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At its deepest level, the work we do at The University of Texas Medical Branch is about one timeless truth: people need one another.

Dr. William Keiller's illustrations were considered by many students to be true works of art. The Moody Medical Library houses over 250 of Keiller’s drawings dating from 1891 to 1926.

Stricken with Guillain-Barré, Yuniquie Robinson found hope on the road to recovery at UTMB.

The University of Texas Medical Branch League City Hospital Campus is getting a $300 million present to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.

On his first shift at the newly opened Jennie Sealy Hospital in April 2016, nurse Scott Woodby stepped into hallways filled with sunlight, patient rooms thoughtfully arranged for families, and windows drenched in the green-blue hues coming from Galveston Bay.

A new book by a University of Texas Medical Branch professor traces how doctors in the 19th century labeled certain congenital anomalies as “monstrosities,” using science to justify social prejudice, political control, and medical harm.

What Winrose Windsor wants you to know is that you need to move if you want to reduce the odds of suffering a stroke.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents recently approved an agreement between The University of Texas Medical Branch and Blue Zones, launching a new multi-year effort aimed at improving the well-being of residents across the island. UTMB led the local rollout of Blue Zones Project Galveston in early March.

On Oct. 7, Aliah Martinez became the first patient at The University of Texas Medical Branch to receive the world’s newest Cochlear Nucleus Nexa—a “smart” Cochlear implant featuring on-board memory and upgradeable firmware.

Medical residencies, a required phase of postgraduate training during which new physicians spend three to seven years gaining hands-on experience under the supervision of attending doctors, are assigned through the National Resident Matching Program. On the same day and time in March, graduating medical students across the nation find out what residency programs they matched with.

Doctors at The University of Texas Medical Branch have a new, high-powered tool to help them identify kidney disease sooner and manage it better.

What started in September 2022 when Dr. Maria Franco Fuenmayor and other NICU staff decided to join the international Books for Babies Read-A-Thon has blossomed into a year-round reading program.

Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch, funded by a National Institutes of Health grant, have published findings in the journal Nature showing that antiviral medicine successfully treated non-human primates infected with the virus that causes Lassa fever.

Now pursuing her master’s degree in public health with a concentration in epidemiology and a Global Health certificate at The University of Texas Medical Branch, Emily Edgar is once again making observations and peering into microscopes. The opportunity to make a difference in the health of both animals and humans is exactly what Edgar wanted when she applied to UTMB.

Shiny, candy-apple red holly berries seem irresistible in the backyard—harmless to birds but potentially dangerous for children. That danger becomes real in a dark room on the third floor of the emergency department at The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Campus, where Bobbye Berg listens as a panicked mom explains that her daughter bit into one of the bright red berries.

“I am always fascinated by how our brain works,” says Dr. Xiang Fang, chief of the Division of Memory Disorders at The University of Texas Medical Branch.

From its beginnings in Galveston in 1891 to its role today as one of the leading academic health science centers in Texas, The University of Texas Medical Branch has grown through the vision and generosity of people who believe in its mission.

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