UTMB Announcements for 4/18/2024

Your wellbeing is important to us. Please take a moment to share your experiences and insights by participating in the 2024 wellbeing survey. Your input will help us understand and address the challenges you face in your work environment so we can work towards a happier and healthier future for all at UTMB.

UTMB Employees can access the confidential survey here:

Join us in celebrating the remarkable career and well-deserved retirement of Shelley Smith!

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2024

Time: 1:00PM – 2:00PM

Venue: Health Education Center, Room 3.200

Please come and share your fond memories and best wishes as we honor Shelley's many years of dedication and hard work.

Light refreshments will be served.

The deadline to RSVP is May 10, 2024. Please visit https://utmb.us/aws.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The Galveston Healing Arts Orchestra, composed of students, faculty, staff, and friends of UTMB, will perform their next concert on Tuesday, April 23rd at 7:00pm. Please join us in Levin Hall (1006 Market St.), doors open at 6:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. 

The Galveston Healing Arts Orchestra is under the direction of Maestro Trond Saeverud, conductor of the Galveston Symphony Orchestra. The concert will feature Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5. 

The following policy is available for review and comment:

IHOP 09.11.04 - Standing Delegation Orders

Comments on this policy will be accepted until 5:00 pm on 5/2/24 and may be submitted via email to policies@utmb.edu. Any comments written directly on to the draft policy via the website are unable to be accepted.

On thursday 4/25/24 7pm-10pm, ITS Voice Services will be performing Avaya maintenance at the following Galveston Campus buildings.

Marvin Graves (4)

Lee Hage Jamail Student Center (14)

Mary Moody Northern Pavilion (19)

Basic Science Building (54)

Levin Hall (55)

Medical Research Building (59)

Services Building (61&62)

Old Children's Center (67)

Alumni Fieldhouse (75)

Facility Building (95) 

Avaya desk phones will be unavailable for approximately 5-8 minutes while maintenance is being performed.  This will not be complete downtime for the entire building as maintenance will be performed by areas.

Please contact the ITS Service Desk at (409) 772-5200 with any questions.

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Are you a Registered Nurse interested in nursing research?

The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing offers an online Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing program. BSN-PhD or MSN-PhD programs are offered, with small class sizes to allow for individual student guidance. Students will work closely with faculty from nursing and other disciplines to conduct biobehavioral and clinical research, research in vulnerable populations, and in teaching methods and practice. The purpose of the UTMB School of Nursing PhD program is to develop nurse researchers who embrace interdisciplinary collaboration, generate knowledge, advance science, and impact health policy with the goal of promoting holistic health and wellbeing of diverse individuals and populations across the lifespan.

Fall 2024 applications are currently being accepted! Visit our website to learn about requirements, program curriculum, the application process, application deadlines and more. You can also look into UTMB’s tuition reimbursement benefit.

Thinking about retiring within six months to a year? The UTMB HR Benefits office is hosting a Teachers Retirement of Texas (TRS) session on Friday, May 3.

The session will go over how to calculate your eligibility for retiree insurance benefits, the required documentation, and other important action items.

Click on the link below to register for the session. You will receive a confirmation email to save the session to your Outlook calendar.

Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Benefits Information Session – 10 to 11 a.m.

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For questions or more information about the retirement information session, please contact HR Benefits at benefits.services@utmb.edu or (409) 772-2630.

Thinking about retiring within six months to a year? The UTMB HR Benefits office is hosting a Optional Retirement Program (ORP) Benefits Information Session on Friday, May 3.

The session will go over how to calculate your eligibility for retiree insurance benefits, the required documentation, and other important action items.

Click on the link below to register for the session. You will receive a confirmation email to save the session to your Outlook calendar.

Optional Retirement Program (ORP) Benefits Information Session – 2 to 3 p.m.

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For questions or more information about the retirement information session, please contact HR Benefits at benefits.services@utmb.edu or (409) 772-2630.

The Center for Health Promotion, Performance, and Rehabilitation Research 

CHPPRR Lecture Series Presents: 

The Role of Airway pH in Asthma and Respiratory Viral Infections

Michael D. Davis, PhD

Associate Research Professor of Pediatrics

Indiana University School of Medicine

Dr. Davis received his PhD in Physiology and Biophysics with a focus in Pulmonary Medicine from Virginia Commonwealth University. His research focus at Indiana University is on airway pH regulation, airway disease pathophysiology and therapeutics, and novel exhaled biomarkers. Dr. Davis also serves as the Chair of Exhaled Breath Aerosols and Condensate for the International Association of Breath Research.    

Join us to hear Dr. Davis discuss airway pH homeostasis and the relevance of airway pH and airway pH modulation in asthma. Recently, airway pH modulation has been implicated as a potential mechanistic target for antiviral therapy. This may also benefit asthma management since viral respiratory infections are a leading cause of asthma exacerbation. New data will be presented on the potential for airway ph modulation as a treatment for viral respiratory infections as well as asthma exacerbations.

