UTMB News Articles

“With the Moody Brain Health Institute at UTMB and a deep tradition of discovery and care, UTMB stands ready to partner in this transformative work,” Dr. Jochen Reiser, president of UTMB Galveston and CEO of the UTMB Health System, tells the Houston Business Journal after Texas voters approved the allocation of $3 billion in state general revenue to establish the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. This news also reported in InnovationMap.

Food insecurity is now recognized by medical professionals as a major social determinant of poor health, writes Dr. Victor S. Sierpina in his latest column.

In an exciting new development, a child with a rare, incurable genetic disease received personalized gene therapy to “correct” this defect, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their Medical Discovery News column.

"This project shows how AI can be seamlessly integrated into the ECG workflow to improve detection, risk assessment, and coordination across the care continuum,” said UTMB’s Dr. Omar M. Abdelfattah. He was commenting on a UTMB study looking at the use of AI to enables faster, accurate detection of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients. This news also reported in EP Lab Digest.

“There are underlying diseases that mimic child abuse,” UTMB’s Dr. Michael Laposata told WKRN for a story on a Tennessee father convicted of shaking his son to death. “Now, this is a very well-known thing that emerged over the past 20-some years because of the false imprisonment of innocent people.”

UTMB has partnered with UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and the March of Dimes to create the March of Dimes Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center to accelerate understanding, predicting and preventing preterm birth. For more, see the story at UTMB News.

“Health system C-suites will need to embrace greater cross-disciplinary collaboration, innovation, and adaptability to thrive in the next five years,” Dr. Michael Eagon told Becker’s for this article on what c-suite executives need in order to thrive in the near future.

“Not all oils are created equally,” writes Dr. Samuel Mathis in his latest column. Mathis dives into the health benefits of the oils we typically use to cook with.

In an interview with Invest:, Dr. Jochen Reiser, president of The University of Texas Medical Branch and CEO of the UTMB Health System, discussed the organization’s role in Texas’ proposed $3 billion Dementia Prevention Research Program and the launch of the Moody Brain Health Institute. “We are living through a cognitive revolution—UTMB is positioned to lead in brain health, space medicine, and biotech innovation,” he said.

“After age 50, especially around and after menopause, women face rising risks of high blood pressure, cholesterol changes, weight gain and diabetes—all of which increase cardiovascular risk,” Dr. Hani Jneid tells Parade.

Dr. Megan Berman spoke to Politifact about vaccine mandates in other countries compared to those in the U.S. Some of these other countries’ cultural norms favor the collective welfare of others, which means people are more likely to get vaccinated to support the community, Berman said.

The Daily News reported on UTMB receiving multiple awards from Healthgrades, placing it among the nation’s top 10 percent of hospitals for cardiac, pulmonary and critical care, and earned a top rating for 11 other services with specialty excellence awards.