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Dreams delivered: Match Day 2026 sends UTMB graduates across Texas and beyond

March 20, 2026 • 5:06 p.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner and Katherine Adams

A Match Day envelope weighs no more than a few ounces, but the weight of what it carries is much heavier: It’s the weight of a career, of a life, of a future – or at least the start of one.

The best ingredient for performance and longevity is probably already in your kitchen

March 20, 2026 • 12:00 a.m.

"Coffee helps feed the brain with the aroma, the taste, and the moment," UTMB neuroscientist Dr. Agenor Limon said.

Protect your children from rotavirus through vaccination

March 19, 2026 • 1:53 p.m.

Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences faculty members Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp explain why ruling in favor of the rotavirus vaccination for your child is the smart and easy choice.

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UTMB extends Master of Science in Aerospace Medicine program

March 19, 2026 • 11:07 a.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner

The 12-month, in-person master's program opens aerospace medicine training to a wider range of health professionals and international students in Galveston–Houston.

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Texas McCombs launches MD/MBA program for Houston and Galveston medical students

March 18, 2026 • 8:52 a.m. by Sally Parker, UT Austin

A new dual MD/MBA pathway is opening doors for future physician‑leaders, giving UTMB medical students an efficient route to pair clinical training with top‑tier business expertise.

UCLA Health to host first brain health summit

March 18, 2026 • 12:00 a.m.

Dr. Jochen Reiser, UTMB president and CEO of the UTMB Health System, will be a featured speaker at UCLA Health's first-ever Brain Health Summit on March 20-21, which will bring together leading scientists, policymakers, philanthropists and community advocates from across the country to address one of the most pressing and underfunded challenges in public health.

Artificial intelligence being adapted into more aspects of health care

March 17, 2026 • 9:09 a.m.

Researchers have built a new AI system that may predict risks for over 1,000 diseases up to 20 years before symptoms appear. In their column, Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel ask, 'Would you want to know?"

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Office of Life Support Education and Training receives AHA All-Star Award

March 17, 2026 • 8:00 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson

The AHA All-Star Award recognizes training centers that deliver superior, high-quality lifesaving training to their communities. The UTMB OLSET trains about 3,500 people a year, primarily UTMB employees and students, but courses are open to the public.

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Food allergy vs. food intolerance: What’s the difference?

March 16, 2026 • 1:56 p.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Food allergies and intolerances aren’t the same. Learn the key differences, symptoms, and when it’s time to see a specialist so you can eat with confidence.

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Dr. Brent Masel receives national lifetime achievement award for brain injury research

March 16, 2026 • 10:17 a.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Celebrated neurologist and longtime advocate Dr. Brent Masel has been named the 2026 NABIS Legends Award recipient, honoring a career that helped transform how the world understands and treats traumatic brain injury.

Using AI and operational strategy to transform care delivery with Dr. Salim Hayek

March 16, 2026 • 12:00 a.m.

In this episode, Salim S. Hayek, MD, Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer, and Interim Chair of Internal Medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch, discusses how AI-driven referral triage and operational redesign can reduce administrative burden and improve patient access. He also shares how health systems can build strong foundations for growth amid financial pressure and regulatory uncertainty.

What are peptides and how do they impact health?

March 13, 2026 • 4:11 p.m.

"Peptides have the possibility of providing significant health benefits when used appropriately," Dr. Samuel Mathis writes in his most recent column. "However, at this time, there is not enough evidence to support those being advertised as healthy alternatives to healthy eating and regular physical activity."

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Accreditation team invites public to comment

March 13, 2026 • 7:18 a.m. by UTMB Police Department

An external team of campus law enforcement experts will visit UTMB this month to evaluate the police department’s commitment to professional excellence and accreditation. Learn how the community can take part in this important review.

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UTMB unveils presidential portrait of Dr. Jochen Reiser

March 12, 2026 • 9:27 a.m. by Raegan Scharfetter

UTMB unveiled President Dr. Jochen Reiser’s portrait in Levin Hall on March 10. Painted by local artist Eddie Filer, it is the first presidential portrait set outdoors, with Old Red behind him, symbolizing UTMB history, evolving leadership, and Filer’s personal connection to the university.

FDA clears intravascular device billed as ‘world’s smallest camera’ as physicians share new data

March 12, 2026 • 8:03 a.m.

The device was designed to help care teams evaluate a patient’s peripheral vasculature without the use of X-ray fluoroscopy. It connects to standard endoscopy equipment and is used in tandem with a balloon distal access catheter to provide real-time color images.

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Racing against rare SMA diagnosis, UTMB gene therapy team gave newborn a chance

March 11, 2026 • 10:30 a.m. by Raegan Scharfetter

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare inherited neuromuscular condition that causes muscles throughout the body to weaken. It happens because a specific gene, called SMN1, is missing or is not working correctly.

UTMB’s multimillion-dollar partnership with ‘Blue Zones’ to bring health-conscious changes to Galveston

March 11, 2026 • 10:26 a.m.

UTMB launched its partnership with the Blue Zones Project in Galveston last week. The goal of the partnership is to make tangible changes around the island to promote longer, healthier lives among residents.

Q&A: A troubling mortality shift for late Gen Xers and early millennials

March 10, 2026 • 10:19 a.m.

UTMB researchers collaborated on a study with Tufts University to analyze changes in mortality from 1979 through 2023 across age groups and over time that point to rising rates in "deaths of despair" -- drug overdoses, suicides, and alcohol-related deaths.

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NICU literacy program gives smallest UTMB patients a head start

March 10, 2026 • 7:00 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson

The UTMB NICU reading program recently received the 2025 Children’s Literary Program Award from SMART Family Literacy. What started as a two-week read-a-thon in 2022 has grown into an ongoing reading program, giving volunteers, students, and parents the opportunity to read to the youngest UTMB patients.

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UTMB researchers delve into troubling trends in US life expectancy

March 9, 2026 • 2:30 p.m. by Leslie Sanderson

A new UTMB study published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals that U.S. life expectancy was already in crisis long before the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to face alarming threats from shifting patterns in chronic disease and emerging cancers.

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