UTMB Announcements for 7/15/2025

OIPEP and SON present a Retreat with

Dr. Kellie Bryant 

Director of the Center for Innovation in Education Excellence at the National League for Nursing

July 18th 2025

Moody Medical Library

Faculty Lounge 3rd Floor - Unless Otherwise Noted

(Open to HEC Administration, Liaisons, and IPE Advisory Committee Only)

7:30am to 8:00am: Guided Tour of the Health Education Center 

HEC 3^rdFloor Administration Suite Conference Room 3.908F

8:00am to 9:00am: Welcome Breakfast

Dr. Katie Branch, HEC Administration, Liaisons, and Advisory Committee

Welcome Dr. Bryant

Retreat Welcome Breakfast Registration

9:00am to 9:30am: HEC Liaisons and IPE Advisory Meetingon HEC Updates

9:00 – 9:15: Dr. Erin McGoff: SIM Center

9:15 - 9:30: Dr. Ashley Parikh: Office of IPEP

(Open to all UTMB Faculty and Staff Registrants)

9:30am to 11:00am: SIM-IPE Workshop with Dr. Bryant

Topic: SIM-IPE Activities Best Practices on Prebrief and Debrief

Dr, Kellie Bryant's Workshop Registration

11:00am to 12:00pm: Networking Lunch

Retreat Networking Luncheon Registration

12:00pm to 1:30 pm: Dr. Bryant’s SIM-IPE Escape Room Demonstration

HEC Room: 1.202

Dr. Kellie Bryant's SIM-IPE Escape Room Demonstration Registration

(Open to SON Only)

1:30pm to 2:30pm: SON Meeting with Dr. Bryant

School of Nursing, HEC Room: 1.202

Topic: Nursing Simulation Best Practices

• Female patients (≥18 to 75 years of age)
• Documented history of UTI in the past 12 months, and prior or current uUTI caused by antimicrobial resistant (AMR) E. coli (as single pathogen or part of polymicrobial infection where E. coli is the predominant pathogen).
  • AMR is defined as resistance to one or more antibiotics in one or more classes.
  • Please note that a current infection can be used to meet the requirement of AMR E. coli documentation.
• Ability to supply a mid-stream, clean catch urine sample or a urine sample by newly placed catheter for microbiological analysis.
• Active acute uUTI infection defined by:
  • Evidence of pyuria, AND/OR Dipstick analysis of a clen, mid-stream or catheter urine specimen positive for leukocytes AND
  • At least 2 of the following signs or symptoms of UTI: dysuria, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, or suprapubic pain
  • Willing to comply with all aspects of study design including study restrictions, blood, and scheduled, unscheduled and long-term follow-up study visits.
  • The onset of UTI symptoms must not exceed five days prior to enrollment

Please join us for this informative seminar!

DMAC CERCIT Seminar Series: Federated Evaluation of Data to Enhance Pain Research among Adults in Later Life (FEDERAL)

Abstract:Older adults have the highest prevalence of chronic pain and yet geriatric pain management remains suboptimal. Data pooling is necessary to inform evidence-based guidelines that improve geriatric pain management. The traditional data pooling approach employs data use agreements (DUA) to transfer data from multiple institutions to a single site. However, DUA are time intensive; and prohibited by health system ownership, private health information, and indemnification clauses. And innovative alternative is federated evaluation: identifiable data remains housed at institutions, statistical code is shared (via a common data model [CDM]), and source data transformed and aggregated. To this end, the FEDERAL study is leveraging existing CDMs, local source data, and Duke Pepper Center resources to develop a CDM with code specifically for geriatric pain research. The CDM and code will be piloted at Yale and Mount Sinai Pepper Centers to evaluate the feasibility and utility of conducting pain and opioid medication research in a pooled population of older adults. Goals for FEDERAL include the initiation of evidence-based guidelines for geriatric pain management, expedited data pooling for 11 legacy studies in the Pain Management Collaboratory, and preliminary data generation for an R01 proposal to expand the FEDERAL CDM network.

Presented By:

Dr. Corey Simon, PhD

Associate Professor

Center for Aging & Human Development

Duke University

&

Dr. Rebecca North, PhD

Biostatistician III

Center for Aging & Human Development

Duke University

Virtual Seminar: Contact asbabu@utmb.edu for any additional information or queries.

Zoom Invitation Below (More Information URL):

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.

