I hope everyone is enjoying the last few weeks of summer and looking forward to another successful and productive academic year! Although summer gives us time to take some well-deserved rest, it has not been without plenty of activity.
Faculty Affairs News Supporting and Celebrating Faculty Success at UTMB
News
Office of Faculty Affairs
Health Education Center (HEC)
Appointments & Promotions
OFA Events
-(1).png?sfvrsn=34cc055_4 "May 2025 (1) (1)")
Highlights from Around Our Schools
New Grants
Events
Office of Biostatistics Open House
The Office of Biostatistics (OBIOS) will host an open house for the UTMB community to learn more about their office and services. OBIOS collaborates with departments and centers across UTMB to support impactful public health and clinical research.
GSBS Research Expo
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences has announced the date for the 2025 GSBS Research Expo. The expo provides an opportunity for GSBS trainees to present their research, network with faculty and trainees from across the UTMB campus, and more.
Research and Innovations
News and Events
-
UTMB VentureX Innovation Summit
The inaugural UTMB VentureX Innovation Summit convened leading scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and institutional partners to spotlight the future of biomedical innovation and commercialization.
FAIR Seminar: "Gulf Coast Consortia: Cultivating Inter-Institutional Collaborations Since 1990"
The next Faculty Advancement in Research (FAIR) Seminar will be: "Gulf Coast Consortia: Cultivating Inter-Institutional Collaborations Since 1990" presented by Karen Ethun, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Consortia.
More Opportunities and Events
Learning @ Your Library: August Classes
June Library classes are available to support faculty with scholarly publishing. Register for "Identifying Predatory Journals and Conferences" and "I've Written It, Now Where Do I Publish It?"
Faculty Headshot Sessions
Faculty members, are you due for a new headshot? The Office of the Provost will host two sessions for faculty members to drop in and take a professional headshot.
Tropical and Emerging Disease Annual Symposium
This in-person, six-hour, evidence-based workshop helps develop skills and insights in mentoring through interactions and discussions.
-
Epic Cosmos Makes Big Data Research Possible - SideKick AI Makes it Practical
Imagine being able to search 300 million patient records, 67 billon lab results, and over 16 billion encounters - all without any extra software or contracts. This is Epic Cosmos. In December 2024, UTMB went live as a contributing member of the Cosmos Community, which is the only way to gain access into this impressive dataset.
-
Learning @ Your Library: Scholarly Publishing Support
The Library has several guides to help bring clarity to the scholarly publishing landscape. Specific guides are available.
Do you have an item for our Faculty Affairs newsletter? Please provide your submissions by July 20 to be considered for publication in the next edition.