November 6: Development Board Fall Virtual Meeting

Mark your calendars for our virtual Development Board meeting on November 6 from 5 to 6 p.m.! University of Texas Medical Branch President Dr. Jochen Reiser will deliver an update regarding the latest successes at the university. We have other special guests in store for you! More details to come.

All in for UTMB: A Giving Challenge Raises More than $162,000 for UTMB

All in for UTMB: A Giving Day Challenge on October 1 was an incredible success! We’re excited to announce that we raised $162,982 during the day-long celebration of UTMB’s 133^rd anniversary.

More than 300 alumni, faculty, staff and friends joined us and generously supported UTMB—including 24 Development Board members.

Your gifts to UTMB are the promise of great things to come for the university and the many populations we serve.

You still have time if you wish to make a gift in support of UTMB. Give today!

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UTMB's Latest Accomplishments

Through Dr. Jochen Reiser’s leadership, UTMB is elevating activities across our four mission areas: providing the best patient care to our growing communities, educating the health care workforce of the future, advancing biomedical sciences and promoting a culture of innovation. Below are some of the accomplishments in those areas.

UTMB Awarded Three-Year $46 Million NIH Grant for Vaccine Research

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, 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.

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UTMB Honors Inaugural Faculty Excellence Award Recipients

The University of Texas Medical Branch Office of Faculty Affairs announced the inaugural Faculty Excellence Award winners.

Created to support the office’s mission to increase faculty engagement and satisfaction, 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.

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Honored Faculty Excellence Award recipients are (top row, left to right): Drs. Ramkumar Menon, Mukaila Raji, Elise Smith, Gracie Vargas, (bottom row, left to right) Shatoi King, Victor E. Reyes, Ronald W. Lindsey and Shawn Nishi.

UTMB Study Leads to Discovery of Potential Vision Loss Prevention

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch recently made a breakthrough in understanding how aging contributes to glaucoma, the second leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Their latest study published in Molecular Therapy highlights the crucial role of the anti-aging protein, Sirt6, for preventing vision loss in millions affected by the disease.

The UTMB research represents the first comprehensive study of anti-aging mechanism in glaucoma by experiments that encompass diverse aspects of glaucomatous pathology.

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Estate Planning and Free Will

We're happy to assist with your gift and estate planning needs.

Contact us at 409.747.8364 or email Austin Stanford for a complimentary Estate Planning Guide.

You can also check out UTMB's user-friendly resource where you can draft your will online at no cost to you! Click here now!

For questions or assistance, please contact

James D. Gallo, Vice President and Chief Development Officer,

at (409) 772-1402 or jdgallo@utmb.edu.