Monthly Spotlight

We have a wide variety of types of collections on this site, some of the these include journals, dissertations, thesis. staff publications and book galleries. There is also a wealth of archival materials, digitized by our library staff at McGovern Historical Center. Please check back regularly as the featured highlights update on a monthly basis.

Dissertations & Theses (Open Access) (School of Public Health)

Dissertations posted directly to DigitalCommons@TMC by UTHealth School of Public Health from 2018-current.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Project Abstract (Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects)

Practice Project abstracts from 2024-current.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program prepares clinical scholars recognized for outstanding leadership and innovation to apply their talents and expertise to delivery of evidence-based patient- and population-centered care that improves systems of care and positively influences patient outcomes. The program focuses on inter-professional collaboration and development of the kinds of competencies in quality improvement and safety that lead to enhanced outcomes for patients, families, providers, and organizations.

Faculty and Staff Publications (Baylor College of Medicine)

Baylor College of Medicine is a health sciences university that creates knowledge and applies science and discoveries to further education, healthcare and community service locally and globally. Learn more about our mission, vision and values.

Manuscripts submitted for publication (preprints), peer-reviewed pre-publication articles (postprints), and published articles from the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine are posted here with additional links to supplemental data.

Ranked 20th in the nation, and first in Texas since 2006 for obtaining National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, Baylor College of Medicine received $687 million in total funding from 2,792 sponsored project awards in fiscal year 2023. Baylor operates more than 90 research and patient-care centers and units. BCM also operates more than 27 Advanced Technology Core Laboratories that provide services for studies in areas like metabolomics, proteomics, pathology, and genomics.

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications (McGovern Medical School)

Open-access full-text journal articles of faculty, staff and students from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston from 1999-present.

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications (MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School)

Open-access journal articles from UTHealth GSBS faculty, staff and students.

Howard B. Hamilton, MD Papers (Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission)

The Howard B. Hamilton, MD, papers, MS 066, includes material from 1945-1997 related to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF). One highlight of the collection is a series of cartoons, Series VI, created by Hamilton's friend Dr. Akio Awa that gives a unique look into the daily goings-on of the ABCC and RERF.

Hamilton was the Chief of Clinical Laboratories for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission from 1956 until its dissolution in 1975. He served in the same capacity for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, which succeeded the ABCC, until 1984. This collection encompasses this period of time in Dr. Hamilton's career, as well as his related scholarly work after his retirement from RERF. Dr. Hamilton donated his collection of letters, reprints, newspaper articles, photographs, memos, and ephemera to the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center between 1985 and 2002. For more info, visit Howard B. Hamilton, MD Papers and its finding aid.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Journal of Family Strengths (Children at Risk)

ISSN 2168-670X

The Journal of Family Strengths (JFS), formerly Family Preservation Journal, is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed online journal produced by CHILDREN AT RISK in partnership with the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center - Prairie View A&M University and The TMC Library. JFS is devoted to presenting theoretical, policy, practice, and evaluation articles on the strengths perspective in family-centered practice to improve services that promote and sustain family systems.

If you have questions about the submission or review process, please contact jfs@childrenatrisk.org for assistance.

See the two new Call for Papers on the Victim-Offender Overlap in Youth and Young Adults and on Substance Abuse and the Family

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Mac Suzuki Photograph Collection (Photograph Collections)

The Mac Suzuki Photograph Collection contains 838 color slides of 35 mm film taken by Mac Suzuki, MD. Most of the images were taken in Japan between 1948 and 1952 while Dr. Suzuki’s worked with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. This material was donated by the children of Dr. Suzuki, details of the collection can be found via its finding aid.

Masamichi "Mac" Suzuki was born on October 18, 1918 in Acampo, CA. He received his BA degree from the University of California Berkley and studied medicine at the University of California San Francisco. As an American citizen of Japanese descent, Mac was forced to leave his third year of medical school and placed in an internment camp during WWII. During his time there he served as a camp doctor. He completed his medical degree at Wayne State Medical School in Detroit, MI. He served on the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) from around 1948 to 1953, studying the effects of radiation on fertility in Japan.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Medical World News Publications (Medical World News Photograph Collection)

This collection includes selected pages from each issue of Medical World News Volumes 1 - 35. Pages include cover page, masthead, table of contents, acknowledgements, and (in most cases) advertisement index. Series give insight into the information published in the magazine from 1960-1994, and the photographs that may exist in the collection.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Memorial Hospital System Collection (Memorial Hospital Photograph Collection)

This series contains photographs and negatives that depict Memorial Hospital staff, physicians, nurses, facilities, and medical equipment from 1910s-1970s.

Earliest dated photograph is the only nitrate negative (P-3387c5). It depicts Louisville Male High School graduating class of 1903, which includes Roger Jolly. It is in good condition. inventory provides descriptive information and year for each item with the quantity of photographs (in square brackets, [ ]).

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection (Photograph Collections)

The Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection consists of three boxes totaling one cubic foot containing postcards from various Texas healthcare facilities labeled A-Z. Many, if not all, postcards have been digitized. Reproductions have also been made on 35mm slides.

Some of the topics include cities such as Austin, Psychiatric Hospitals and Veteran Hospitals. Check back here for more cities featured. Details of the collection is avaialble via its finding aid.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Texas Medical Center Video and Audiovisual Recordings: 1973-1991 (Historical A/V from the TMC: 1973-1991)

In the 1970s, a series of video interviews captured the stories of Texas Medical Center leaders and important visitors. Meanwhile, audio and video had emerged as valuable tools in medical education and community outreach.

The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Historical Resources Project records contain video oral histories of notable personalities associated with or visiting the TMC. Beginning in 1973, the initial group of interviews focuses on individuals involved in the founding or early days of the TMC. Later “video profiles” also include significant visitors to the TMC.

Several of these feature national and international figures in cancer research on their visits to Houston. In total the collection features forty-seven unique recordings of interviews with thirty-eight different individuals. All 47 unique recordings have been digitized..

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

The Texas Heart Institute Journal (Texas Heart Institute)

For 50 years, The Texas Heart Institute Journal has been published by The Texas Heart Institute as part of its medical education program. Our continuously published, peer-reviewed journal enjoys a global audience of physicians, scientists, and healthcare professionals who are contributing to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Beginning in 2023, the official name is The Texas Heart Institute Journal.

Historically, The Journal was printed under the name of Cardiovascular Diseases from 1974 through 1981 (ISSN 0093-3546). The name was changed to Texas Heart Institute Journal in 1982 and was printed through 2013 (ISSN 0730-2347). In 2014, The Journal moved to online-only publication. The Journal is indexed by Index Medicus/MEDLINE and by other indexing and abstracting services worldwide. Our full archive is available at PubMed Central.

As of July 15, 2023, The Texas Heart Institute Journal is a fully Open Access publication that enables authors to retain copyright under an appropriate Creative Commons license (CC BY or CC BY-NC). This collection showcases a small selection of the journal archive from 2011- current.