Media Highlights

“Our goal is to understand the brain to reprogram circuits so things that are happening that shouldn’t be happening, stop.” — Dr. Michael Kilgard, the Margaret Fonde Jonsson Professor of neuroscience

“Previously, I’d only worked with physicians, oncologists and researchers on neuroblastoma. My son was the first patient.” — Dr. Shashank Sirsi, assistant professor of bioengineering

“I think the pandemic has led to a lot of people really rethinking their life strategy.” — Dr. Doug Kiel, professor emeritus of public and nonprofit management

“Finding the right university goes back to each individual student and that’s where we really encourage students to find a good fit.” — Ingrid London, assistant provost of admission and enrollment

“It usually takes more than a week to do something in Congress. And it’s hard to fit that time-period when people actually care into the process of passing a bill.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science

“If we look at the polling data, it’s quite clear that many people still want to work from home.” — Dr. Doug Kiel, professor emeritus of public and nonprofit management

“We really need to be aware that this trickling of Ukrainians into the U.S. is just going to grow.” — Dr. Jessica Hanson-Defusco, assistant professor of global health policy

“Now is the time to take stock of your computer security position.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science

“It’s so important to have an event like this, now more than ever.” — David Robinson Jr., assistant director of community engagement

“This is hopefully the start of many studies which produce more atlases that help us better understand the molecular architecture of the pain system in humans.” — Dr. Ted Price BS’97, Ashbel Smith Professor of neuroscience

“Kids cannot come out to play, so it would contribute to obesity, and obesity feeds back into asthma.” — Dr. Azadeh Stark, assistant professor of instruction

“Some advertisers have paid up to $7.1 or $7.2 million for one 30-second spot, which by the way is the highest year-to-year spike in Super Bowl advertising rates.” — Dr. Abhi Biswas, clinical professor of marketing

“If you move too quickly, on a lesser level, you might cause injury and they will have to return to a higher level of care.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

“Over the 10 years, we’ve been trying to develop more effective therapies for these different types of cancer, I had never met a child that had neuroblastoma.” — Dr. Shashank Sirsi, assistant professor of bioengineering

“[Autonomous ships] would be perfect for mapping large swaths of the oceans.” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of geosciences

“The reality is, most of us are encountering victims of sex trafficking and we don’t know it because we don’t know the signs and we don’t know how to get them the help that they need.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research

“I truly feel like what I have done is meaningful and successful if everyone walks out thinking, ‘I have control over how my brain is functioning.’” — Katie Hinds, senior clinician in the Center for BrainHealth

“Over time, the medical community’s understanding of the disease, and the complications of the disease, has changed.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“The rate of infection is so fast that even though fewer patients require hospitalization there are so many of them requiring it that it’s overloading our hospital and emergency care systems.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“Tinnitus can be a sign of hearing loss.” — Dr. Angela Shoup BS’89, MS’92, PhD’94, executive director of the Callier Center for Communication Disorders