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UTMB child psychologists Dr. Claire Kirk and Dr. Cody Dodd spoke with Houston Moms Meagan Callahan about how to help children navigate traumatic events and disasters. They shared expert advice on fostering resilience, having age-appropriate conversations, and recognizing when it's time to seek professional support.

Through a partnership with the University of Texas System, all University of Texas Medical Branch students now have access to the Indeed Job Search Academy, which offers training modules and tools designed to support every stage of the job search process.

The University of Texas Medical Branch today hosted the inaugural VentureX Summit, a dynamic one-day event that brought together innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, and scientific leaders to explore the future of biotech, health innovation, and translational science.

A realistic, high-impact experience aimed at preventing impaired and distracted driving will return to Galveston next month. The University of Texas Medical Branch Trauma Services will host its signature “Is It Worth It?” DUI awareness event on Friday, July 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Moody Methodist Church (2803 53rd St.).

Eleven University of Texas Medical Branch staff and students have been included in the 2025 “40 Under 40” list created annually by The Galveston County Daily News.

The University of Texas Medical Branch and Blue Zones, the global leader in longevity research and community well-being transformation, have announced an initiative to launch Blue Zones Ignite in Galveston.

The University of Texas Medical Branch urology team is celebrating the launch and ongoing expansion of single-port robotic surgery.

Effective in the fall of 2025, third- and fourth-semester School of Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing students rotating at University of Texas Medical Branch clinical locations will have access to the Epic electronic health record system.

The University of Texas Medical Branch appointed Dr. Neil K. Mehta the inaugural Chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public and Population Health.

In a major step forward for pandemic preparedness and vaccine development, scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Moderna have developed and tested a groundbreaking mRNA vaccine that provides full protection against the deadly Marburg virus and the closely related Ravn virus in a preclinical animal model.