UTMB announces new program at UT Center at Laredo The UT System and UTMB announced the expansion of UTMB’s Doctor of Occupational Therapy to be offered at the UT Education and Research Center at Laredo. Read More
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UTMB News Pediatric kidney care drives Katy family to Clear Lake March 27, 2024 • 10:43 a.m. March is national kidney month and UTMB has a team of expertly trained clinicians ready to help keep these vital organs healthy and strong in patients just like five-year-old Olin Lewis. UTMB police seeks public feedback on accreditation March 19, 2024 • 10:00 a.m. As part of its dedication to enhanced professionalism and law enforcement excellence in public safety and community relations, the University of Texas Medical Branch Police Department voluntarily became a Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Agency through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in 2012. How two UTMB Health graduate students are combating drug overdoses, one training at a time March 14, 2024 • 3:45 p.m. With the rising epidemic of fentanyl overdoses growing every day, two UTMB Health graduate students started Community Overdose Response and Recovery Effort (CORRE) in August 2021. Breakthrough Research Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Ebola March 14, 2024 • 3:14 p.m. A groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch is shedding light on a promising development in the battle against highly fatal hemorrhagic diseases caused by orthoebolaviruses, including the notorious Ebola virus. From masks to Match Day March 13, 2024 • 2:32 p.m. The medical school class that started during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic are preparing for the next chapter - and a big celebration - with this year's Match Day. Nobel laureate researcher to speak at UTMB symposium on vaccines, infectious diseases March 7, 2024 • 3:08 p.m. World-renowned researcher Dr. Drew Weissman will address the “mRNA Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Symposium” hosted by the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Institute for Human Infections and Immunity. Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development Reaches Next Phase Driving Diversity in Clinical Trials in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas February 26, 2024 • 9:13 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch and Texas Southern University are partners in a national effort to increase diversity and inclusion of under served communities in clinic trials. UTMB President’s Cabinet announces 2023 award recipients February 13, 2024 • 4:47 p.m. Ten projects that address pressing health needs received a University of Texas Medical Branch President’s Cabinet award. The awards totaled more than $220,000 and will go to 26 UTMB faculty, staff and students working on the winning projects. Women with heart attacks are less likely to receive crucial therapies and have higher mortality than men February 8, 2024 • 3:02 p.m. The researchers say that the findings suggest there are sex-based disparities present in countries with very different healthcare systems and cultures, which raises questions about why women receive differential treatment. UTMB School of Nursing ranked among the top online programs in the nation February 7, 2024 • 1:00 a.m. UTMB’s School of Nursing online program was ranked No. 4 for veterans and No. 12 for its online graduate nursing program, according to U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Online Programs rankings. More UTMB News Search Categories Alumni News Awards & Accolades Education Faculty/Staff News Health Care In The News News Releases Top News UTMB Research Contact Media Team UTMB Experts
Pediatric kidney care drives Katy family to Clear Lake March 27, 2024 • 10:43 a.m. March is national kidney month and UTMB has a team of expertly trained clinicians ready to help keep these vital organs healthy and strong in patients just like five-year-old Olin Lewis.
UTMB police seeks public feedback on accreditation March 19, 2024 • 10:00 a.m. As part of its dedication to enhanced professionalism and law enforcement excellence in public safety and community relations, the University of Texas Medical Branch Police Department voluntarily became a Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Agency through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in 2012.
How two UTMB Health graduate students are combating drug overdoses, one training at a time March 14, 2024 • 3:45 p.m. With the rising epidemic of fentanyl overdoses growing every day, two UTMB Health graduate students started Community Overdose Response and Recovery Effort (CORRE) in August 2021.
Breakthrough Research Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Ebola March 14, 2024 • 3:14 p.m. A groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch is shedding light on a promising development in the battle against highly fatal hemorrhagic diseases caused by orthoebolaviruses, including the notorious Ebola virus.
From masks to Match Day March 13, 2024 • 2:32 p.m. The medical school class that started during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic are preparing for the next chapter - and a big celebration - with this year's Match Day.
Nobel laureate researcher to speak at UTMB symposium on vaccines, infectious diseases March 7, 2024 • 3:08 p.m. World-renowned researcher Dr. Drew Weissman will address the “mRNA Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Symposium” hosted by the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Institute for Human Infections and Immunity.
Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development Reaches Next Phase Driving Diversity in Clinical Trials in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas February 26, 2024 • 9:13 a.m. The University of Texas Medical Branch and Texas Southern University are partners in a national effort to increase diversity and inclusion of under served communities in clinic trials.
UTMB President’s Cabinet announces 2023 award recipients February 13, 2024 • 4:47 p.m. Ten projects that address pressing health needs received a University of Texas Medical Branch President’s Cabinet award. The awards totaled more than $220,000 and will go to 26 UTMB faculty, staff and students working on the winning projects.
Women with heart attacks are less likely to receive crucial therapies and have higher mortality than men February 8, 2024 • 3:02 p.m. The researchers say that the findings suggest there are sex-based disparities present in countries with very different healthcare systems and cultures, which raises questions about why women receive differential treatment.
UTMB School of Nursing ranked among the top online programs in the nation February 7, 2024 • 1:00 a.m. UTMB’s School of Nursing online program was ranked No. 4 for veterans and No. 12 for its online graduate nursing program, according to U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Online Programs rankings.