellence Awards ceremony.

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