When: July 22, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1604768501?pwd=frf3YFpm12PHBN90uzSJDsa5K33q7u.1

Registration Open Now: CTD-SPECTRE 2nd Annual TropEID Symposium
Tropical & Emerging Infectious Diseases for Clinicians and Translational Scientists

Are you a student, trainee, or early-career investigator passionate about infectious diseases? A faculty member eager to connect with future clinician-scientists?

Join us for the 2^nd Annual TropEID Symposium September 16–19, 2025 at the historic Grand Galvez in Galveston, TX for an immersive symposium to connect with experts, gain new insights, and collaborate with peers dedicated to infectious disease research and treatment.

Hosted by the Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases (CTD) and Special Pathogens Excellence in Clinical Treatment, Readiness, & Education (SPECTRE) Program.

🌍Network with global experts
🎓Travel & childcare grants available
🏆Awards for top presentations

Abstracts submission now open

Register today!

UTMB Office of Biostatistics (OBIOS) presents

OBIOS OPEN HOUSE

Monday, August 18th, 2025

Noon – 1:15 PM at UHC 4.108, UTMB School of Public & Population Health

Explore the Future of Data-Driven Health Research

Join us for our first-ever Open House and discover how the Office of Biostatistics (OBIOS) collaborates with departments and centers across UTMB to support impactful public health and clinical research. Meet our team, learn about our resources, and see real-world applications of biostatistics in action!

Event Highlights:

15-minute overview of OBIOS and our services

Live Project Showcase Featuring:

AllofUs, TrinetX and EPIC (UTMB EHR data)

Marketscan, SEER-CAHPS, SEER-MHOS, SEER-Medicare, Medicare, and Medicaid

Other OBIOS supported datasets

Applications in Bioinformatics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Q & A Session with our staff & faculty

Meet our faculty and staff, and explore collaboration opportunities

Who Should Attend?

Researchers, faculty, students, and collaborators interested in epidemiology, biostatistics, or population health research.

Don’t miss this opportunity!

Register now: https://forms.gle/ZHFuYtkpWBVVCYYR8

For more information, contact Anirudh Babu at asbabu@utmb.edu

Dear colleagues,

The University of Texas System (UTS) Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., Academy of Health Science Education (the Shine Academy) was formed as both a ‘working’ service academy and an ‘honorific’ body that recognizes and utilizes faculty excellence in UTS health science education to serve UTS in all aspects of health science education, educational scholarship, and leadership. The Academy seeks diverse membership representing the many disciplines contributing to health science education.

The annual application process for election to the University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., Academy of Health Science Education is now open.  Accomplished educators in all five UTMB schools are encouraged to apply. 

Membership Criteria:

Membership in the Academy is based on the Shine Academy's mission as stated in the Bylaws. The annual nomination, application, election, and induction of new members will proceed as follows.

The criteria for membership in the Academy are based on excellence in one or more of the following categories of education:

1) Direct teaching.

2) Curriculum development and instructional design or re-design.

3) Assessment of learner performance.

4) Mentoring and counseling.

5) Educational administration and leadership.

6) Educational scholarship and research.

Every application for membership submitted by an officially nominated candidate will include:

1) Completed candidate for membership form

2) A 5-page NIH-equivalent Curriculum Vitae (Do NOT submit a full CV. Only include service or research accomplishments when relevant to education, and explain relevance)

3) Three (3) letters of support, as follows: 

• One (1) official letter of nomination (include examples of the candidate’s educational expertise)
• One (1) peer letter of support (include details about the candidate’s educational expertise. Can be from faculty at the home or other institutions)
• One (1) learner letter of support (explain how the learner benefited from the educational expertise of the candidate)

Submissions should be directed to the Office of Faculty Affairs at facultyaffairs@utmb.edu with the subject line “Shine Academy.” Theinternal deadline for submitting applications and supporting materials is July 23, 2025, at 5 p.m. 

Once applications are received, they will be reviewed and selected packets will be forwarded to The University of Texas System, Office of Health Affairs.  Four applications will be accepted from any UTS institution. If approved, each new member and the Office of the President at each University of Texas health science institution will be notified.

Code, Care, and Story: A Narrative Medicine Approach to the Ethics of AI

Speaker:

Dr. Jarrel De Matas

Assistant Professor

University of Texas Medical Branch

July 17, 2025

Noon to 1:00p.m. presentation

Lunch on a first come first serve basis

Location: HEC 3.200

Abstract: As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into healthcare, the ethical risks posed by algorithmic decision-making such as bias, epistemic injustice, and loss of patient subjectivity demand urgent attention. This talk explores how principles from narrative medicine can inform the ethical development of AI systems. Bridging storytelling and code, I argue for a narrative-informed design approach to healthcare AI that centers on humility, contextual sensitivity, and ethical complexity.

