• Medical Bridges names Dacso one of its Global Health Heroes

    Dr. Matt Dacso, director of academic partnerships at the University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Global and Community Health, is one of seven people that Medical Bridges recently named Global Health Heroes.

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    New report reveals critical gaps in Texas domestic violence services

    A report published today highlights major gaps in community service provision to children exposed to domestic violence and their survivor parents across Texas. The report, released by the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Violence Prevention and the Texas Institute Child & Family Wellbeing at UT Austin (TXICFW), shows domestic violence and child welfare agencies do not have the resources to provide survivors with consistent housing, childcare, and counseling services.

  • New study looks at long-term outcomes and costs of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer treatment

    A new research study leveraging a database from the largest equal access health system in the US, the Department of Veteran Affairs offers insight into the outcome of specific treatment patterns for advanced bladder cancer patients. Lead author Dr. Stephen Williams of The University of Texas Medical Branch says it is one of the first comprehensive studies looking at both the outcomes and the costs of treating a potentially lethal and devastating type of bladder cancer.

  • UTMB Clear Lake Campus earns Level 3 designation

    UTMB Health is working to develop one of the largest, most comprehensive trauma networks in the region, and recent developments at Clear Lake Campus are bringing the institution closer to that goal.

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    Recognizing neurosurgery firsts at UTMB Health’s Clear Lake Campus

    Surgeons at UTMB Health’s Clear Lake Campus recently performed the hospital’s first craniotomy for brain tumor removal and the first intracranial aneurysm clipping, which represent an expansion of services offered at the campus as the hospital continues to find new and innovative ways to provide world-class treatments to the growing communities it serves.

  • COPD program decreases 30-day hospital readmission, may increase mortality

    UTMB researchers Daniel Puebla Neira and Gulshan Sharma found that although the 30-day readmission rate for patients in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) program has decreased, the mortality rate increased. Their findings were reported in SOUND HEALTH and Lasting Wealth, The Medical News, Brinkwire, Science Magazine, 7thSpace, and Medical Xpress.

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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