Dr. Ronak Shah and Dr. Natacha Chough were the keynote speakers at the January NASA Thought Leaders event that focused on UTMB’s 30 years of leading in Aerospace Medicine education and training.
Aerospace Medicine leadership recently took part in a faculty outreach session with the Aerospace Medicine Student and Resident Organization to discuss UTMB’s program and the future of aerospace medication education.
Faculty celebrated our latest graduates last week, Dr. Nathalie Egalité and Dr. Ryan Hart both of whom are taking up excellent opportunities post-PhD.
In its ideal form, a contraceptive vaccine could prevent pregnancy without the messy side effects of some hormonal birth control.
The latest wave of research exploring the drugs focuses on conditions that disproportionately affect women. But amid claims ranging from poor-quality data to abuse, not everyone is celebrating this shift.
Sociologist Rene Almeling, bioethicist Lisa Campo-Engelstein, and physician-scientist Brian T. Nguyen are launching a book project designed to bring together a wide range of experts in the social sciences, humanities, public health, and medicine to rethink and reframe “male” reproductive and sexual health in the United States. The panel provided an overview of the many complexities facing those who work on issues such as contraception, infertility, “paternal effects” on reproductive outcomes, and the provision of reproductive and sexual healthcare.
What can we learn about the future of artificial intelligence by looking back fifty years to when molecular biologists were on the verge of creating artificial life? Bioethics & Health Humanities Assistant Professor Jacob Moses and Gili Vidan (Information Science, Cornell University) publish a perspective piece in the Washington Post about how recent calls for a moratorium on AI harken back to debates about the governance of biotechnology. To chart a responsible course forward for AI, science policymakers can learn lessons from the famous 1975 Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA.
UTMB’s Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor recently was featured on an episode of the podcast of Curbside Consults, produced by the New England Journal of Medicine Resident 360, where she and Dr. Michael Barratt discussed aerospace medicine.
Dr. Molldrem gave remarks arguing for a new paradigm in data ethics at a session of the Ethics and Real-World Evidence Research Project at NYU.
Dr. Molldrem presented virtually about the historical roots of recent controversies over molecular HIV surveillance (MHS) and cluster detection and response (CDR) programs in the United States.
Dr. Anne Hudson Jones, Hobby Family Professor in Medical Humanities, was honored as the recipient of this year’s Rose Grundfest Schneider, PhD Award at a special reception on March 30th.
Many countries prohibit payment for gamete donation, which means fertility clinics do not have to compensate donors. However, acquiring and utilizing donor sperm can still be expensive for fertility clinics. This study evaluates international fertility workers’ views on charging patients for altruistically donated sperm.
Thirty-eight Living Legends from UTMB’s Past Leadership, School of Health Professions, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Nursing, John Sealy School of Medicine—Physician Assistant Studies, and John Sealy School of Medicine were honored at the gala as “esteemed mentors, colleagues, and friends at this milestone celebration marking UTMB’s 130 years educating the finest healthcare professionals.”
Progress in Community Health Partnerships (PCHP) is a national, peer-reviewed journal whose mission is to identify and publicize model programs that use community partnerships to improve public health, promote progress in the methods of research and education involving community health partnerships, and stimulate action that will improve the health of people and communities.
The Osler Club at UTMB serves as a forum to study the life and teachings of Sir William Osler, the history of medicine, and the medical humanities.
While all reproductive-aged individuals with cancer should be offered fertility preservation (FP) counseling, there is little guidance over offers to adolescent and young adults (AYA) with terminal diagnoses, especially when considering posthumous assisted reproduction (PAR).
Radio broadcasts on virus spillovers. UTMB's Dr. Gregory Grey is quoted in "How do we stop the next pandemic" segment.
Sixty-six Undergraduate and Graduate Student Fellows are Improving Community Health & Developing Lifelong Service Leadership Skills, including four from University of Texas Medical Branch School of Public and Population Health.
The 2023 Health Humanities Consortium conference theme was “Mobilizing Selves, Transforming Structures.”
International Roundtable Symposium: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Educational Issues and Trends