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.

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    UTMB Trivia-December-January

    December 16, 2019, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    What is the estimated number of degrees awarded by the GSBS since its inception in 1969? (Hint: Answer is inside this issue.)

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    UTMB Trivia-October-November

    October 2, 2019, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    What type of educational approach— which involves training students in different disciplines—is the focus of the teaching taking place at the HEC? (Hint: Answer is inside this issue.)

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    UTMB Trivia-August-September

    September 9, 2019, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    252 graduates walked the stage at the Aug. 16 UTMB School of Health Professions commencement ceremony. How many degree programs were represented during the School of Health Professions 2019 commencement ceremony?

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    UTMB Trivia-July

    July 10, 2019, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    In late April, UTMB’s School of Nursing held its 130th commencement ceremony at the Moody Gardens Convention Center in Galveston. How many graduates participated in the ceremony this year?

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    UTMB Trivia-June

    June 1, 2019, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    The annual Employee Service Day ceremony on May 22 paid tribute to employees who have marked milestones of service at UTMB, including six people who were celebrating more than 40 years at the institution.

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    UTMB Trivia-April

    May 1, 2019, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    Today, the women’s unit at the Angleton Danbury Campus Hospital bears the name of the couple who made the single largest donation in the history of the Auxiliary of Angleton Danbury.

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    UTMB Trivia-January

    January 1, 2019, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    The Health Education Center, under construction now on UTMB’s Galveston Campus, will provide students with myriad interprofessional educational opportunities when it opens this fall.

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    UTMB Trivia: November-December

    December 1, 2018, 15:42 PM by Jessica Wyble

    During World War II and immediately afterward, this physician served as a military surgeon in the U.S. Army Air Corps and then in the U.S. Army, eventually receiving the Army’s Legion of Merit.

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    UTMB Trivia-October

    October 1, 2018, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    This health care professional never wavered in her passion for reducing people’s pain and restoring mobility. At one time, she also worked as a chicken farmer and bookseller.

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    UTMB Trivia-September

    September 2, 2018, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    UTMB studied and helped treat those afflicted with an outbreak in the summer of 1920 that terrorized Galveston.The map, at left, shows the locations of the 18 confirmed cases, which led to 12 deaths.

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    UTMB Trivia-August

    August 15, 2018, 09:19 AM by Stephen Hadley

    Nowadays, we take it for granted that ambulances provide safe and quick transport to our campus hospitals. The photo at left shows the first such motorized ambulance used at UTMB’s Galveston Campus.

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    UTMB Trivia -July

    July 3, 2018, 19:23 PM by Stephen Hadley

    A crowd gathers outside and on the balconies of the old John Sealy Hospital (you can see Old Red to the left of the covered walkway) to welcome a passing motorcade on the UTMB campus in May 1937.

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    UTMB Trivia -June

    June 2, 2018, 19:23 PM by Stephen Hadley

    Located on UTMB’s Galveston Campus, the Ashbel Smith Building—also known as Old Red—was the first building completed on the campus and it was used to support the state’s first medical school.

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    UTMB Trivia - May

    May 28, 2018, 19:23 PM by Stephen Hadley

    Dr. Thomas Jackson graduated in 1893 as a member of the second graduating class of UTMB’s medical school. How many total students graduated that year?

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    UTMB Trivia - April

    April 19, 2018, 19:23 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    Participants of this UTMB-sponsored event enjoy stunning bay views from atop the Galveston Causeway while raising money for student scholarships. Since pedestrian travel over the causeway is strictly prohibited, it’s a rare opportunity to take Galveston’s only major incline by foot.

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    UTMB Trivia - March

    March 19, 2018, 19:15 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    In 1895, a German scientist chanced upon a form of radiation capable of “seeing through” most solid objects, rapidly transforming the practice of medicine.

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    UTMB Trivia - February 2018

    February 23, 2018, 16:11 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    This heart was preserved by an individual who was a pioneering cardiology researcher and past UTMB president using the “injection-and-corrosion” method. This method involved injecting a colored plastic material into the heart. After the injection, the heart was then submerged in concentrated hydrochloric acid.

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    UTMB Trivia - January 2018

    January 25, 2018, 13:25 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    This individual became the first African-American student to graduate from medical school at UTMB—and in the state of Texas—in 1953. Can you name him?

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