Supports stem cell research, conference for diabetes patient educators FOR RELEASE: March 29, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - Building upon a commitment to fund diabetes research and patient education, the Emmett and Miriam McCoy Foundation recently contributed $275,000 to support innovative stem cell... more »

Gift will support physician education on identification and treatment of addiction For immediate release: March 14, 2007 GALVESTON - Galvestonians Robert L.K. Lynch and his sisters Deborah and Kathy Lynch have contributed $50,000 to the Center for Addiction Research at the University of Texas... more »

For immediate release: March 2, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ranked 10th among Texas universities for the amount of funds contributed by private donors for its support in 2006, according to a national survey conducted by the Council for Aid to... more »

Soto to head center; latest gift brings Mitchells' total contributions to UTMB aging and neurodegenerative disease programs to more than $10 million For immediate release: Feb. 6, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - A recent $5 million gift from George and Cynthia Mitchell to the University of Texas Medical... more »

Contribution part of $1.5 million commitment FOR RELEASE: Dec. 21, 2006 GALVESTON, Texas — The Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation has contributed $500,000 to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to support ongoing educational and patient care programs at the... more »

Student-run organization offers primary health care to underserved patients in Texas' Rio Grande Valley FOR RELEASE: Dec. 20, 2006 GALVESTON, Texas — Since 1998, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston students have been traveling to South Texas to offer health care to some of the... more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 14, 2006 GALVESTON, Texas — The 15 men and women who died in last year’s explosion at the BP Texas City Refinery will be remembered today when their relatives and loved ones, along with the most seriously injured survivors and their family members, visit the... more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 1, 2006 GALVESTON, Texas—The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has received a $9.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to better control influenza epidemics in the developing world. The three-year grant will allow UTMB... more »

FOR RELEASE: Nov. 28, 2006 GALVESTON, Texas — Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have received a generous contribution from a Jamaica Beach resident that will help them purchase vital equipment for their studies involving age-related macular degeneration, the... more »