UTMB Announcements for 10/6/2022

Are you a licensed RN looking for a 100% online RN-BSN program? Please join us virtually on Thursday, October 13th at 12:00 PM to learn about our online, two-semester RN-BSN program here at UTMB. Admissions staff and faculty will share requirements, program curriculum, application process, and will dedicate time for questions.

Please register using the link below.

*** If you are not able to attend the session live and interested in learning more, please register and you will be sent the recording.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which takes place each October, UTMB’s Department of Radiology is offering mammogram screenings to employees across the institution at our Breast Centers and in the Mobile Mammography Van. 

Any idea no matter how big or small. Register today for a chance to win $1,000 and advance to the National Competition for a chance at $10,000!

4 competitive categories for UTMB Students.

• Social & Climate Impact
• Health & Life Sciences
• Consumer Products & Services
• General

• Local Track for TSU, UHCL & TAMUG students only

Sponsored by Blackstone LaunchPad @ UTMB. For More information please reach out to Innovate@utmb.edu or apply at http://utmb.startuptree.co/event/s/2v6mwTkWbszQi6AL5UhA2A/2022-Blackstone-LaunchPad-by-StartupTree-Ideas-Competition

This October, the UTMB Police Department staff has the opportunity to proudly support the UTMB Mammography Program thanks to its new "Uncuff the Cure" initiative. Launched in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this activity aims to help raise awareness about breast cancer – a diseases that 1 in 8 women will develop in their lifetime.

If you are interested in supporting UTMB PD wristbands will be available, for a $5 donation. ALL proceeds raised from the initiative will be donated to the UTMB Mammography Program supporting Breast Cancer Awareness. This program helps provide a free screening mammogram to uninsured women in our community. A great cause needing your help! For more information, please contact Cpl. Brooke Avendano or Sgt. Darrell Armstead.

https://www.utmb.edu/news/article/health-blog/2022/09/23/utmb-health-bra-day-events

ATTENTION TRAINEES - Mark your calendars for 10/20/22!

The GSBS Writing Studio’s next workshop is coming up in TWO weeks on Thursday, October 20, 2022 @ 12-1pm in HEC 3.200 and we will be discussing "UTMB Research Administration: People, Processes, & Preparing Budgets"!

We will be joined by Dr. Nancy Devino, Ms. Erika LeGros, and Ms. Christy Taylor-Bray from UTMB’s Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). They will be discussing how and why trainees need to interface with this office to get grant applications submitted and will be going over step-by-step instructions on how to do NIH Fellowship and other budgets!    

PLEASE REGISTER HERE:  10/20/22 Writing Workshop Registration Link

If you have a grant deadline coming up or plan to submit one within the coming year, this workshop will be very helpful so you know the required internal process by which to get your grant submitted and how to do your budget.  

AEROSPACE MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS

The University Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

"New Frontiers: Manufacturing a Protein Based Artifical Retina in Low Earth Orbit"

Nicole L. Wagner, PhD

LambdaVision Incorporated

President and CEO

Tuesday October 11, 2022

8:00 - 9:00 AM CDT

Objectives: By the end of this session, leaners will:

1. Learn about LambdaVision’s protein-based artificial retina to treat patients blinded by end stage retinal degenerative diseases

1. Learn how manufacturing artificial retinas in LEO can benefit patients on earth

1. Learn how manufacturing artificial retinas in LEO can benefit patients on earth

Supported By: UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency, University of Texas Medical Branch.

Target Audience and Needs: Faculty, physicians, medical students, and other healthcare professionals involved in AerospaceMedicineneedregularupdatesoncurrentprinciplesandresearchinaerospacemedicineaswellasethics and public health topics. This series intends to provide a means to share ideas and current practices, opportunities for professional interaction, and to act as a resource in preparing residents as professionals, with the result of improved practice performance and patient careoutcomes.

Educational Methods: Educational methods will include lectures.

Activity Evaluation: Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluation.

