The Gulf Coast Consortia recently named two University of Texas Medical Branch researchers recipients of the John S. Dunn Foundation Collaborative Research Award which supports research in the quantitative biomedical sciences with research seed grants.

A team of researchers at UTMB has been accepted into the prestigious National Science Foundation's National I-Corps program for their groundbreaking research on traumatic brain injury detection and monitoring, with the potential to revolutionize the field.

Paula Villarreal is only the second University of Texas Medical Branch doctoral student to be awarded the F99/K00 Grant, and the first to receive it specifically under the National Cancer Institute’s Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition grant.

The University of Texas Medical Branch recently received a three-year award of $15.6 million per year from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct cutting-edge research aimed at developing vaccines and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to combat high-priority viral pathogens.

The awards program aims to highlight and celebrate notable faculty members in categories including, Excellence in Clinical Service, Excellence in Education, Excellence in Mentoring, and Excellence in Research.

The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing has once again been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for the 2024–2027 program term. Schools apply and are selected for this distinction by Apple based on their commitment to continuous innovation in education and using Apple products to inspire, imagine, and impact teaching and learning.

UTMB Health has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers for 2024.

The National Institutes of Health awarded University of Texas Medical Branch researchers more than $4.1 million over the next five years to test an anti-inflammatory drug capable of reaching and treating a fetus during pregnancy to prevent preterm birth.

During the 2024 American Academy of Family Physicians National Conference held in Kansas City, Missouri, the University of Texas Medical Branch earned two honors—one for professor and clinician Dr. Jennifer Raley’s efforts to support the institution’s Family Medicine Interest Group and another for the group itself.

UTMB Health has been recognized among America's Best Cardiac Hospitals 2024 by Newsweek and Statista, an honor bestowed on just 175 of 850 hospitals considered for the award nationwide.