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35 t m c ยป p u l s e | m ay 2 0 1 9 Do you have TMC photos you would like to share with Pulse? Submit high-resolution images to: news@tmc.edu 6 | CARLA DAVIS, M.D., chief of immunol- ogy, allergy, rheumatology and retrovirology at Texas Children's Hospital and associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, was named an at-large director by The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | WILL PARSONS, M.D., PH.D., was named deputy director of Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers. Parsons also serves as co-director of the Brain Tumor Program, co-director of the Cancer Genetics and Genomics Program, and director of the Center for Precision Oncology within Texas Children's Cancer Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | Houston Hospice's Butterfly Luncheon chairs Isabel Lummis, Sue White and Jenny Kempner address guests at the Junior League of Houston. Proceeds help fund HOUSTON HOSPICE operations and its Butterfly Program of pediatric hospice care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | The TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER POLICE have relocated to a new headquarters at the corner of Bertner Avenue and Holcombe Boulevard. The new location brings the TMC Police into the core of the medical center to better serve the growing TMC community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | Brianna Mathis and Laura Arredondo interact at the new community health center on the UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON campus. The clinic is located in the Health 2 Building, temporary home of the planned UH College of Medicine, and features 12 exam rooms and another 15 rooms for behavioral health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | CHARLES MOUTON, M.D., has been appointed executive vice president, provost and dean of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 | CHERYL WALKER, PH.D., director of the Center for Precision Environmental Health and professor of molecular and cellular biology at Baylor College of Medicine, was honored with the Society of Toxicology's Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | Maternal-fetal medicine specialist KENNETH MOISE, M.D., left, who received the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's Lifetime Achievement Award, posed with Sean C. Blackwell, M.D., chair of the OB-GYN department at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's McGovern Medical School. 13 6 7 8 13 9 10 11 12