2025 Faculty Excellence Award honorees announced September 4, 2025 • 4:25 p.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch’s Office of the Provost and Office of Faculty Affairs have announced the 2025 UTMB Faculty Excellence Award honorees. How to drink wine to ward off dementia — and 2 other brain-healthy habits to adopt September 4, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. UTMB’s Dr. Giulio Taglialatela helps the New York Post break down the causes and risk factors of Alzheimer’s and some tips for keeping dementia at bay. Blueberries, moderate exercise and wine can all be helpful, in moderation of course. “While there are well-known benefits to having a small glass of red wine with dinner (like reducing the risk of a heart attack), it’s important to limit your alcohol consumption,” Taglialatela said. “A glass of wine can help — a bottle of wine will hurt you.” United Against Malnutrition: Why Nutrition Awareness Matters for Everyone September 3, 2025 • 3:06 p.m. Malnutrition can affect anyone, at any age. During ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week™ 2025, UTMB Health is raising awareness and sharing resources to help families recognize the signs and support better nutrition for healthier lives. At the ready: UTMB recruiters help David’s House residents prep for job search September 3, 2025 • 9:01 a.m. by Margaret Battistelli The staff at David’s House in Galveston helps clients with the support they need to break through the barriers that keep them stuck in challenging situations and move forward. And now, David’s House with the help of the University of Texas Medical Branch can offer support with one of the things that can turn everything around—finding a job. Easy ways to get more veggies into your meals September 3, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. “The challenges for most folks about eating more veggies is prep time, planning, and convenience,” Dr. Victor S. Sierpina writes in his latest column. Sierpina shares tips, and his personal secret, to get more vegetables into your diet. Fall vaccine season: sorting through the confusion September 3, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp breakdown what vaccines to get this fall. The big three are Covid, RSV and flu vaccines. Measles should not be back September 2, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. Twenty-five years after measles was eliminated in the U.S., the disease is making a comeback. “The reason is quite simple,” write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel. “A decrease in vaccination rates.” A Paw-sitive Tool for Healing: UTMB’s Pet Therapy Program Brings Comfort, Connection to Pediatric Patients August 29, 2025 • 11:27 a.m. At the University of Texas Medical Branch, pet therapy plays a key role in pediatric care. Certified therapy dogs visit regularly, helping young patients cope with the stress of hospitalization and offering a welcome distraction from any procedures and uncertainty. UTMB announces key leadership appointments in the John Sealy School of Medicine August 28, 2025 • 4:09 p.m. UTMB has announced two significant leadership appointments in the John Sealy School of Medicine (JSSOM), reinforcing the institution’s commitment to clinical excellence, medical education, and research innovation. 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. 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
2025 Faculty Excellence Award honorees announced September 4, 2025 • 4:25 p.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch’s Office of the Provost and Office of Faculty Affairs have announced the 2025 UTMB Faculty Excellence Award honorees.
How to drink wine to ward off dementia — and 2 other brain-healthy habits to adopt September 4, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. UTMB’s Dr. Giulio Taglialatela helps the New York Post break down the causes and risk factors of Alzheimer’s and some tips for keeping dementia at bay. Blueberries, moderate exercise and wine can all be helpful, in moderation of course. “While there are well-known benefits to having a small glass of red wine with dinner (like reducing the risk of a heart attack), it’s important to limit your alcohol consumption,” Taglialatela said. “A glass of wine can help — a bottle of wine will hurt you.”
United Against Malnutrition: Why Nutrition Awareness Matters for Everyone September 3, 2025 • 3:06 p.m. Malnutrition can affect anyone, at any age. During ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week™ 2025, UTMB Health is raising awareness and sharing resources to help families recognize the signs and support better nutrition for healthier lives.
At the ready: UTMB recruiters help David’s House residents prep for job search September 3, 2025 • 9:01 a.m. by Margaret Battistelli The staff at David’s House in Galveston helps clients with the support they need to break through the barriers that keep them stuck in challenging situations and move forward. And now, David’s House with the help of the University of Texas Medical Branch can offer support with one of the things that can turn everything around—finding a job.
Easy ways to get more veggies into your meals September 3, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. “The challenges for most folks about eating more veggies is prep time, planning, and convenience,” Dr. Victor S. Sierpina writes in his latest column. Sierpina shares tips, and his personal secret, to get more vegetables into your diet.
Fall vaccine season: sorting through the confusion September 3, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp breakdown what vaccines to get this fall. The big three are Covid, RSV and flu vaccines.
Measles should not be back September 2, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. Twenty-five years after measles was eliminated in the U.S., the disease is making a comeback. “The reason is quite simple,” write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel. “A decrease in vaccination rates.”
A Paw-sitive Tool for Healing: UTMB’s Pet Therapy Program Brings Comfort, Connection to Pediatric Patients August 29, 2025 • 11:27 a.m. At the University of Texas Medical Branch, pet therapy plays a key role in pediatric care. Certified therapy dogs visit regularly, helping young patients cope with the stress of hospitalization and offering a welcome distraction from any procedures and uncertainty.
UTMB announces key leadership appointments in the John Sealy School of Medicine August 28, 2025 • 4:09 p.m. UTMB has announced two significant leadership appointments in the John Sealy School of Medicine (JSSOM), reinforcing the institution’s commitment to clinical excellence, medical education, and research innovation.
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.