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39 t m c » p u l s e | a u g u s t 2 0 1 9 Do you have TMC photos you would like to share with Pulse? Submit high-resolution images to: news@tmc.edu 13 8 11 10 8 | SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN – HOUSTON received $30,000 from the Reliant Gives program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | The first lady of Botswana, Neo Jane Masisi, is the first member of the International Council of Global HOPE (Hematology- Oncology Pediatric Excellence), a TEXAS CHILDREN'S CANCER AND HEMATOLOGY CENTER initiative to improve the long-term care of children with cancer and blood disor- ders in Sub-Saharan Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | ALEJANDRO CHAOUL, PH.D., assistant professor and director of education at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's department of palliative, rehabilita- tion and integrative medicine, has received a $1 million endowment from the Huffington Foundation and been named the Huffington Foundation Endowed Director of the Mind Body Spirit Institute at the Jung Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | SREYRAM KUY, M.D., a practicing general surgeon at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and deputy chief medical officer for quality and safety for a network of VA facilities, has been awarded a Health Innovators Fellowship by the Aspen Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 | PATRICE HARRIS, M.D., right, a psychi- atrist and the first black woman to lead the American Medical Association, poses with TOI BLAKLEY HARRIS, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine Associate Provost of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion & Student Services. Patrice Harris delivered the keynote speech at Baylor's Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research annual sum- mer research summit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | STEPHEN PFLUGFELDER, M.D., pro- fessor of ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine, delivered the Binkhorst Lecture and received the Binkhorst Medal at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery/American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | BEHRANG AMINI, M.D., PH.D., associ- ate professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center and director of the musculoskeletal imaging fellowship program, received the J.T. "Lamar" McNew, MD, Award by the Texas Medical Association Resident and Fellow Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | Officials broke ground on the $125 million UT CONTINUUM OF CARE CAMPUS FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, a joint project of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. 12 14 15 9