UTMB’s Volpi receives $2.7 million for muscle loss research

September 15, 2016

As a person ages they lose muscle and strength.  The medical term for this is sarcopenia. The sarcopenia process can speed up as one gets older,... more »

Strong social support is related to shorter stay in inpatient rehabilitation after hospitalization

September 6, 2016

GALVESTON, Texas – Sometimes the best medicine is the care of family and friends. A recent study from The University of Texas Medical Branch... more »

Female Mosquitoes Can Transmit Zika Virus to their Eggs and Offspring

August 29, 2016

Killing only adult mosquitoes may not end Zika outbreaks GALVESTON, Texas – New research from The University of Texas Medical Branch in... more »

UTMB receives $8.2 million from CPRIT for cancer research and prevention

August 26, 2016

Faculty at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have received three grants totaling more than $8.2 million in funding from the Cancer... more »

Digital forms of dating violence are on the rise-what school nurses need to know

August 25, 2016

GALVESTON, Texas – Many teens experience physical or sexual abuse within their romantic relationships and now dating violence can also be... more »

UTMB researchers protect against a lethal infection of Ebola Sudan four days after infection

August 22, 2016

GALVESTON, Texas – Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, in collaboration with Arbutus Biopharma Corporation,... more »

Baby’s Checkup and a Shot for Mom

August 17, 2016

A nearly $1.5 million grant will support a unique opportunity for young moms to get anti-cancer vaccine at baby’s appointments GALVESTON,... more »

New data from UTMB shows that Culex mosquitoes do not carry Zika virus

August 4, 2016

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UTMB researchers shed new light on signals that trigger labor and delivery

August 2, 2016

UTMB researchers learn more about signals that prompt labor and delivery to better understand what triggers preterm delivery. GALVESTON, Texas &ndash... more »

A Zika treatment could already be on the market

July 28, 2016

A drug to treat Zika virus infections could already exist and be available on the market, according to the latest research from scientists at The... more »

UTMB researchers find first direct evidence that Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits Zika virus

July 21, 2016

In collaboration with colleagues from Mexico, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were the first to directly connect the Aedes... more »

UTMB quality, safety data available to the public

July 11, 2016

GALVESTON, Texas – The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, which in 2015 started posting quality, safety and satisfaction... more »

UTMB's Sollenberger America’s Essential Hospitals chair-elect

July 1, 2016

A member of the leadership team at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Donna K. Sollenberger, executive vice president and CEO of... more »

Survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers are more likely to smoke than people without a cancer history

June 10, 2016

GALVESTON, Texas – Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have found that cancer survivors who were diagnosed... more »

Four UTMB alumni honored with Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus Awards

June 10, 2016

Four University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Medicine alumni were honored at the 19th annual Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus... more »

Doors Open to UTMB’s League City Campus Hospital

June 6, 2016

Doctors and nurses are walking the halls, patients are in their rooms and the first babies are being born in the new League City Campus... more »

More than 200 to graduate from UTMB School of Medicine

May 31, 2016

GALVESTON, Texas — When the 2016 School of Medicine graduates at  the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston receive their... more »

UTMB study shows pulmonary rehabilitation underutilized by physicians and COPD patients

May 30, 2016

GALVESTON, Texas – A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston investigating trends on the use of pulmonary... more »

New study uncovers mechanisms underlying how diabetes damages the heart

May 26, 2016

GALVESTON, Texas – Cardiac complications are the number one cause of death among diabetics. Now a team of scientists has uncovered a molecular... more »

UTMB Graduate School awards 39 degrees at commencement

May 25, 2016

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston awarded 39 degrees during its 48th commencement... more »

UTMB professor named a 2016 Piper Award winner

May 25, 2016

A University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston professor was one of ten professors in Texas to be selected by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation... more »

UTMB’s Vanderploeg recognized by his peers

May 17, 2016

Dr. James M. Vanderploeg, professor of Aerospace Medicine in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at The University of Texas... more »

UTMB providing global leadership in health care administration

May 16, 2016

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has been tasked with developing new standards that will help improve health care administrative ef... more »

UTMB scientists genetically engineered world’s first Zika virus infectious cDNA clone

May 13, 2016

The Zika virus infectious clone is key to rapid vaccine development and unraveling the mysteries of why the Zika virus causes the recent explosive... more »