Congratulations to Dr. Biykem Bozkurt for her well-deserved recognition as one of Houston's 50 Most Influential Women of 2023 by Houston Woman Magazine! 🌟 #BCMDoM

Congratulations to Dr. Jared Sninsky, #TMC #DDC member and recipient of our Pilot Feasability Award, for receiving the BCM Department of Medicine Physician-Scientist Faculty Development Award!

This funding will support his continued research on #IBD and #ulcerativecolitis .

With so much happening in the world right now, what a privilege to spend a few days National Academy of Medicine #EmergingLeaders Forum representing VA HSR VA Houston IQuESt. 🙏🏼 to Helen Burstin, MD (@helenburstinmd on IG & 🧵) 👩🏻‍⚕️ 🫁 🤖

Thank you for sharing, Department of Medicine!

We are #hiring a Data Scientist (Qualitative). Visit jobs.bcm.edu/job/Houston-Da… to apply today.

We are #hiring a Senior Clinical Research Associate. Visit jobs.bcm.edu/job/Houston-Se… to apply today.

Spring Fling 2024! Thank you to the IQuESt Center Staff Council for hosting the Spring Fling! The Spring Fling is intended to promote community and team work within the center (and sometimes friendly competition).

This year's activity included Egg Hunting. 500 eggs, filled with

Congratulations Ruben Hernaez for being selected by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) as Co-Director of the Digestive Disease Week
2025 Post Graduate course 'designed to keep us at the forefront of the most impactful diagnostic and endoscopic advances in GI'

Happy Iranian New Year! This week, IQuESt celebrated Nowruz. It is a festival based on the spring equinox— which marks the first day of the new year. Dr. javad razjouyan and his team created a Haft Sin, an arrangement of symbolic symbols whose names start with the Persian letter, س.

So proud of my postdoctoral fellow, Jessica Meers, for publishing results from her dissertation. Congrats, Jessica! IQuESt

Interaction of sleep and emotion across the menstrual cycle - Meers - Journal of Sleep Research - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/js…

BCM Gastroenterology Fasiha Kanwal

Our recent study @ADA_Journals showing significant residual facility-level variation in stress test utilization among veterans w/ #diabetes Salim Virani Sarah Ahmed Nishant R. Shah, MD MPH Khurram Nasir Islam Elgendy Hani Jneid MD Mouaz Al-Mallah, M.D MSc StephenWaldoMD Christie Ballantyne BCM Cardiology IQuESt

Happy Match Day! Today I reflect on my Match Day and the nerves and excitement. No matter your placement, success is fueled by your energy and enthusiasm. Dive in, enjoy the process, and congratulations!

Join us in congratulating Dr. Jeffery Cully, Ph.D. on receiving the 4th annual General Don Wagner Award!
Criteria for the award includes: (1) Based upon a research project that started at IQuESt and spread to at least one additional facility, (2) Aligns with IQuESt's mission,

🔥🔥🔥 Palliative Care Across the Spectrum of HF Colleen McIlvennan Laura Gelfman Larry A. Allen, MD Outstanding review jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… JACC Journals #JACCHF Jennifer Cowger Minnow Walsh, MD, MACC Modele Ogunniyi, MD, MPH

On this day, IQuESt would like to express our gratitude towards our faculty & staff for all they do to sustain the lives and improve the quality of life of the Veterans and their families. #Veterans #HealthSystemsResearch #innovation