Disclosure Statement: (Planning Committee Members): Ronak V. Shah, DO, MBA, MPH; Serena Auñón-Chancellor, MD, MPH; Yvette Schulz, MBA, and Heather Peel have no relevant relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

DisclosureStatement:(Speaker):Nicole Wagner, PhD has no relevant relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Accreditation: The University of Texas Medical Branch is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation:The University of Texas Medical Branch designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone

Microsoft Teams Link:

Click here to join the meeting

Please return all CME documents to Aerospace.Med@UTMB.edu

The UTMB School of Health Professions now offers a
Certificate in Interdisciplinary Pain Management (CIPM) online!
For individuals with a Bachelor's Degree or Graduate Degree 
related to any healthcare professional program  

• Complete the program in 3 semesters, 100% ONLINE!
• Acquire advanced practice skills in the evaluation and assessment
  of chronic pain conditions
• Increase your opportunities and enhance your knowledge base in the most recent neuroscientific and behavioral perspectives of chronic pain
• Learn and apply evidence-based multi-modality treatments for
  diverse client populations
• Understand the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to managing pain
• Develop a network of professionals and leaders in the field of
  chronic pain management
• Visit our website for more information
• UTMB offers a tuition reimbursement benefit to employees

Apply Now!

Spring 2023 applications accepted through November 1, 2022

Faculty Senate Presents Michelle Moreno, Chief of Staff

“Travel and Reimbursement Process”

Monday, October 10, 2022

4:30-6PM

Via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/98944395846?pwd=N3NYUzBJbXJUNXd4NTRNR0RHckJUZz09

*The UTMB Faculty Senate is an open forum and welcomes all faculty members to attend”

UTMB Pediatrics Ethics Grand Rounds

Friday, October 7, 2022   8:00 – 9:00 AM

~VIRTUAL ONLY~

Family Planning through Adoption:
One Couple’s Journey

Objectives: Following this session, participants will be able to:

1.       Identify the options for family planning, including assisted reproductive technologies and adoption.

2.     Evaluate benefits and risks of each option, with an in-depth evaluation of the private domestic adoption process. 

3.     Consider how the process of family planning impacts the psychosocial well-being of adults. 

4.     Formulate a plan for using adoption-friendly language and for ways to support patient families and colleagues through the adoption process. 

Christine Murphy, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director for Pediatric Special Services Division and Complex Care Clinics
The University of Texas Medical Branch

Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/99960127235?pwd=TFJ5aGErZ1BIV3VSbFQ1YWNzNy90dz09
Meeting ID: 999 6012 7235   Passcode: 584235

UTMB School of Nursing is excited to offer a Rural Telehealth Certificate for students holding a bachelor's degree in health sciences. The online flexibility makes it easy for students who are working professionals. Successful completion of the Rural Telehealth Certificate program will allow health care professionals to improve confidence and knowledge in telehealth application options, develop an understanding of the application of digital and telehealth technologies in rural communities, and engage in the development and implementation of telehealth in healthcare settings.

To view more information regarding this certificate program and others, please our website!

Apply now!

ANNOUNCING - The Student Success Center (SSC) is a unique, centralized shared resource that will provide services for students enrolled in the School of Health Professions (SHP), School of Nursing (SON), Graduate School of Biomedical (GSBS), and the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH).

The Student Success Center (SSC) offers academic support services for students such as virtual, in-person, and "after-hours" appointments to accommodate students' schedules. 

About Us:

The Schools of Health Professions and Nursing collaborated to develop, implement, and fund a Student Success Center model. The SSC is designed to build a deep and lasting bond between the students and the university. The center will strengthen the support network for on-campus, distance, and hybrid students to meet their short and long-term academic goals. The SSC will connect students to campus and community resources and services to help overcome barriers that interfere with academic success.