Date: TODAY- Thursday April 18^th

Time: 3:30-4:30 PM

Location: Marie Hall, 4th Floor, SHP or via TEAMS

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Meeting ID: 222 170 461 169

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TODAY IS THE LAST DAY IN LEAGUE CITY

FOR BOOKS AND GIFTS AT GREAT SAVINGS!

Come out and visit Angela’s Books and Gifts today.  With great titles at unbelievable prices, you are sure to find something for everyone on your list!  Product categories include Children’s Story Books, Cookbooks, General Interest Books, New York Times Best Sellers, Stationery, Scrapbooking, Music Collections, Early Learning Products, Children’s Educational Products, and gifts for all ages.  Enjoy first run, top-quality products from various world leading publishers!

THURSDAY, APRIL 18^TH  

8:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M.

LEAGUE CITY CAMPUS (CLINIC SIDE) - 1^st FLOOR

Cash, debit cards, and credit cards are all accepted.

Proceeds benefit patient and volunteer programs.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

Day 13: Did you know there's a difference between closed captions, open captions, and subtitles?

• Closed Captions (CC) were designed for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing as they include background noises, speaker differentiation. They can be turned on and off (closed) and some applications allow for changing the location and format of the text.
• Open Captions (CC) were also designed for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and include background noises, speaker differentiation, but they are open all the time.  They are edited into the video and cannot be closed.
• Subtitles provide text alternatives to the video dialogue and assume the viewer can hear the original audio track, for example watching an English translation of a foreign film.

Explore previous Days of A11y

#100DaysOfA11y

DMAC CERCIT Seminar Series: Space-Time Infectious Disease Modeling, Nowcasting, Counterfactuals and NPIs

Presented by Dr. A B Lawson

Regardless of your role in healthcare, many of us have been touched by a patient or their families in some way. Sometimes these stories are painful, sometimes frustrating, sometimes joyful, and always unforgettable. What is the patient story that you will never forget? How has this story shaped your role in healthcare?

Join our April 19 panel as we discuss their most unforgettable patients and the impact they had on their careers.

Enjoy a lunch; connect with your UTMB community, and leave feeling encouraged, enriched, and inspired.  Everyone at UTMB is welcome to join.  Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis.  Thanks to the UTMB Institutional Ethics Committee for sponsoring food.

Date: Friday, April 19, 2024

Time:  12 - 1 pm

Location: Jennie Sealy Conference Room, Room 2.506B  

Audience:  Anyone from the UTMB community

Schwartz Rounds are evidence-based, institution-wide Grand Rounds that address the human side of medicine and healthcare service, with the goal of fostering and supporting empathy, collaboration and compassion for self and others.  Everyone who works at UTMB is encouraged to attend these interactive, panel discussions.  

The Frank Stevens Center for Health and Wellness in partnership with the Institute for Translational Sciences is bringing the popular Sci-Cafe to Angleton for its third installment of education for the community.  Come join us at El-Patio Tex-Mex grill & bar for the OPEN FORUM discussion with our local Cardiology team physicians.  Dr. Cai, Dr. Prasad, and Dr. Narayanan will all be in attendance and available for questions from the members of our community.  Light refreshments will be provided.  

Thursday May 2, 2024

5:30-6:30pm

El Patio Tex-Mex Grill & Bar

100 Magnolia St. 

Angleton, Texas 77515

RSVP to Krista at krbohn@utmb.edu

Optimizing Mentoring Relationships for Research Mentors

April 26, 2024

8:15 am - 1:00 pm

Presented by

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

&

Dr. Robert Tillman

Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs & Faculty Development

Director of Mentoring & Professional Development

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Baylor College of Medicine

This workshop, that will focus on fostering effective communication, aligning expectations, and promoting self-efficacy and professional development with our predoctoral and postdoctoral research trainees, is being offered at no charge to participating faculty! The DEADLINE TO REGISTER is April 19th: https://forms.office.com/r/pWY4qU8qpZ. Seats are limited. Contact Dr. Toliver-Kinsky with questions.

Presents

Christophe Herman, PhD

Professor

Department of Molecular and Human Genetics 

Molecular Microbiology and Virology

Baylor College of Medicine

"Transcription Errors Drive Phenotypic Variability from E. coli to SARS-CoV-2"

Thursday, April 18, 2024

4:00 p.m.

Basic Science Auditorium, Rm 2.212

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS WELCOME

The Non-Healthcare Provider Heartsaver CPR AED course trains anyone with little or no medical training to give CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner.

Who should take this course?

The AHA Heartsaver CPR AED Course is designed for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.  The Heartsaver CPR AED Course Completion Card is valid for two years.

What does this course teach?

• Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
• Explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
• Recognize when someone needs CPR
• Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
• Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
• Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
• Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
• Perform high-quality CPR for a child
• Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child
• Perform high-quality CPR for an infant
• Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
• Demonstrate how to help a choking infant

Student Material

Heartsaver CPR AED Student Workbook

(ISBN: 978-1-61669-830-0)

Or

Heartsaver CPR AED Student Workbook eBook

(ISBN: 978-1-61669-818-8)

Upcoming Training dates:

May 15, 0730-1130, Galveston Campus – HEC 2.418 B

May 20, 0730-1130, Clear Lake Campus – 2^nd Floor Rm 2.211

July 16, 0730-1130, Galveston Campus – HEC 2.418 B

 Office of Life Support Education and Training Calendar

(To view our calendar, you must be on a UTMB campus or logged in to VPN)

Moment of Hope
Each week the Pastoral Care Department brings you a Moment of Hope - a brief prayer or poem to give you encouragement, peace, and hope. Click here to listen to this week's Moment of Hope.

Creator God, forgive our moments of ingratitude,
the spiritual blindness that prevents us
from appreciating the wonder that is this world,
the endless cycle of nature,
of life and death and rebirth.
Forgive us for taking without giving,
reaping without sowing.
Open our eyes to see,
our lips to praise,
our hands to share,
and may our feet tread lightly
on the road that, together, we travel.

Prayer by John Birch

.

The following new initial policy is available for review and comment:

IHOP -11.01.05 - Existing Clinical Human Biospecimen Use and Transfer

Comments on this policy will be accepted until 5:00 pm on 4/25/24 and may be submitted via email to policies@utmb.edu. Any comments written directly on to the draft policy via the website are unable to be accepted.

The Department of Bioethics & Health Humanities 

"Unconference"

April 19, 2024 

HEC 3.222 

09:30 AM-3:30 PM

The Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities at UTMB is hosting an "unconference" for people in the greater Galveston/Houston area working in fields related to bioethics and health humanities. Rather than a traditional conference with a prest list for speakers, an unconference allows the participants set the agena, maximize networking, and develop collaborations. 

We will have a dedicated poster session where students and trainees can receive feedback on their work. 

Please RSVP to bhh@utmb.edu for the event and include whether you're presenting a poster or not. 

🌟 Exciting Announcement! 🌟

Indulge in a Culinary Adventure at Our Cafe!

We're thrilled to unveil our latest menu offerings that promise to tantalize your taste buds and ignite your culinary curiosity! Get ready to embark on a journey of flavor exploration as we introduce brand new selections crafted with the freshest ingredients and innovative culinary techniques.

Click the link below to explore our tantalizing menu options for this week:

Food & Nutrition (utmb.edu)

Share your care experience and contribute to a brighter future for people with dementia.

Are you caring for your loved one 65 or older with a memory problem or dementia, and have attended at least one Annual Wellness Visit with them?

Or are you a Medicare beneficiary age 65 or older with a memory problem and have received at least one Annual Wellness Visit?

If so, your unique experience could be the key to enhancing wellness services during Annual Wellness Visits for individuals with dementia.

Compassionate caregivers and older adults with memory problems are invited to join this pivotal research study.

By participating in a brief, 30-minute interview—conveniently conducted over the phone or via Zoom—you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of dementia care.

Talk to Mr. Samuel David, our study coordinator, at (409) 772-5514 or via email at savdavid@utmb.edu    Join us in this important journey today.

Discover more about how you can contribute to this vital research by visiting https://utmb.us/a6c. Your participation could light the path to improved care and support for those living with dementia.

Join us this Saturday, April 20 at 2 PM at Moore Memorial Public Library in Texas City for a conversation on Food Safety by a Texas City High School senior! 

Afterwards, share your thoughts freely on Mental Health in Galveston County!

Free food provided - see you there!

You are being invited to take part in a research study, the Health Assessment of Residents at Risk of Exposures during a Disaster Event (HARRDE) study, to establish protocols for development of a registry to answer questions about the health effects that might be caused by exposures in the event of a natural or manmade disaster. 

If you are interested in participating, please email Claire Hallmark at cchallma@utmb.edu for more information. 

HI professionals are highly trained in the latest management technology applications, so they understand the workflow process in healthcare provider organizations—from large hospital systems to private physician offices.

HI professionals work with all healthcare providers and departments, including physicians, nurses, lab, radiology, and pharmacy staff, to help ensure patient information is correct and to promote patient safety through best documentation practices.

The roles of HI professionals include analyzing data to help facilitate decisions and actions; implementing innovative data-driven solutions to help improve patient health; collaborating with other departments in the healthcare system to reduce expenses through strategic data analysis; and designing and implementing tools to measure data, patient care effectiveness, and optimize processes.

Taking Our Best Shot, a UTMB-student and community-led initiative, invites you to join us this Saturday, April 20 at 2 PM at Moore Memorial Public Library in Texas City for a conversation on Food Safety by a Texas City High School senior! 

Afterwards, freely share your thoughts on Mental Health on Galveston County!

Free food provided - see you there!

The Epic Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system will be upgraded on May 5, 2023. During this time, from 10:00am to 12:00pm (1000-1200), the system will be unavailable due to the software install. This upgrade aims to bring the Epic system up to date and includes new features and improvements that will enhance the EMR experience for users.

For more information on the specific changes and enhancements that will be included in the upgrade, please visit the Epic Upgrade webpage.