UTMB Announcements for 7/25/2025

Thinking about retirement?

The HR Benefits Center is hosting a virtual TRS informational session on:

Friday August 8, 2025, from 12:00pm – 1:00pm

This session will cover retirement benefits eligibility, required documentation,

and other critical items. To register for this retirement session, please click on the link below. 

Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email, which will be saved to your Outlook calendar.

Teacher Retirement System of Texas Benefits Information Session

If you are unable to attend this retirement session, future dates for 2025 are listed below.

Please look out for these dates in the UTMB Daily Announcements!

October 3, 2025

December 12, 2025

Thinking about retirement? The Human Resources Benefits Center is hosting a virtual Optional Retirement Program of Texas (ORP) informational session on:

Thursday, August 8th, 2025, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm

This session will cover retirement benefits eligibility, required documentation, and other important critical items. To register for this retirement session, please click on the link below.

Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email, which will be saved to your Outlook calendar.

Optional Retirement Program of Texas Benefits Information Session

If you are unable to attend this retirement session, future dates for this 2025 are listed below.  Please look out for these dates in the UTMB Daily Announcements!

October 3, 2025

December 12, 2025

The HR Benefits Services team is offering in-person and virtual support sessions to help employees with the annual enrollment process for the 2025–2026 plan year.

Stop by a location near you or join them online during the scheduled times for one-on-one assistance—no appointment needed.

Galveston Campus
Monday, July 21 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Moody Medical Library, 2nd Floor, OTC Room 238

League City Campus
Tuesday, July 22 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Medical Plaza One, 2nd Floor, Room 2.204
2240 Gulf Freeway South, League City, TX 77573

Angleton Danbury Campus
Wednesday, July 23 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
ADC Classroom 1.303
132 E. Hospital Dr., Angleton, TX 77515

Clear Lake Campus
Thursday, July 24 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Clear Lake Hospital 1.038
200 Blossom St., Webster, TX 77598

Virtual Session
Tuesday, July 29 | 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Click here to meet online with an HR representative

Whether you’re navigating the MyUT Benefits portal or have questions about your insurance, retirement, and wellness options, HR is here to help!

See the Annual Enrollment web pagefor more information, including employee guidebooks, benefits cost worksheets, and helpful videos.

Come out and meet our newest vendor

to UTMB at the Galveston campus!

Beyond Bling Boutique offers a lot of bling fashion jewelry

ranging from $3.00 - $25.00, including bracelets, charm

necklaces, rings, earrings, fashion headbands, bows,

 freshies, diffusers (for your car), and wristlets.

       FRIDAY, JULY 25^TH      

9:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M

JENNIE SEALY HOSPITAL – 2^ND FLOOR

BETWEEN P.J.’S COFFEE AND THE CSW

Credit cards, Debit cards, Cash App, and Venmo are accepted.

Proceeds benefit Patient and Volunteer programs.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY IN LEAGUE CITY

FOR THE GOURMET CUPBOARD!!!

The Gourmet Cupboard sells dry ingredients that, when mixed with wet ingredients,

make full meals, entrees, sides, soups, breads, dips, beverages, crock pot meals, etc. 

They also sell salsas, pickles, and spreads from Crosby, TX.

Easily plan your weekly meals!!!

     FRIDAY, JULY 25^TH     

8:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

LEAGUE CITY CAMPUS (CLINIC SIDE) – 1^ST FLOOR

Cash, Debit Cards, MasterCard, Visa, Discover,

and American Express are all accepted.

Proceeds benefit patient and volunteer programs.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

Grace Mobility Clinic Tennis Shoe Drive – July 28–August 1

Please help support the Grace Mobility Clinic by donating new or gently used tennis shoes!

Drop-off locations include the Health Education Center, Moody Library, Market Street, and the SHP. Prefer to donate funds? Any funds donated will go directly towards the purchase of new shoes. Please donate via the clinic’s Venmo account @GraceClinic-PhysicalTherapy.

Call for Abstracts: CTD-SPECTRE 2nd Annual TropEID Symposium
Tropical & Emerging Infectious Diseases for Clinicians and Translational Scientists

Submit your work for presentation at this year’s CTD-SPECTRE Symposium, happening September 16–19, 2025, at the Grand Galvez, Galveston, TX. We welcome abstracts from all disciplines involved in clinical and translational research in Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases (e.g., medical, research, social sciences, public health, health professions).

