Six projects that address pressing health needs in the region received a University of Texas Medical Branch President’s Cabinet award at the recent UTMB Health President’s Cabinet Award Celebration & Member Appreciation Reception.

League City police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel worked alongside UTMB employees from the Clear Lake, League City and Galveston campuses to support the event that featured 8 to 14 year old children from over 15 countries.

Dr. Sean O’Mahony, director of the Palliative Medicine division, came to UTMB in June, having served as professor and Director of Supportive Oncology and Section Chief at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and in key roles at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Jessica Oliveira, a University of Texas Medical Branch employee since 2020, has taken over as interim administrator and assistant chief nursing officer at UTMB’s Angleton Danbury Campus.

Exercise is important … everyone knows that. But let’s be real, everyone also knows that getting started on and sticking to a fitness plan is easier said than done. That’s where the Preventive Medicine Initiative Heart & Soul 5K, taking place March 8, comes in.

The American Heart Association and The University of Texas Medical Branch hosted the first of what is planed to be an annual cardiovascular symposium in Galveston earlier this month.

The University of Texas Medical Branch is making waves this week at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, by highlighting the critical importance of brain health on a global scale.

Dr. Suresh K. Bhavnani, a professor of biomedical informatics in the Department of Biostatistics & Data Science in the School of Public and Population Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch, has been named one of 57 scholars who will form the Presidential Leadership Scholars’ 10th annual class.

"Science is a journey. You might start with a belief or an idea, but ultimately, you go where the science takes you," says Dr. Rakez Kayed, Professor of the Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders and John Sealy Chair for Parkinson's Research at the University of Texas Medical Branch.