UTMB Health Education Center Hosts Annual Disaster Day Simulation to Prepare Future Health Care Professionals and First Responders November 14, 2025 • 5:00 a.m. by Dizhi Marlow The University of Texas Medical Branch will host its annual Disaster Day on Saturday, Nov. 15, bringing together students, faculty, and first responders for a large-scale simulation. UTMB hosts 3rd annual Becker Perinatal Care Conference on Galveston Campus October 15, 2025 • 2:47 p.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch is hosting the 3rd Annual Howard and Lillian Becker Perinatal Care Conference today and Thursday on its Galveston Campus, serving as the required annual all-staff training mandated by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission through UTMB’s Regional Women’s Services and Pediatrics (RWSP) grants. UTMB Medical Students Assemble Comfort Kits for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy October 13, 2025 • 10:37 a.m. Second-year medical students at the University of Texas Medical Branch assembled 400 Chemo Comfort Kits to support patients undergoing the physically taxing and emotionally challenging treatment of chemotherapy. UTMB hosts symposium on psychiatry and women’s health September 19, 2025 • 10:06 a.m. by Margaret Battistelli The University of Texas Medical Branch welcomed three celebrated researchers as presenters at the “Navigating Dual Frontiers: Psychiatry & Women’s Health Symposium,” happening today in Levin Hall. UTMB launches first of its kind hybrid Doctor of Occupational Therapy cohort in Laredo August 28, 2025 • 9:45 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch launched its inaugural Doctor of Occupational Therapy cohort at the UT Education and Research Center at Laredo in Laredo, Texas, today. The program is the first hybrid occupational therapy program offered by a public university in Texas. New UTMB internship program cultivates tomorrow’s pharmacy leaders August 18, 2025 • 1:25 p.m. by Margaret M. Battistelli In response to a growing need for skilled pharmacy professionals and a desire to shape the future of the profession, the University of Texas Medical Branch launched a new internship program this past summer to prepare students for careers in pharmacy. Indeed Job Search Academy Now Available to All UTMB Trainees July 22, 2025 • 10:56 a.m. Through a partnership with the University of Texas System, all University of Texas Medical Branch students now have access to the Indeed Job Search Academy, which offers training modules and tools designed to support every stage of the job search process. Epic access open to SON students rotating at UTMB clinical sites July 7, 2025 • 1:12 p.m. Effective in the fall of 2025, third- and fourth-semester School of Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing students rotating at University of Texas Medical Branch clinical locations will have access to the Epic electronic health record system. UTMB names Dr. Neil K. Mehta the inaugural Chair of the Department of Epidemiology July 2, 2025 • 11:00 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch appointed Dr. Neil K. Mehta the inaugural Chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public and Population Health. UTMB names Dr. Salim Hayek Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine June 25, 2025 • 10:27 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch appointed Dr. Salim Hayek as Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in the John Sealy School of Medicine, effective July 1. Search Categories Awards & Accolades Education Faculty/Staff News Health Care In The News Innovations News Releases Top News UTMB Research Contact Media Team UTMB Experts
UTMB Health Education Center Hosts Annual Disaster Day Simulation to Prepare Future Health Care Professionals and First Responders November 14, 2025 • 5:00 a.m. by Dizhi Marlow The University of Texas Medical Branch will host its annual Disaster Day on Saturday, Nov. 15, bringing together students, faculty, and first responders for a large-scale simulation.
UTMB hosts 3rd annual Becker Perinatal Care Conference on Galveston Campus October 15, 2025 • 2:47 p.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch is hosting the 3rd Annual Howard and Lillian Becker Perinatal Care Conference today and Thursday on its Galveston Campus, serving as the required annual all-staff training mandated by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission through UTMB’s Regional Women’s Services and Pediatrics (RWSP) grants.
UTMB Medical Students Assemble Comfort Kits for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy October 13, 2025 • 10:37 a.m. Second-year medical students at the University of Texas Medical Branch assembled 400 Chemo Comfort Kits to support patients undergoing the physically taxing and emotionally challenging treatment of chemotherapy.
UTMB hosts symposium on psychiatry and women’s health September 19, 2025 • 10:06 a.m. by Margaret Battistelli The University of Texas Medical Branch welcomed three celebrated researchers as presenters at the “Navigating Dual Frontiers: Psychiatry & Women’s Health Symposium,” happening today in Levin Hall.
UTMB launches first of its kind hybrid Doctor of Occupational Therapy cohort in Laredo August 28, 2025 • 9:45 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch launched its inaugural Doctor of Occupational Therapy cohort at the UT Education and Research Center at Laredo in Laredo, Texas, today. The program is the first hybrid occupational therapy program offered by a public university in Texas.
New UTMB internship program cultivates tomorrow’s pharmacy leaders August 18, 2025 • 1:25 p.m. by Margaret M. Battistelli In response to a growing need for skilled pharmacy professionals and a desire to shape the future of the profession, the University of Texas Medical Branch launched a new internship program this past summer to prepare students for careers in pharmacy.
Indeed Job Search Academy Now Available to All UTMB Trainees July 22, 2025 • 10:56 a.m. Through a partnership with the University of Texas System, all University of Texas Medical Branch students now have access to the Indeed Job Search Academy, which offers training modules and tools designed to support every stage of the job search process.
Epic access open to SON students rotating at UTMB clinical sites July 7, 2025 • 1:12 p.m. Effective in the fall of 2025, third- and fourth-semester School of Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing students rotating at University of Texas Medical Branch clinical locations will have access to the Epic electronic health record system.
UTMB names Dr. Neil K. Mehta the inaugural Chair of the Department of Epidemiology July 2, 2025 • 11:00 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch appointed Dr. Neil K. Mehta the inaugural Chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public and Population Health.
UTMB names Dr. Salim Hayek Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine June 25, 2025 • 10:27 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch appointed Dr. Salim Hayek as Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in the John Sealy School of Medicine, effective July 1.