Komen Race for the Cure
UTMB Team Captains Eric Walser, MD and Angel Robinson, MD, along with Community Co-Captains John Eckel, Ann Masel, and Fredell Rosen, invite you to join the UTMB Team for the 2014 Komen Race Saturday, October 4, 2014 (Downtown Houston). To date, UTMB has received over $4.5 million from Komen Race funds. You can have a real impact on breast cancer by being a part of the Race. Register by clicking here using the team name: UTMB – Walking Wonders. Can’t participate in the race but want to contribute and be a part of the UTMB Team effort: contribute here.
Register for annual golf tournament
A fall favorite, the Salute to Nursing golf tournament is taking registrations for the annual tourney, set for Oct. 10 at the Galveston Country Club. The event and auction party has raised more than $1 million in scholarship funds for nursing students over more than two decades. For more information, contact Joan Farmer at jv farmer@utmb.edu or 409-772-1456 or visit son.utmb.edu/golftournament.
Blocker Burns Champions Annual 5K Fun Run
The second annual Stop, Drop and Roll 5K run/walk will be held Oct. 4. Sponsored by the Blocker Burn Champions organization, all proceeds go toward assisting survivors of burn injuries and their families. To register and get more information go to http://www.utmbhealth.com/evc/Page.asp?PageID=EVC000671.
Visiting scholar
The Institute for the Medical Humanities welcomes a new visiting scholar, the Rev. Vasileios Thermos. The author of numerous books and articles, his areas of interest include the relationships between psychological sciences and religion; the psychology of religious beliefs and experiences; dialogue between psychoanalysis and religion; and post-modernity and religion.
Saturday sports injury clinic
Whether it’s football, soccer, cheerleading or lacrosse, UTMB’s expert team of sports medicine physicians and physical therapists are available every Saturday this fall to treat sports injuries immediately – the right way. The Saturday Sports Injury Clinic will be open from 9 a.m. to noon now through Nov. 8 at the UTMB Specialty Care Center at Victory Lakes, 2240 Gulf Freeway South, League City. Call 832-505-1200 for more information.
Meet the nurses
The UTMB Student Nurses Association is offering a free information session featuring 15 nurses from all specialties of the nursing field. This is a great opportunity to learn about the many different areas of nursing, including flight, forensic, emergency care, burn care, critical care, oncology and many more. The event will be held from noon to 5 p.m. on Sept. 6 in the Levin Hall main auditorium at Tenth and Market streets. For more information, contact Dora M. Kuntz at 409-772-8306 or dmkuntz@utmb.edu.
Urgent need for blood donors
There is an urgent need for type O+, O- and A- blood donors; however, all types are welcome. The UTMB Blood Center donor room in Galveston is located in John Sealy Annex, room 5.212, and will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Victory Lakes Town Center Blood Center donor room will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.