We invite you to learn more about our services at: https://www.utmb.edu/ssc

Email: ssc@utmb.edu

The Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Presents Speaker:
Seth Zost, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of Dr. James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D.
Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

"Immunodominance and antigenic evolution - lessons learned from influenza and SARS-CoV-2"

Thursday, October 6, 2022
4:00 p.m.
Health Education Center 3.206

or

Via Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/94017581069?pwd=YnVEUlE4RDBZdGVQSmsyQm51OGQwQT09

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS WELCOME

Mark your Calendars now for the RESEARCH QUARTERLY UPDATE on November 15 at 11:00 am on TEAMS.

SAVE ON CALENDAR (click the link to download a calendar link with reminder to save to your calendar)

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

There are a few holidays this week. October 4 is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi and the Hindu Holiday of Dussehra. October 5 is Yom Kippur, a Jewish holiday. October 8 is Mawlid, observing the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. 

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.

Due to the impact of Hurricane Fiona, we are collecting supplies for Puerto Rico during Hispanic Heritage Month. Items being collected include new clothing, non-perishable foods, water, and hygiene items.

Donation boxes are located at Ewing Hall, the SON/SHP building, the Health Education Center, and the Moody Medical Library. 

Collection boxes are located around UTMB's Galveston campus in Ewing Hall, the SON/SHP building, the Health Education Center, and the Moody Medical Library. If you have further questions, please email Dr. Denny Fe Agana at deagana@utmb.edu. 

YOU'RE INVITED! Vaccinology Track Informational Zoom Meeting

The Vaccinology Track has been approved by the UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences for all current and prospective PhD students in all graduate programs.

The aim of the Vaccinology Track is to train the next generation of vaccinologists and enable students to realize the full breadth of opportunities in the vaccinology field and job market beyond basic bench science research, including positions within non-government organizations, government entities, and the pharmaceutical industry.

A brief description of this track is available at:

https://its.utmb.edu/learning/degrees-certificates/vaccinology-track/about-the-vaccinology-track. 

If you would like to learn more about the Vaccinology Track, we would like to invite you to a short informational Zoom meeting on Tuesday, October 18^th at 12:00 pm to discuss this opportunity and receive answers to any questions you might have. 

If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact Gregg Milligan (gnmillig@utmb.edu) to be included in a Zoom invitation.

AMT Grand Rounds
Thursday, October 6, 2022
5:30PM-7:00PM, via zoom
Registration is required

"Quarantining the Rhetoric of "Burnout": A Humanistic Approach of Cultivating Clinician Well-being in the Wake of COVID-19"

Presented by: 

• Allison Chrentensen, MPH, OTR/L
  Occupational Therapist and Faculty member
  Duke University Reimagine Medicine Program
• Julie Kutac, MA, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Instruction
  Department of Physician Studies
  John Sealy School of Medicine
• Rimma Osipov, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Division of Hospital Medicine
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Stephanie Shively, PhD 
  Medical Burnout and Traumatization Consultant
  Minneapolis, Minnesota

Objectives:

1. Examine the historical and cultural contexts of "burnout', including conceptualization, measurements, and interventions.

2. Analyze the rhetoric surrounding the phenomenon of clinician burnout.

3 Discuss missing perspectives in the "burnout" discourse and the need to capture the experiences of a more diverse group of healthcare professionals. 

4. Evaluate health humanities practices as coping mechanisms in times of crisis and uncertainty. 

To Register click the link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsc--oqDssHdTnbnrkbHqKMfP2bB_GAmu5

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing the zoom link for the meeting. Please do not delete the e-mail. 

Title:  Research System Update: InfoEd Enable and OnCore

Date:  Thursday October 13, 2022

Time:  930am – 1030am

Speaker: Claudia Delgado, Assoc VP, Research Administration and Lisa Hernandez Garcia, Research Operations Manager, Office of Clinical Research

Description: Big changes are coming to our research systems over the next 6 months, Research Administration will be launching the updated InfoEd Portal, Proposal Development and OnCore (clinical trial management system (CTMS) replacing Velos.  Join us to learn more about the changes and the timelines for the transitions, as well as more information about training.

