After a successful run that spanned five decades, the final Impact was published in January 2020.  Impact was UTMB Health’s employee newsletter. It evolved from a one color printed tabloid newspaper to a full color magazine with a digital component. We’ve archived the past several years on these pages for your review and enjoyment.

  • Texas City Clinics

    Home for the holidays

    December 20, 2017, 09:03 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    UTMB’s Primary and Specialty Care Clinic in Texas City has reopened to patients after undergoing major repairs due to flood damage following Hurricane Harvey.

  • Adeline Smith 60th Anniversary 011

    Celebrating 60 years at UTMB

    November 20, 2017, 11:15 AM by Shannon Porter

    September 5, 1957—that was Adeline Smith’s first day as a nurse’s aide on UTMB’s Galveston Campus. She would later transfer to UTMB’s Food and Nutrition Services team. Now, 60 years later, she’s still feeding patients and bringing a smile to everyone she meets—with no immediate retirement plans.

  • SHP Graduation

    Parting shot: Oh happy day

    October 24, 2017, 17:22 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    Graduates of UTMB’s School of Health Professions sing “The Eyes of Texas” at the end of this year’s commencement on August 11 at Moody Gardens in Galveston. Three hundred eighty-one graduates received their degrees.

  • WilliamMcRaven

    A special ‘thanks’ to Harvey’s heroes

    October 2, 2017, 11:54 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    UT System Chancellor William McRaven stops to say ‘hello’ to one of UTMB’s smallest patients in the NICU on the Galveston Campus. He toured the campus on Sept. 1, met with the UTMB Incident Command team and stopped to personally thank many of the employees who worked tirelessly throughout Hurricane Harvey.

  • Waverley Smith Renovation

    A sneak peek

    August 18, 2017, 05:53 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    The first phase of renovations to the R. Waverley Smith Pavilion on the Galveston Campus will wrap up in October.

  • Hospital Galveston Units 6b and 6c (2)

    Say cheese!

    July 12, 2017, 08:18 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    Employees from the President’s Office and TDCJ Hospital Galveston Units 6B and 6C were happy to strike a pose for “National Selfie Day” on June 21.

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    One year and growing!

    June 20, 2017, 06:12 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    As UTMB’s League City Campus Hospital celebrates its one-year anniversary in June, all eyes are on the future.

  • Therapy Dog

    Keep calm and pet a therapy dog

    May 22, 2017, 07:54 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    School of Nursing students were greeted by Pet Partners therapy dogs in April as they entered the UTMB Testing Center to take their exams.

  • Jennie-Then-Now

    One year and counting...

    April 20, 2017, 12:47 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    This month marked the one-year anniversary for UTMB’s Jennie Sealy Hospital, which officially opened to patients on April 9, 2016.

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    Early blooms

    March 16, 2017, 10:01 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    Roses started blooming early this year at the Gleaves T. James Centennial Rose Garden on UTMB’s Galveston Campus. Philip Fox, a senior landscape technician, has taken care of the garden for more than 20 years and said the roses were “totally confused” by the abnormally warm winter.

  • TransportationStaff

    Ready to roll

    February 17, 2017, 16:05 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    UTMB Transportation staff gather in front of Jennie Sealy Hospital to help move mothers and infants arriving on emergency buses. More than 110 patients were evacuated from John Sealy Hospital after a fire broke out in a non-patient area of John Sealy Hospital on Jan. 4.

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    First babies of the new year

    January 16, 2017, 12:07 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    Several families rang in the New Year by celebrating the arrival of their newborns at the Galveston, League City and Angleton Danbury campuses.

  • Lighting040

    Brightening the season

    December 20, 2016, 14:15 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    The Provost’s Office got into the holiday spirit during UTMB’s annual holiday lighting ceremony on Dec. 1, in front of Jennie Sealy Hospital on the Galveston Campus. Guests enjoyed the lights, music, cider and hot chocolate, and celebrated the wonderful work the UTMB community does to brighten the lives of patients, families and visitors.

  • Shred it event

    Just shred it

    November 21, 2016, 07:50 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    Louis Perrin, a senior security analyst with the Office of Information Security, shreds a computer hard drive as part of the “Shred it” event on Oct. 19 at the Moody Medical Library Plaza.

  • Flu Shots

    Fight the flu!

    October 19, 2016, 10:09 AM by User Not Found

    Tammy Canales, a senior business coordinator for Radiation Oncology, smiles as she waits to receive a flu shot from Richard Bond, LVN. Free flu shots were available beginning Sept. 13 for all UTMB employees, retirees and volunteers.

  • MakerHealth

    Reshaping health care with 3D printing

    September 22, 2016, 11:00 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    Andrew Maxwell-Parish, MakerHealth Space manager, shows incoming UTMB students how a 3D printer can be used to create medical devices and organ models.

  • UTMB Beach Photo

    Just Beachy.

    August 17, 2016, 13:52 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    From East Beach in Galveston, one can see how much UTMB’s Galveston Campus has grown over its 125-year history. What started as one medical school building in 1891 has developed into an academic health center featuring two on-site hospitals, four schools, a national biocontainment laboratory, a comprehensive medical library and numerous clinics and research facilities.

  • UTMB 2016 Elissa Volunteer crew

    Parting Shot - Ship ahoy!

    July 21, 2016, 08:23 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    A volunteer crew including current and retired UTMB employees sailed Texas’ official tall ship, the Elissa, into the Gulf of Mexico for her 2016 annual sea trials from April 4–16. The ship, built in 1877, is a true survivor and one of the few remaining authentic square-rigged sailing vessels in the world that still sails today.

  • HR Hooligans

    Parting shot: Let's play ball!

    June 21, 2016, 14:41 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    On May 25, six teams kicked off UTMB’s 2016 Co-Ed Softball League. More than 100 UTMB students, faculty, staff, contract employees and their families play games every Wednesday night from 6 to 8 p.m. at the UTMB Fieldhouse fields through July.

  • LCC Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

    The ribbon is cut!

    May 17, 2016, 09:54 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    UTMB President David Callender cuts the ribbon on May 3 for the new League City Campus Hospital. A crowd of local dignitaries, UTMB leaders, staff and many friends from throughout the community attended the ceremony, which also included tours of the three-story hospital.

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