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t m c » p u l s e | j u n e 2 0 1 7 38 [ 1 ] Thousands participated in the MARCH FOR SCIENCE – HOUSTON to support research, med- icine and technology. Several faculty members of TMC institutions addressed the crowd at City Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 2 ] SINCHITA ROY CHOWDHURI, M.D., PH.D., assistant professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, received a 2017 Shirley Stein Scientific Endowed Research Award. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ] BURTON DICKEY, M.D., professor in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at MD Anderson, was the recipient of the Finneran Family Prize for Translational Research. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 4 ] GIOVANNI DAVOGUSTTO, M.D., UDAY SANDHU, M.D., and RAYMUNDO "ALAIN" QUINTANA QUEZADA, M.D., internal medi- cine residents at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, were named champions at the Doctor's Dilemma national competition in San Diego. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 5 ] TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY held the school's first family graduation. Andrea Brooks, Ph.D., RN, PNP, who received her doctorate in nursing, brought her children, Elizabeth Amos and Mikayla Wimberly. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 6 ] The Giving Back to the Future Gala raised more than $650,000 for NORA'S HOME. Margaret Alkek Williams, left, was honorary chair of the gala honoring Lynda Knapp Underwood, right, and her late husband, David Underwood, longtime chair of the TMC Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 7 ] DARIO MARCHETTI, PH.D., right, director of the Cancer Biomarker Research Program at Houston Methodist Research Institute, received a research grant from the Avon Foundation for Women. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 8 ] KELLY HACKETT, managing director of family oce services for Salient Partners, L.P., has joined The Menninger Clinic Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 9 ] PHILIP C. JOHNSON, M.D., vice chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and director of the Division of General Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, was honored with the Anne and Edward H. "Ted" Patton, Jr. Award. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 10 ] NICHOLAS NAVIN, PH.D., assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics at MD Anderson and an Andrew Sabin Family Fellow, received the Jack and Beverly Randall Prize for Excellence in Cancer Research. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 11 ] An article by MICHAEL J. PALDINO, M.D., neuroradiologist at Texas Children's Hospital, was selected as the Lucien Levy Best Research Article by the American Journal of Neuroradiology. * Field Notes 9 10 11 4 5 8 1 2 6 3 7 Credit: No. 6: Daniel Ortiz Photography, No. 8: Michael Hart, No. 13: Jenny Antill, No. 16: Michael Hart, No. 17: Alexander's Fine Portrait Design, No. 18: S. Kramer/Texas Children's Hospital and Chinh Phan, * Courtesy photo