Register at https://research.utmb.edu/register or email research.education@utmb.edu

Schedule of Events

1:00 - 2:00 p.m
Informational Tables
Levin Hall Foyer, 2nd Floor

2:00 - 2:15 p.m
Panel 1: Intro to Blackstone LaunchPad
Holly Chapman, Clairissa Hansen, and Naiju Thomas - Levin Hall Main Auditorium, 2nd Floor

2:15 - 3:00 p.m.
Panel 2: Careers in Commercialization
Dr. Joe Cunningham & Dr. Randall Urban - Levin Hall Main Auditorium, 2nd Floor

3:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Panel 3: Careers in Drug Discovery
Dr. Nadine Jarrousse and Dr. Pei-Yong Shi - Levin Hall Main Auditorium, 2nd Floor

3:45 - 4:00 p.m.         
Break

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.         
GSBS Dean’s Lecture - Dr. Michael Sheetz, Speaker
Topic: Mechanical Strains Rejuvenate Senescent and Kill Tumor Cells
Levin Hall Main Auditorium, 2nd Floor

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
GSBS Dean’s Reception & Informational Tables
Levin Hall Foyer, 2nd Floor

Panel Moderators:
Dr. Dylan Johnson, Postdoctoral Association President
Nikki Lloyd, Graduate Student Organization President

Co-hosted by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at UTMB

Trainees are encouraged to submit questions for career panelists in advance via the following link: https://utmb.us/72k

Advance your career!
Earn a Master's of Science in Health Professions online at
UTMB’s School of Health Professions 

Did you know that UTMB offers an online Master of Science in Health Professions degree that opens
opportunities for leadership as a healthcare manager, teaching at an academic health center or
advancement as an executive within your organizations?

Did you know that our curriculum allows individuals with Bachelor's degrees in the arts or sciences to
expand their field of study into
exciting and fulfilling healthcare careers?

Apply Now for Spring 2023! 

Visit our website to learn more about how you can earn your
Master of Science in Health Professions degree online.

UTMB offers a tuition reimbursement benefit.

Do you have a need for moving services?  Office to office, building to building, campus to campus? 

UTMB now has TWO moving company contracts to assist with all your moving needs: A-Rocket Moving and Storage and INTRODUCING East End Transfer.

Both Provide:

• Hard quotes and time and materials services
• Relocation of Medical and Laboratory Equipment (hoods, Microscopes, Biosafety Cabinets, beds…)
• Relocation of freestanding furniture, including storage shelving
• Relocation to surplus of all items*
• Climate Controlled Storage
• Relocation of items from one UTMB facility to another

A-Rocket: 

Marvin Davis mwdavis@utmb.edu, mdavis@arocket.com (both addresses are best to use) and by phone at 281-808-8098 (text is best)

EAST END TRANSFER:

• Hard quotes and Hot Shots:  David Painchault david@eastendtransfer.com832-776-2334
• Time and materials and General Questions:  Geneva Williams moverequest.UTMB@eastendtransfer.com408-877-3391
• Company President: April Surratt April@eastendtransfer.com
• East End Transfer & Storage is a woman owned HUB certified moving, storage, & logistics company based in Houston, Texas.
• East End trucks and crews are insured, background checked, drug tested and have a strict COVID-19 protocol in place. They have over 28 dedicated movers for UTMB who can move, install, and decommission almost anything.

*SURPLUS:  Items sent to surplus need the SEW webform completed before the movers can proceed. 

Follow this link to the Surplus Property:

• Transfer to the Warehouse page.
• The link to the SEW form is in the first paragraph with instructions below.
• https://www.utmb.edu/supplychain/divisions/operations/surplus-property-transfer
• Dave Ng (djng@UTMB.EDU) or Sam Blackwell (ssblackw@UTMB.EDU) will be able to assist if there are any questions about filling out the webform.