UTMB News Articles Total solar-filtered glasses needed to keep eyes safe during total solar eclipse April 5, 2024 • 3:38 p.m. Dr. Misha Syed professor of Ophthalmology shares her tips for how to keep your eyes safe when viewing the total solar eclipse on April 8. UTMB Epilepsy Program given highest accreditation by national association April 5, 2024 • 11:17 a.m. Focused on providing the best possible care for persons with seizures, the University of Texas Medical Branch Epilepsy Program has received accreditation by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center. UTMB student named All of Us Research Scholar April 4, 2024 • 2:25 p.m. Hannah Luk, a medical school student at the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston John Sealy School of Medicine, has been selected to be a student researcher for the 2023-2024 All of Us Research Scholar Program. Bootcamps prepare graduating medical students for the rigors of residency April 4, 2024 • 12:00 a.m. To prepare graduating medical students for residency, a new type of “bootcamp” has popped up across the country. UTMB’s Dr. Sidra Qureshi and Dr. Amy Gonzalez codirect a transition to residency course at UTMB and spoke to AAMC about some of the skills covered. There’s nothing benign about a brain injury April 1, 2024 • 12:10 p.m. UTMB Health neurologist Dr. Brent Masel shares important information about both mild and severe brain injuries, including what to do if you or a loved one experience one and signs and symptoms there may be something more serious developing. UTMB apprenticeship programs empower employees to earn while they learn April 1, 2024 • 10:44 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch has been designated as a Registered Apprenticeship Provider. This designation enables UTMB to offer programs that allow employees to earn while they learn. Advances in pediatric robotic surgery March 28, 2024 • 9:49 a.m. During this chat with Houston Moms, learn how Dr. Maria Carmen Mora is helping grow the pediatric robotic surgery program at UTMB Health and why the practice is so beneficial to patients. Retiring doc advises developing long-term doctor/patient relationships March 27, 2024 • 1:48 p.m. Doctor with decades of experience shares advice for developing and building long-term provider/patient relationships. Pediatric kidney care drives Katy family to Clear Lake March 27, 2024 • 10:43 a.m. March is national kidney month and UTMB has a team of expertly trained clinicians ready to help keep these vital organs healthy and strong in patients just like five-year-old Olin Lewis. UTMB police seeks public feedback on accreditation March 19, 2024 • 10:00 a.m. As part of its dedication to enhanced professionalism and law enforcement excellence in public safety and community relations, the University of Texas Medical Branch Police Department voluntarily became a Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Agency through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in 2012. How two UTMB Health graduate students are combating drug overdoses, one training at a time March 14, 2024 • 3:45 p.m. With the rising epidemic of fentanyl overdoses growing every day, two UTMB Health graduate students started Community Overdose Response and Recovery Effort (CORRE) in August 2021. Five ways to keep your kidneys healthy March 14, 2024 • 3:19 p.m. Did you know your kidneys filter all of your blood up to 25 times a day? UTMB Health kidney specialist Dr. Ann Kathleen Gamilla-Crudo shares five tips to keep these important organs healthy. Breakthrough Research Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Ebola March 14, 2024 • 3:14 p.m. A groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch is shedding light on a promising development in the battle against highly fatal hemorrhagic diseases caused by orthoebolaviruses, including the notorious Ebola virus. From masks to Match Day March 13, 2024 • 2:32 p.m. The medical school class that started during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic are preparing for the next chapter - and a big celebration - with this year's Match Day. Fluorescence-guided brain surgery means better outcomes for patients March 8, 2024 • 5:49 a.m. Studied for years by UTMB neurosurgeon Dr. Pablo Valdes, this approach to brain surgery relies on fluorescent markers that ultimately help surgeons more easily identify what matter needs to be removed, versus what needs to stay. Nobel laureate researcher to speak at UTMB symposium on vaccines, infectious diseases March 7, 2024 • 3:08 p.m. World-renowned researcher Dr. Drew Weissman will address the “mRNA Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Symposium” hosted by the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Institute for Human Infections and Immunity. Texas organization grants $68.5M to Houston institutions for recruitment, research March 4, 2024 • 1:12 p.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston received more than $3.5 million in grants and awards from The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), along with six institutions in the Houston area. Meet UTMB Health's newest pediatric surgeon, Dr. Carmen Mora March 4, 2024 • 10:08 a.m. When a child undergoes surgery, what happens in the OR can potentially influence the trajectory of the child’s entire future. UTMB Health pediatric surgeon Dr. Maria Carmen Mora does not take for granted the weight of that privilege and responsibility. Diet soda is not a replacement for water February 29, 2024 • 12:00 a.m. While the marketing departments of big soda companies would like us to think diet soda is healthy, the research seems to indicate otherwise. Dr. Samuel Mathis reviews the health benefits and risks of drinking diet soda in this column. UTMB debuts new heart ablation technology February 28, 2024 • 8:42 a.m. UTMB Health’s Clear Lake Campus Hospital is one of 10 locations in the United States to launch a new heart ablation procedure that provides a host of advantages over existing techniques used to treat atrial fibrillation and other electrophysiological issues. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 » Search Categories Alumni News Awards & Accolades Education Faculty/Staff News Health Care In The News News Releases Top News UTMB Research Contact Media Team UTMB Experts
Total solar-filtered glasses needed to keep eyes safe during total solar eclipse April 5, 2024 • 3:38 p.m. Dr. Misha Syed professor of Ophthalmology shares her tips for how to keep your eyes safe when viewing the total solar eclipse on April 8.
