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Jacques Baillargeon, PhD
Christine Baker, PT, EdD
Yolanda Davila, PhD, RN
Cheryl C. Day, RN-C, MSN
Jacqueline Genovese
Norbert Herzog, PhD
Clifford W. Houston, PhD
Thomas D. Kimbrough, MD
Elizabeth Reifsnider, PhD, APRN, BC
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Susan McPhail Wittjen, PT, PhD
UTMB Magazine
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Senior Science Writer
Jim Kelly
Contributors
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Marsha Canright
Jim Kelly
Judie Kinonen
Christian Messa
Raul Reyes
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Myra McCollum
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Chris Comer
Director of Publications
Mary Havard
UTMB Magazine Winter 2010 |
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UTMB Digest
A brief sampling of university news and accomplishments
Discoveries
Blocking Ebola, analyzing H1N1, preventing prematurity,
understanding the pain of neuropathy, and more from UTMB
research labs
Found in Translation
$21.5 million award boosts UTMB research efforts
Turning Adversity into Opportunity
Trans-causeway partnerships forged after Ike continue to
benefit patients and physicians
A Port in the Storm
How the then-unfinished Galveston National Lab came to the
rescue after Ike
Philanthropy in Focus
Blocker Burn Unit’s miracle workers—and planned expansion;
Ike relief from faraway friends; simulating surgery for better
training
News of the Schools
How UTMB’s four health sciences schools bounced back from
Ike—and never stopped moving ahead
Faculty Notes
Class Notes
On the cover: Angela Caskey models a “UTMB Stops for No Storm” T-shirt. The fourth-year medical student suggested the shirt as a way to boost spirits following the devastation of Hurricane I ke. The original phrase, “The University of Texas stops for no storm,” was contained in a telegram from UT System Regent Beauregard Bryan following the 1900 Galveston storm.
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