• A group of men and women walking on a track

    'Walk with a Doc' program gets community members moving

    With potential to improve cardiovascular and pulmonary fitness and reduce risk of heart disease and stroke, walking has an abundance of health benefits – especially when it comes with a physician-led conversation about wellness. That’s the philosophy behind “Walk with a Doc."

  • Two adults and two children lie on the floor together while looking at a tablet device, with the screen positioned in front of the group in a home setting

    Summer media plans can help build healthy habits for the whole family

    Once the novelty wears off and the boredom sets in, screentime habits can quickly become an issue for school-age children during breaks from the classroom. The American Academy of Pediatrics provides an interactive tool to help parents create a family media plan.

  • A person stands in front of a NICU hallway wall decorated with colorful graphics and text, including ‘The future of the world is in this room,’ with the name ‘Jourdan Pea, MSN, RN, CPNP‑AC’ displayed at the bottom.

    Pediatric Surgery Division wins Hermes Award

    The Division of Pediatric Surgery at The University of Texas Medical Branch took home the gold in the 2024 Hermes Creative Awards for its video elucidating the intricacies of gastrostomy tubes for patients, accessible at their convenience.

  • Dr. Mansfield speaks about organ donation in front of the Tree of Life display

    Nourished by gratitude, UTMB Tree of Life blossoms

    Dr. Jerry Mansfield’s voice cracked as he talked about the death of his 15-year-old brother-in-law. It happened decades ago, but the emotion was fresh and the memory raw as Mansfield, new vice president and system chief nursing executive at the University of Texas Medical Branch, stood in front of a crowd gathered in the hallway of Jennie Sealy Hospital on the Galveston Campus.

  • A person wearing a blue cap and button‑down shirt stands against a blue background beside text that reads ‘Dr. Michael P. Sheetz, Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.

    UTMB researcher named top scholar by ScholarGPS

    Dr. Michael Sheetz is the top scholar in the world publishing on cytoskeletons and among the top 0.05 percent of scholars according to ScholarGPS, an analytics site which tracks and ranks scholars and institutions worldwide.


About The University of Texas Medical Branch

The first academic health center in Texas opened its doors in 1891 and today has four campuses, five health sciences schools, seven institutes for advanced study, a research enterprise that includes one of only two national laboratories dedicated to the safe study of infectious threats to human health, a Level 1 Trauma Center and a health system offering a full range of primary and specialized medical services throughout the Texas Gulf Coast region. UTMB is an institution in The University of Texas System and a member of the Texas Medical Center.

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