Student Life

Fertitta Family College of Medicine Students Announced as Next Class of Albert Schweitzer Fellows

Six Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine students were selected for the 2023-2024 class of the notable Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (ASF). This fellowship offers the students a year-long mentored community project that addresses unmet health needs for underserved communities in our area. The goal of these projects is to enhance and extend the services of existing community organizations to create immediate and lasting impact in the Houston-Galveston area.

The Doctors are In! Celebrating the University of Houston’s First Medical School Graduates

Graduation day. A rite of passage, a major milestone on the academic journey. Students, resplendent in their regalia, close one chapter in their lives and open another with the turn of a tassel and the toss of a trencher. 22 students at the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine crossed the commencement stage on Saturday, May 11.

Match Madness! University of Houston Medical Students Celebrate Historic ‘Match Day’ by Securing Residency Placements

At the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, fourth-year medical students are celebrating their own version of March Madness – Match Day. These aspiring physicians are taking the next step in their medical journeys after discovering where they’ll spend their residencies.

Student Driven to Improve Care for Underserved Communities

Feb. 22, 2024, David Mitchell — Breanna Chachere, M.P.H., entered medical school believing she was destined for a career in obstetrics and gynecology. That passion for maternal health led her to a fellowship project in collaboration with the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship and the University of Houston’s Healthy Start Program, as well as multiple research roles with the University of California – San Diego Health Sciences and the Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts.

First Medical Student of THI/UH Collaboration shares his Personal Heart Journey

HOUSTON (Sept. 19, 2023) — Lance Alexander McCoy, a determined and ambitious young man from Angleton, Texas, will be among the first graduates of the University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine. Last month, McCoy also became the first UH student to participate in the new cardiology rotation training program led by Jorge Escobar, MD, an interventional cardiologist and director of Undergraduate Medical Education at The Texas Heart Institute®.

UH Medical Students Working with Community Organizations to Improve Maternal Health in Houston

Black and Native American women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complication than white women. More than 80 percent of these deaths are potentially preventable. 2022-23 Albert Schweitzer fellows Breanna Chachere, Zikora Stephens, and Taylor Jackson launched their fellowship project MatCHrescence.

Leading by Example: UH's Latino Student Leaders in the Spotlight During National Hispanic Heritage Month

Oscar-winning film “Encanto” … billion-dollar business The Honest Company … the artificial heart … Broadway phenomenon “Hamilton.” These success stories have something in common—Latinos were the driving force behind all of them.

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