Dr. Johanna Bick Featured on KHOU News
Dr. Johanna Bick was featured in the report to comment on potential setbacks that the children will face in the coming years due to their forced confinement in a home. An Assistant Professor of...
Category: Research Spotlight
Ilknur Telkes Receives Prestigious NANS Grant
TIMES would like to recognize Ilknur Telkes and her advisor, Dr. Nuri Ince, for receiving the Junior Scientist Award from the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS). This award is given annually and will give...
Fox 26 Report Featuring Dr. Candice Alfano
Link: http://www.fox26houston.com/news/193614521-story HOUSTON (FOX 26) – We all come into this world needing to sleep more than we need to be awake. By the age of 5, a child has spent as much time asleep as...
Lack of Sleep Increases a Child’s Risk for Emotional Disorders Later
Dr. Candice Alfano’s research was featured on the UH website last week in an article written by Lisa Merkl. Dr. Alfano and her co-investigator Dr. Cara Palmer were also published in the journal Sleep...
Showcase Your Research at Supercomputing 16
What is Supercomputing (SC)? Supercomputing brings together the international supercomputing community. This gathering of everyone from researchers and educators, scientists and engineers, to developers and systems administrators is unequaled. The conference includes...
In the news: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis | How drivers behave when they are absent minded, emotionally charged or engaged in texting
Ever wonder how and why your behavior changes when you drive while angry, stressed, or texting? Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis, as well as researchers from Texas A&M’s Transportation Institute, are studying how distraction affects a...
Ethics In Science Lecture Series | Public Ethics, Politics and Sociobiology
E.O. Wilson set off an academic controversy regarding the nature of natural science and its appropriate role in the American political context. This talk examines the altercations between Wilson and Stephen Jay Gould through...
Ethics in Science Lecture Series | Classifying People by Color: How Racial Categories Change Over Time
Although skin tones are not the most scientific way to classify people, such classifications are among the most pervasive ways in which people think about others. Even scientists, physicians, and statisticians end up using...
Ethics in Science Lecture Series | The Origin of Social Impulse: E.O. Wilson’s Recent and Controversial Rejection of Kin Selection in Historical Context
Speaker: Abraham Gibson, Ph.D., Virginia Tech University When: Friday, December 4, 2015 – 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Where: Philip G. Hoffman Hall, Room 232 (PGH 232), University of Houston – Main Campus Cost: FREE and...
In the news: Dr. Nuri F. Ince talks with Parameters about Improving Brain Surgeries for Parkinson’s Disease Patients
Struggling to climb out of bed each morning after a restless night’s sleep with stiffness that, at times, slows movement to a standstill is a reality for many Americans. Compounded by uncontrollable muscle movements,...
