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Raul Reyes

Director of Media Relations
(409) 747-0794
(409) 771-7841 Cell
rareyes@utmb.edu

Maureen Bayless Balleza

Media Relations Specialist
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Molly Dannenmaier

Media Relations Specialist
(409) 772-8790
(409) 771-5105 Cell
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Kristen Hensley

Writer / Media Relations Specialist
(409) 772-8772
(409) 771-7863 Cell
krhensle@utmb.edu

Jim Kelly

Science Writer / Editor
(409) 772-8791
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Myra McCollum

Social Media Manager
(409) 747-5621
mmccollu@utmb.edu

Christian von Eschenbach

New Media Specialist
(409) 772-2620
cfvonesc@utmb.edu

News Highlights

A daily digest of news stories spotlighting the great work taking place at UTMB.
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Inside UTMB: Renovated Primary Care Pavilion to reopen Monday

Galveston County Daily News, May. 15, 2012
News in this week’s Inside UTMB: During the next six weeks, about a dozen UTMB clinics will be moving from...

UTMB’s Benkula honored for leadership in business

Bay Area Citizen, May. 14, 2012
UTMB’s Bonnie Benkula was named the 2012 recipient of the League City Chamber of Commerce’s ATHENA...

We must unlock mysteries of treating chronic brain injury

Houston Chronicle, May. 12, 2012
In this guest column, UTMB School of Health Professions Dean Elizabeth Protas writes about the study and advances...

Applications open for University of Texas clinical lab degree program

Ultimate Clear Lake (Houston Chronicle), May. 12, 2012
Applications are now being accepted from long-term unemployed individuals for the UTMB Clinical Lab Sciences degree...

Did doctor’s arrogance kill a president?

Galveston County Daily News, May. 13, 2012
UTMB student Alyssa Marie Shell writes about one doctor's mistake that might have led to the death of President...

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UTMB News Releases

HPV vaccine completion rate among girls is poor, getting worse

Tuesday, May 8 - Girls who receive the first dose from a gynecologist/obstetrician more likely to complete series The proportion of insured girls and young women completing the human papillomavirus vaccine among those who initiated the series has dropped significantly — as much as 63 percent — since... more »

Diabetes drug could also treat leading cause of blindness

Tuesday, May 8 - Experiments show that metformin blocks uveitis in laboratory rats University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a drug already prescribed to millions of people with diabetes could also have another important use: treating one of the world’s leading causes... more »

$9 million Moody Foundation grant to support traumatic brain injury research at UTMB

Thursday, May 3 - Officials at the University of Texas Medical Branch today announced details of a $9 million pledge by The Moody Foundation of Galveston to support traumatic brain injury research at UTMB. Last week, the Moody Foundation pledged $25.5 million, which includes $9 million to $18 million for... more »

15 million babies born too soon UTMB researcher calls for more individualized study

Thursday, May 3 - The first-ever national, regional, and global estimates of preterm birth reveals that 15 million babies are born too soon every year and 1.1 million of those babies die shortly after birth, making premature birth the second-leading cause of death in children under age 5. The alarming statistics... more »

Dr. Jennifer Arnold, star of “The Little Couple,”will deliver keynote at UTMB School of Medicine commencement

Friday, Apr 27 - The graduates’ top choice will be making first commencement address Dr. Jennifer Arnold, one of the stars of the popular television program “The Little Couple,” will be the keynote speaker at the School of Medicine commencement ceremony at the University of Texas Medical Branch at... more »

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