UTMB Epilepsy Program given highest accreditation by national association April 5, 2024 • 11:17 a.m. Focused on providing the best possible care for persons with seizures, the University of Texas Medical Branch Epilepsy Program has received accreditation by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center.
UTMB student named All of Us Research Scholar April 4, 2024 • 2:25 p.m. Hannah Luk, a medical school student at the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston John Sealy School of Medicine, has been selected to be a student researcher for the 2023-2024 All of Us Research Scholar Program.
Bootcamps prepare graduating medical students for the rigors of residency April 4, 2024 • 12:00 a.m. To prepare graduating medical students for residency, a new type of “bootcamp” has popped up across the country. UTMB’s Dr. Sidra Qureshi and Dr. Amy Gonzalez codirect a transition to residency course at UTMB and spoke to AAMC about some of the skills covered.
There’s nothing benign about a brain injury April 1, 2024 • 12:10 p.m. UTMB Health neurologist Dr. Brent Masel shares important information about both mild and severe brain injuries, including what to do if you or a loved one experience one and signs and symptoms there may be something more serious developing.
UTMB apprenticeship programs empower employees to earn while they learn April 1, 2024 • 10:44 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch has been designated as a Registered Apprenticeship Provider. This designation enables UTMB to offer programs that allow employees to earn while they learn.
Advances in pediatric robotic surgery March 28, 2024 • 9:49 a.m. During this chat with Houston Moms, learn how Dr. Maria Carmen Mora is helping grow the pediatric robotic surgery program at UTMB Health and why the practice is so beneficial to patients.
Retiring doc advises developing long-term doctor/patient relationships March 27, 2024 • 1:48 p.m. Doctor with decades of experience shares advice for developing and building long-term provider/patient relationships.
Pediatric kidney care drives Katy family to Clear Lake March 27, 2024 • 10:43 a.m. March is national kidney month and UTMB has a team of expertly trained clinicians ready to help keep these vital organs healthy and strong in patients just like five-year-old Olin Lewis.
UTMB police seeks public feedback on accreditation March 19, 2024 • 10:00 a.m. As part of its dedication to enhanced professionalism and law enforcement excellence in public safety and community relations, the University of Texas Medical Branch Police Department voluntarily became a Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Agency through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in 2012.
How two UTMB Health graduate students are combating drug overdoses, one training at a time March 14, 2024 • 3:45 p.m. With the rising epidemic of fentanyl overdoses growing every day, two UTMB Health graduate students started Community Overdose Response and Recovery Effort (CORRE) in August 2021.
Five ways to keep your kidneys healthy March 14, 2024 • 3:19 p.m. Did you know your kidneys filter all of your blood up to 25 times a day? UTMB Health kidney specialist Dr. Ann Kathleen Gamilla-Crudo shares five tips to keep these important organs healthy.
Breakthrough Research Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Ebola March 14, 2024 • 3:14 p.m. A groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch is shedding light on a promising development in the battle against highly fatal hemorrhagic diseases caused by orthoebolaviruses, including the notorious Ebola virus.
From masks to Match Day March 13, 2024 • 2:32 p.m. The medical school class that started during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic are preparing for the next chapter - and a big celebration - with this year's Match Day.
Fluorescence-guided brain surgery means better outcomes for patients March 8, 2024 • 5:49 a.m. Studied for years by UTMB neurosurgeon Dr. Pablo Valdes, this approach to brain surgery relies on fluorescent markers that ultimately help surgeons more easily identify what matter needs to be removed, versus what needs to stay.
Nobel laureate researcher to speak at UTMB symposium on vaccines, infectious diseases March 7, 2024 • 3:08 p.m. World-renowned researcher Dr. Drew Weissman will address the “mRNA Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Symposium” hosted by the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Institute for Human Infections and Immunity.
Texas organization grants $68.5M to Houston institutions for recruitment, research March 4, 2024 • 1:12 p.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston received more than $3.5 million in grants and awards from The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), along with six institutions in the Houston area.
Meet UTMB Health's newest pediatric surgeon, Dr. Carmen Mora March 4, 2024 • 10:08 a.m. When a child undergoes surgery, what happens in the OR can potentially influence the trajectory of the child’s entire future. UTMB Health pediatric surgeon Dr. Maria Carmen Mora does not take for granted the weight of that privilege and responsibility.
Diet soda is not a replacement for water February 29, 2024 • 12:00 a.m. While the marketing departments of big soda companies would like us to think diet soda is healthy, the research seems to indicate otherwise. Dr. Samuel Mathis reviews the health benefits and risks of drinking diet soda in this column.
UTMB debuts new heart ablation technology February 28, 2024 • 8:42 a.m. UTMB Health’s Clear Lake Campus Hospital is one of 10 locations in the United States to launch a new heart ablation procedure that provides a host of advantages over existing techniques used to treat atrial fibrillation and other electrophysiological issues.