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t m c ยป p u l s e | s e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 39 9 11 11 14 10 DO YOU HAVE TMC EVENT PHOTOS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH PULSE? SUBMIT HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES TO: NEWS@TMC.EDU 13 12 15 [ 9 ] TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY has been awarded $388,015 from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Minority Health Research and Education Grant Program to establish and maintain clinical rotation sites in underserved communities for physical therapy and other health sciences students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 10 ] RICHARD "RICH" SMILIE, D.V.M., a 51-year-old veterinarian, was among 240 students who received their white coats at a ceremony hosted by McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. The white coat ceremony is for students who are just starting to pursue their medical degrees. Smilie and the other students pledged to be ethical practitioners of medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 11 ] RICARDO NUILA, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, was selected as the Ralph A. Johnston Fellow in the Dobie Paisano Fellowship Program, which is sponsored by the Texas Institute of Letters and The University of Texas at Austin. This fellowship gives creative fiction and non- fiction writers the opportunity to live on a ranch outside Austin and write for an extended period. Nuila was accepted based on his articles about health disparities in Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 12 ] HUDA ZOGHBI, M.D., professor in the departments of pediatrics, molecular and human genetics, neurology, and neuroscience, is the recipient of the 2017 Switzer Prize from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA for excellence in biological and biomedical sciences research. Her research includes identifying a gene mutation that causes Rett syndrome, a severe genetic disorder that mostly affects girls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 13 ] Officials from the Texas Medical Center, the Smithsonian and the city of Houston helped The Health Museum celebrate its status as a Smithsonian Affiliate, including Houston Mayor SYLVESTER TURNER; MELANIE JOHNSON, ED.D., president and CEO of The Health Museum; DAVID SKORTON, Smithsonian Secretary; and RODNEY ELLIS, Harris County Commissioner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 14 ] BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE held its white coat ceremony for the class of 2021 at Bayou City Event Center in early August. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 15 ] THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER INNOVATION INSTITUTE (TMCx) kicked off a four-month accelerator program in early August by welcoming 19 startup companies to introduce their medical devices to the Houston health care market. Included are seven local companies, nine companies from outside Texas, and three companies from outside of the United States.