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t m c n e w s . o r g t m c n e w s . o r g 34 Field Notes Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 15, 16 courtesy photos 6 8 1 | MARGARET GOODELL, PH.D., chair of the department of molecular and cellular biology at Baylor College of Medicine, has received the Tobias Lecture Award by the International Society for Stem Cell Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | HARDEEP SINGH, M.D., MPH, chief of the health policy, quality & informatics program at the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and professor of medicine-health services research at Baylor College of Medicine, has been appointed to the Patient Safety Measures of Hospital Harm Technical Expert Panel for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | The John S. Dunn Heliport is part of the new Susan and Fayez Sarofim Pavilion, a renovation and expansion of MEMORIAL HERMANN-TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER. The 17-story tower is the new home of the Red Duke Trauma Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | TIRR MEMORIAL HERMANN unveiled a new sports court for patients, families and employees. Located on the hospital's Texas Medical Center campus, the court accommo- dates therapy, recreation and other activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | TOM LUBY, PH.D., director of Texas Medical Center Innovation, speaks at the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge, held at TMCx in February. Capital Rx, a com- pany that has created a way to simplify drug pricing, won the challenge, which honors new approaches and solutions to health care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | PETER HOTEZ, M.D., PH.D., dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, was awarded the Ronald McDonald House Charities Award of Excellence during a ceremony at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | MEHDI RAZAVI, M.D., director of electro- physiology clinical research and innovations at Texas Heart Institute, has been elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | UT PHYSICIANS, the clinical practice of McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to build a home for a local family. UT Physicians is the title sponsor for KPRC's Habitat for Humanity Home Build in 2020. 7 1 7 4 2 3 5