Members of the UT Dallas faculty were quick to respond — eight labs contributed to the first batch of donations, with another following the next week. “This has been a physical manifestation of the UT Dallas community’s commitment to serve,” McCallister said. Health care professionals at Parkland and all over the world are fighting the real battles. “Here at the Texas Biomedical Device Center at UT Dallas, we have partnered with UT Southwestern for years to develop and test new therapies for neurological disorders,” said Kilgard, interim executive director and chief science officer at the center. “The health care providers are the heroes here.