MS171: Interview with Huda Zoghbi

Authors

Huda Zoghbi MD
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Author Biographical Info

The origins of the library date back to 1915, when the Houston Academy of Medicine (HAM) established a small library in downtown Houston to serve the Harris County Medical Society. This Library was combined with the Baylor College of Medicine’s (BCM’s) small library in 1949 to form a centralized collection. As more institutions joined the Texas Medical Center, they also shared the resources of the TMC Library, thereby creating a unique point of collaboration among the institutions of the TMC. A permanent home for this new library was built in the early 1950’s, through the efforts of HAM and BCM. Jesse H. Jones contributed funding for the construction, and in 1954, the approximately 27,000 square foot, three-story “Jesse H. Jones Library Building” was dedicated. By 1975, a new addition to the building had added another 76,000 square feet for the Library’s growing collection. At this time, the Library officially became known as the Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library. Today the library uses the shorter operating name of The TMC Library. Find out more at History of the Library from the library website.

Publication Date(s)

March 1, 2016

Language

English

Keywords

Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology and Neuroscience, Autism

Abstract

An oral history interview with Dr. Huda Zoghbi about her career at Baylor College of Medicine in the Texas Medical Center. She worked as a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology and Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. She was also an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital. See more at Texas Medical Center-Women's History Project and its finding aid.

SOURCE: Baylor College of Medicine website, http://www.bcm.edu

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Comments

Interview by: Darra McMullen
Transcription: Darra McMullen
Date of interview: February 9, 2016

Recommended Citation

Zoghbi, Huda MD and Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, "MS171: Interview with Huda Zoghbi" (2016). Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project. 16.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/tmc-whp/16