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UTMB Physician Elected to the Texas Medical Association Board of Trustees

May 5, 2022 • 2:05 p.m.

Dr. Samuel E. Mathis, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch, has been elected to the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Board of Trustees to represent the Young Physician Section. TMA’s House of Delegates policymaking body elected Mathis during the association’s annual conference TexMed, in Houston on April 30.

UTMB League City reaches Level lll trauma center designation

May 2, 2022 • 11:43 a.m.

The Texas Department of State Health Services has named the University of Texas Medical Branch’s League City Campus as an Advanced Level III Trauma Facility.

HBJ's 2022 Landmark Awards: Medical winner and finalists

May 2, 2022 • 9:21 a.m.

The Landmark Award winner in the medical category is the University of Texas Medical Branch League City campus expansion. UTMB's initial League City hospital opened in 2016, and its inpatient services and other service lines quickly reached capacity. The expansion gives the League City campus a total of 97 beds and was designed to support the growing mainland population over the next decade. The new five-story patient tower features several new departments and amenities, adding 60 new patient beds, lab spaces, new food service and dining, and an adjacent helipad. The tower also can support future vertical expansion of up to 12 floors and 360 beds. The first phase of the expansion also included a new parking garage and a pedestrian bridge.

Dr. Mariano Garcia-Blanco professor and chair of the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

UTMB scientist elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 29, 2022 • 10:04 a.m.

Dr. Mariano Garcia-Blanco was named a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

UTMB's Dr.Shi Elected a National Academy of Inventors Fellow

April 6, 2022 • 3:44 p.m.

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected Dr.Pei-Yong Shi as one of the 2021 Fellows. He will be inducted at the NAI Fellows Induction Ceremony at the 11th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors on June 15, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona.

UTMB’s Dr. Shi receives praise, recognition from NIAID for COVID-19 research

March 3, 2022 • 3:41 p.m.

In a letter addressed to Dr. Pei-Yong Shi and his team of researchers in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, recognized the incredible work done by the scientists during the fast-paced COVID-19 pandemic.

UTMB Center for Violence Prevention named 2022 Texas Partner for Change

February 21, 2022 • 11:35 a.m.

The Texas Council on Family Violence named the Center for Violence Prevention at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) the winner of its 2022 Texas Partner for Change award.

Dr. Linda Kenney professor in the Department of Biochemestry & Molecular Biology

AAAS Honors UTMB’s Dr. Linda Kenney as Lifetime AAAS Fellow

January 26, 2022 • 3:04 p.m.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Dr. Linda Kenney from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, considered one of the most distinct honors within the scientific community. Kenney, a bacteriologist at UTMB, is a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and is the Tom and Kaye Arnold Professor in Gastroenterology at UTMB.

Photo outside the UTMB Angleton Danbury Campus with a digital sign and flag pole

UTMB’s Angleton Danbury Campus Achieves Level I Neonatal Facility Designation

January 12, 2022 • 11:20 a.m.

The Level 1 Neonatal Facility Designation reflects the facility’s documented capabilities and history of providing a specific level of care to infants.

UTMB’s Klimberg Inducted as President of the Southern Surgical Association

December 15, 2021 • 3:36 p.m.

Dr. V. Suzanne Klimberg is the first woman to hold the position of president for the Southern Surgical Association and previously served as treasurer.

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