UTMB News

A Match Day envelope weighs no more than a few ounces, but the weight of what it carries is much heavier: It’s the weight of a career, of a life, of a future – or at least the start of one.

"Coffee helps feed the brain with the aroma, the taste, and the moment," UTMB neuroscientist Dr. Agenor Limon said.

The 12-month, in-person master's program opens aerospace medicine training to a wider range of health professionals and international students in Galveston–Houston.

A new dual MD/MBA pathway is opening doors for future physician‑leaders, giving UTMB medical students an efficient route to pair clinical training with top‑tier business expertise.

The AHA All-Star Award recognizes training centers that deliver superior, high-quality lifesaving training to their communities. The UTMB OLSET trains about 3,500 people a year, primarily UTMB employees and students, but courses are open to the public.

Celebrated neurologist and longtime advocate Dr. Brent Masel has been named the 2026 NABIS Legends Award recipient, honoring a career that helped transform how the world understands and treats traumatic brain injury.

An external team of campus law enforcement experts will visit UTMB this month to evaluate the police department’s commitment to professional excellence and accreditation. Learn how the community can take part in this important review.

UTMB unveiled President Dr. Jochen Reiser’s portrait in Levin Hall on March 10. Painted by local artist Eddie Filer, it is the first presidential portrait set outdoors, with Old Red behind him, symbolizing UTMB history, evolving leadership, and Filer’s personal connection to the university.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare inherited neuromuscular condition that causes muscles throughout the body to weaken. It happens because a specific gene, called SMN1, is missing or is not working correctly.

The UTMB NICU reading program recently received the 2025 Children’s Literary Program Award from SMART Family Literacy. What started as a two-week read-a-thon in 2022 has grown into an ongoing reading program, giving volunteers, students, and parents the opportunity to read to the youngest UTMB patients.