Drawing on foundational concepts from narrative medicine, the talk demonstrates how narrative competence; attentiveness, interpretation, and affiliation, can act as a corrective to data-driven models that flatten patient experience. Case studies from medicine triage tools (Obermeyer et al. 2019) and natural language processing systems (Agrawal et al. 2022) illustrate how decontextualized algorithms overlook important social and emotional cues which ultimately lead to real-world harms. I therefore propose a co-design framework that integrates narrative datasets, fictional simulations, and qualitative annotation practices to ensure algorithmic accountability.

By reframing AI as a collaborator, not a clinical authority, we can cultivate systems that are more just, humane, and attuned to the stories that health technologies often fail to hear. In 2009, several studies showed that infants born during the early term, i.e. between 37 and 39 weeks, had a higher morbidity and mortality rate compared to those born at full term. As a result of these studies, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published the so-called “39-week rule”, which recommends against elective deliveries before 39 weeks. It argues that clinicians should not provide a delivery, either via an induction of labor or a cesarian section, before 39 weeks unless there is a medical indication for it. In this talk, I show that the 39-week rule is in tension with ACOG’s policy on abortion, which allows pregnant people to seek abortion at any point during pregnancy, and ACOG’s broader ethical framework. I observe that while ACOG’s abortion policy and its broader ethical framework prioritize the autonomy and the well-being of pregnant persons, the 39-week rule neglects these factors by prioritizing fetal well-being. I illustrate this problem using two clinical cases and argue that ACOG should revise the 39-week rule to accommodate the autonomy of the pregnant person and their well-being beyond avoidance of death.

Thinking about retirement? The Human Resources Benefits Center is hosting a virtual Optional Retirement Program of Texas (ORP) informational session on:

Thursday, August 8th, 2025, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm

This session will cover retirement benefits eligibility, required documentation, and other important critical items. To register for this retirement session, please click on the link below.

Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email, which will be saved to your Outlook calendar.

Optional Retirement Program of Texas Benefits Information Session

If you are unable to attend this retirement session, future dates for this 2025 are listed below.  Please look out for these dates in the UTMB Daily Announcements!

October 3, 2025

December 12, 2025

Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Tuesday July 15, 2025

10:00 – 11:00 AM

TEAMS Attendance Only

Click here to join the meeting

 Rebecca J. Hamblin, PhD

Assistant Professor

UTMB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Identifying and Addressing Behavioral Maintainers of Anxiety Disorders and OCD

Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participants should be able to:

1. Review operant conditioning models of anxiety and exposure therapy
2. Identify idiographic behaviors that serve to develop and maintain pathological anxiety
3. Address behavioral maintainers of anxiety within adult and child populations

Target Audience and Needs:  Physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

Accreditation: The University of Texas Medical Branch is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Educational Method:  Lecture

Disclosure:Rebecca J. Hamblin, PhDhas no relevant relationships with commercial interests to disclose/OR list appropriate disclosures.

Cancer Care: Staging, Treatment & Survivorship

Wednesday, July 16
12:00 - 1:00 pm

Dr. V. Suzanne Klimberg MD, PhD, MSHCT, FACS, MAMSE

Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., M.D.  Distinguished Chair in General Surgery

Professor & Vice-Chair for Administration, Dept. of Surgery

Medical Director of UTMB Cancer Center

Adjunct Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Microsoft Teams  Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 230 226 559 949 8

Passcode: fk7yq6qy

Global Grand Rounds – Division of Infectious Diseases

Join us for Global Grand Rounds hosted by the Division of Infectious Diseases.

🗓 Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM (Central Time)
📍 Location: Marvin Graves 4.304B or via Zoom link
🎤 Presenter: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain a global perspective on tropical disease and infectious disease management and care.

Complete the form here to be added to the mailing list: Global Grand Rounds

All faculty, trainees, and staff are welcome.

🌟 Exciting Announcement! 🌟

Indulge in a Culinary Adventure at Our Cafe!

We're thrilled to serve our latest menu offerings that promise to tantalize your taste buds and ignite your culinary curiosity! Get ready to embark on a journey of flavor exploration with the freshest ingredients and innovative culinary techniques.

Click the link below to explore our tantalizing menu options for this week:

Food & Nutrition (utmb.edu)

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All About Change Orders
GHX Punchout Training
Match Exception Class
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Sign up on the IS Training Calendar link below:

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Lets get better together!