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35 t m c » p u l s e | a p r i l 2 0 1 9 Do you have TMC photos you would like to share with Pulse? Submit high-resolution images to: news@tmc.edu 8 | SARA SMOLLEY, cofounder of Voiceitt, which makes automatic speech recognition technology, pitched her digital device at the TMC EXPERT FORUM in the Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | LESTER SMITH, a Houston oilman, philanthropist and ballroom dancer, died March 14. A two-time cancer survivor and a double-lung transplant recipient, Smith and his wife, Sue, have supported several Texas Medical Center institutions, including Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine and Harris Health System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | Author Diane Gonzales Bertrand poses with her books at the launch of a new partnership between RONALD McDONALD HOUSE HOUSTON and Arte Público Press. The partnership will bring bilingual English and Spanish language children's books to Ronald McDonald House Houston's houses and family rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | DICK KUO, M.D., professor of emer- gency medicine, has been named chair of the Henry J.N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 | PATRICIA DARNAUER is the new executive vice president and administrator of Harris Health System's Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, a Level III trauma center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | CESAR A. ARIAS, M.D., PH.D., profes- sor of infectious diseases and director of the Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genomics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, has been elected to The American Academy of Microbiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | HELEN HESLOP, M.D., director of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital, was recognized with the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Lifetime Achievement Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | Women in the Texas Medical Center community attended the launch of Healthy Women Houston, formed to address maternal mortality and morbidity specifically in high risk communities in Harris County. The initiative brings together key health care and social support providers, including the MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM, to create a new system of care for women. 8 14 13 11 15 10 9 12