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As represented in this illustration, deep distilling transforms complex neural network insights into concise, human-readable rules or code, making AI-discovered knowledge more accessible and transparent. [Illustration: Anda Kim/UTSW]

UTSW Researchers Develop AI That Writes Its Own Algorithms

by | Mar 11, 2024

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method that writes its own algorithms and may one day operate as an “automated scientist” to extract meaning from complex datasets.

“Our work is the first step in allowing researchers to use AI to directly convert complex data into new human-understandable insights,” said Milo Lin, Ph.D.,...

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Children’s Health Names Healthcare Veteran as its New Chief Operating Officer
by | Sep 8, 2023

Children’s Health in Dallas announced the appointment of Dane Peterson as chief operating officer of the leading pediatric healthcare system and top children’s hospital in North Texas....

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The Last Word: How To Tackle Mental Health Issues Impacting Texas Youth
by | Jun 13, 2023
Concern has swept the nation since COVID hit about the pandemic's lasting affects on the mental health of children and adolescents. But that mental health crisis has actually been worsening for years, even before the pandemic. The Dallas Morning News' Marin Wolf explores what Children’s Health, UT Southwestern, Cook Children's, and Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute are doing to get ahead of the problem.
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AI Can Detect Early Signs of Alzheimer’s in How People Speak, New Study Shows
by | Apr 17, 2023
Subtle changes in the way people speak could help doctors diagnose cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease—even before symptoms begin to show.  That's according to a new study led UT Southwestern researcher Ihab Hajjar, M.D., working with a research team at Emory University in Atlanta. After being given standard cognitive assessments, 206 participants were asked to talk about an art work. Here's what happened next.
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The main building at Pegasus Park.[Image: GFF]

Bridge Labs Expansion Coming to Pegagus Park in 2024

by | Feb 13, 2023
The new two-story lab and office building will offer "the first institutional-quality space" in the DFW market, according to marketing materials.
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Dallas’ MedCognetics Gets $750K NIH Grant to Research Unbiased AI for Breast Cancer Detection
by | Jan 26, 2023
Last month, we told you about MedCognetics getting FDA clearance for its unbiased AI-enabled software for breast cancer screening. Today, the Dallas-based company announced it has been awarded $750,000 from an NIH program to research unbiased AI for breast cancer detection. The NIH's AIM-AHEAD program—short for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity—awarded the grant. "This NIH grant will play an important role in future product development as well as helping us further expand our global market penetration," said MedCognetics CEO Debasish Nag.
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How UT Southwestern Medical Center Nurtures Next-Gen Health Care Leaders
by | Dec 30, 2022
As one of the nation’s premier academic medical centers, nurturing employees for management and leadership roles is mission critical. The medical center, with its workforce of nearly 23,000, received the 2022 BOLD award for its leadership development. “As we do with our scientific, medical, and training missions, we apply data-driven strategies to nurture leaders who contribute to our institution’s culture of integrity, inclusiveness, and collaboration, and extend those qualities throughout the organization,” Holly Crawford said.
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Dallas’ MedCognetics Gets FDA Clearance for Its AI-Enabled Breast Cancer Screening Software
by | Dec 20, 2022
The early-stage startup's QmTRIAGE software platform uses AI and machine learning to detect early breast cancers with a "high rate" of accuracy, MedCognetics says. The company has worked with UT Southwestern and UT Dallas to ensure its AI improves outcomes for "all ethnicities," at a time when racial disparities in AI have become a growing concern.
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Philipp Scherer, associate director of UT Southwestern's Nutrition Obesity Research Center, delivers a President's Lecture Series exploration of obesity. [Photo: UTSW]

UT Southwestern Is Selected as One of 12 NIH Obesity Research Centers

by | Sep 28, 2022
Over 150 scientists across dozens of departments will be part of the elite National Institutes of Health-funded, university-wide interdisciplinary research center. Dallas' UT Southwestern Medical Center is the only institution in Texas to be selected for the NIH initiative.

UTSW wants to translate scientific discoveries into new therapeutic strategies for the prevention and treatment of obesity, which it describes as a chronic disease affecting more than 40% of the U.S. population, with medical costs nearing $175 billion.
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The Last Word: UTSW’s Dr. Jaclyn Albin on How Culinary Medicine May Cure What Ails You
by | Sep 12, 2022
From obesity to cardiovascular disease, we live in an era of unprecedented diet-related health problems. But Dr. Albin, who leads the Culinary Medicine program at UT Southwestern, and her team are trying to cook up a solution by reviewing programs at medical schools across the U.S. The review of programs by UT Southwestern researchers has been published in Academic Medicine, the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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CPRIT Is Funding the Development of Products That Fight Cancer
by | Sep 6, 2022
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas has provided more than $3.1 billion in funding toward the development of cancer-fighting therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, and tools since 2010. It's now issued a call for startups and early-stage companies to apply for product development research grants for the 2023 fiscal year. “CPRIT’s mission is to invest in the research prowess of Texas institutions while expediting breakthroughs in cancer cures and prevention,” CEO Wayne Roberts said last May.
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UT Southwestern Opens Clinic at RedBird in Southern Dallas
by | Aug 29, 2022
UT Southwestern Medical Center at RedBird is a new, 150,000-square-foot hospital that instantly becomes a core feature of the redeveloped Redbird Mall. Located in a former Sears store, the new hospital marks the first time UTSW has transformed a former retail space into a regional medical center. “In RedBird, we recognized an opportunity to expand our footprint in Dallas and to have a vital presence in a community that has traditionally been underserved by the health care industry," said UTSW's Dr. Marc Nivet.
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Qualia Oto's cochlear implant. [Rendering: Qualia Oto]

Qualia Oto Lands New Funding for Its Mission to Restore Hearing in Patients

by | Jul 20, 2022
UT Dallas-based Qualia Oto is developing the next generation of cochlear implants, and has announced closing a Series A preferred round of around $1.64 million. Unlike typical cochlear implants that use bundles of wires attached to a receiver to stimulate the auditory nerve, Qualia Oto’s implant uses thin-film electrode arrays embedded in a polymer, allowing for more contact with the inner ear. That translates to a higher quality and range of sounds that are able to be transmitted.
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Dallas-Founded Biopharma Firm Raises $120M to Expand its Pipeline
by | Jun 29, 2022
ReCode Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical startup using a non-viral lipid nanoparticle delivery platform for gene therapies, has closed a $120 million extension to a funding round it raised last year to help bring its lead programs to human trials and “follow the science” to target new diseases. With a research team working out of BioLabs' life sciences facility at Pegasus Park, ReCode aims to grow its global team from about 70 to 100 over the next year.
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DI People: Match Group, Island, UT Southwestern, BBG, and More Announce Leadership Moves
by | May 6, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator, Divurgent, IKS Health, Invitation Homes, Comerica, New Friends New Life, Lennox, Trademark Property, Golden State Foods, and Catapult Health.
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