🎓Open to students, trainees, postdocs, and early-career investigators
🏆Awards for top oral and poster presentations
🎯Engage with global experts in research and clinical care

📢Submission Deadline August 19, 2025

Click to Learn More & Apply

The Texas Area Health Education Center East (AHEC) cordially invites you to attend a symposium focused on empowering the healthcare workforce. The agenda includes in-depth discussions on building effective recruitment and retention initiatives, creating successful pathways and pipeline programs, and promoting resilience in healthcare environments. This symposium is designed to focus on practical strategies and workplace solutions, rather than on any one disease or prevention topic.

 Educating Texas Healthforce for Optimal Success (ETHOS)

2025 Healthforce Pipeline, Pathways & Upskilling Symposium

 Friday, August 1, 2025      

8:30am- 3:30pm (CST)

This event will be a free, virtual event open to anyone who wishes to participate.  If you would like to attend, please complete the event registration. Upon completing your registration, you will receive a confirmation email that includes the Zoom link for the event.

Registration link: https://scaetc.unm.edu/scaetc/event/?ER_ID=10311
We hope to see you attend!

*Please feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues or others in your network who may be interested in attending this event. *

This symposium will serve asa hub for sharing valuable resources and building connections, so please don’t forget to bring informational resourcesfrom your organization to share.

**Please note that continuing education (CE) credits will not be offered for this event.*

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of a non-invasive, low-intensity brain stimulation, called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on locomotor skill learning and training. We wish to look at how tDCS impacts learning and overall motor function in people with chronic stroke.

We are looking for adults who had a stroke at least 6 months and can walk safely with or without an assistive device (ex. cane) for more than 100 feet.

All participants will be compensated for their time!

PI: Shih-Chiao Tseng, PT, PhD shtseng@utmb.edu 409-772-9555

• Female patients (≥18 to 75 years of age)
• Documented history of UTI in the past 12 months, and prior or current uUTI caused by antimicrobial resistant (AMR) E. coli (as single pathogen or part of polymicrobial infection where E. coli is the predominant pathogen).
  • AMR is defined as resistance to one or more antibiotics in one or more classes.
  • Please note that a current infection can be used to meet the requirement of AMR E. coli documentation.
• Ability to supply a mid-stream, clean catch urine sample or a urine sample by newly placed catheter for microbiological analysis.
• Active acute uUTI infection defined by:
  • Evidence of pyuria, AND/OR Dipstick analysis of a clen, mid-stream or catheter urine specimen positive for leukocytes AND
  • At least 2 of the following signs or symptoms of UTI: dysuria, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, or suprapubic pain
  • Willing to comply with all aspects of study design including study restrictions, blood, and scheduled, unscheduled and long-term follow-up study visits.
  • The onset of UTI symptoms must not exceed five days prior to enrollment

The Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences- Clinical Trials Program is

currently recruiting 18–45-year-old healthy volunteers for an HPV vaccine study.

Participants must be HPV vaccine naïve and be available for 14 visits over about 13 months.

Reimbursement is provided for time and travel.

Please contact Amy McMahan, LVN at anmcmaha@utmb.edu

Or

sivsctp@utmb.edu

409-772-5278

The Caregiver Connection is a support group for family members and friends of people with Alzheimer's or other dementia.  The group is a safe, welcoming place to ask questions, learn about caring for someone with dementia and get tips for caregiver self-care. 

Meetings are held on 2^nd and 4^th Friday monthly from 12 – 1 pm

2^nd Friday is Hybrid meeting – In-person* at OLLI @ UTMB (1200 Market St. Galveston) or Zoom/phone 

4^th Friday  -  Zoom /phone only 

Meeting on FRIDAY, JULY 25 is a Zoom/Phone Meeting.  

SIGN IN FOR THIS MEETING  at https://alz-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/HkXEdxhLT1Cr2XL0vx2IsA     

After sign in, check your email for a link to join the meeting.

OR Call the Alzheimer's Association HelpLine to register at 800-272-3900

FIRST TIME ATTENDEES -SIGN IN with ALL requested information.  

PREVIOUS ATTENDEES – SIGN IN ONLY with name, email, zip code and preference on receiving Alz. Association emails.   


Meeting facilitator:  Alice Williams, MS, LBSW  UTMB Sealy Center on Aging 

Caregiver support group meetings are sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association Houston and Southeast Texas Chapter

The UTMB Police Department will host an Active Shooter Exercise on Saturday, July 26h at the Primary Care Pavilion (400 Harborside Drive) in Galveston.  The exercise will be between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. and will involve presentatives from other local agencies as well.  If you would like to volunteer to take part in the exercise please click the information link to regsister.  UTMB students are particularly encouraged to participate and pizza will be provided at the end of the exercise.

Active Shooter Exercise Registration Link