UTMB News Articles

In a recent editorial, the Daily News highlighted some of the Galveston County residents who are volunteering in Kerr County, recently hit by devastating floods. The editorial mentions the work of UTMB’s Tyler Morrison and Austin Johnson. “The wonderful thing, amidst the chaos and tragedy, is the people that have come together for the effort,” Morrison is quoted in the editorial.

“My top two priorities for the second half of 2025 are driving operational excellence across pharmacy services and advancing workforce standardization, development, and retention,” UTMB’s Dr. Michael Eagon tells Becker’s for an article on finishing 2025.

“As a physician executive leader, my top two priorities for the latter half of 2025 are access and capacity utilization,” UTMB’s Dr. Vicente Resto told Becker’s. He was one of the executives from across the country surveyed by Becker’s about their priorities.

“Let’s talk through the health benefits of adding these fungi into our diet,” writes Dr. Samuel Mathis as he digs into medical properties of mushrooms. For example, Mathis writes about a study that found that eating just 2 medium sized mushrooms per day could lower our risk of developing cancer by up to 45 percent.

Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp write about the promising roll out of a vaccine to combat gonorrhea. “The UK’s decision to offer Bexsero to people at higher risk, including gay and bisexual men, is a bold move,” they write. “While Bexsero isn’t perfect, it’s the first time a vaccine has been used on a national level to help prevent gonorrhea.”

Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel write about promising research into treating pancreatic cancer in their latest Medical Discover News column.

UTMB’s Dr. Giulio Taglialatela commented on a A new study has found a link between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. "Our brains use sleep to clear out toxic proteins, like those associated with Alzheimer’s, and these results show that the cleaning mechanism is less effective when it takes someone longer to enter the REM cycle," Taglialatela tells Fox News.

"This research could introduce a new perspective to the discussion of preventing and mitigating the devastating effects of stroke and related brain injuries,” said Dr. Matias Costa about research presented at the annual Society of Neurointerventional Surgery’s meeting discussing use of GLP-1 inhibitors to minimize the impact of strokes and brain injuries.

“Standard lab assays don’t capture the physical forces acting on blood inside constricted arteries,” UTMB’s Dr. Misbahud Din tells Dawn. The publication featured UTMB’s Din and Dr. Yunfeng Chen and their research into how physicians assess a patient’s risk of arterial blood clots.

UTMB’s Dr. Stephen B. Williams spoke to Renal + Urology News for a story on trial findings show that the NeuroSAFE technique leads to a significant improvement in patient-reported erectile function scores and early urinary continence scores compared with standard robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. “For experienced centers with access to high-quality pathology support, NeuroSAFE may shift the paradigm for function-preserving prostate cancer surgery,” Williams said.

“Declared eliminated from the United States in 2000, measles has returned not because the virus has changed, but because we have,” writes Dr. Jarrel De Matas in a guest column for the Daily News. It’s a crisis not of misinformation but of meaning, he writes, and what’s need are better storytellers.

Eleven UTMB staff and students have been included in the 2025 “40 Under 40” list created annually by The Galveston County Daily News. This year’s honorees were profiled in a special publication in the July 16 edition of The Daily News.

A growing body of research suggests human connection is critical “in fostering recovery, improving well-being, and building resilience for individuals facing mental health challenges,” writes Dr. Hasan Yasin in his Daily News column.

“Every measles outbreak is a failure of public health infrastructure and public trust,” Dr. Scott C. Weaver says in a statement by the Global Virus Network. The GVN, a worldwide coalition of virology centers of excellence, calls for the vaccination of unvaccinated children and adults, stronger public health messaging, improved outbreak surveillance and focused efforts in underserved communities.