Category: School of Medicine
UTRGV announces first Maternal Health Research Center
Aura Velasquez/RIDER GRAPHIC The UTRGV School of Medicine has achieved a major milestone in advancing maternal health through a $2.3 million federal grant to establish the first Maternal Health Research Center in the Rio Grande[more...]
School of Medicine construction projects advance
[metaslider id=37676 cssclass=""] Construction continues on the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Department of Human Genetics building in Brownsville and the Cancer and Surgery Center in McAllen. The Human Genetics construction began in October 2021 and[more...]
$6M grant to help to enhance research infrastructure, study cancer disparity
The South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research at UTRGV has received a $6 million grant to help enhance research infrastructure and study cancer disparities. Shown (from left) are Rene Leonhardt, department administrator for[more...]
Bailey responds to DHR statements
UTRGV President Guy Bailey says the university does not view the termination of the affiliation agreement between Doctors Hospital at Renaissance and the UTRGV School of Medicine “as problematic nor was it unexpected.” “This latest[more...]
‘Psychiatry chose me’
UTRGV GME program coordinator is Valley’s first Bloomberg fellow Ivette Chavarria Torres, a UTRGV Graduate Medical Education (GME) program coordinator, stands outside the UTRGV Clinical Education building in Harlingen. As the Rio Grande Valley’s first[more...]
UTRGV offering flu vaccines through Sunday
The Office of Human Resources in partnership with the School of Medicine will be distributing flu shots to all UTRGV benefit-eligible employees and their enrolled dependents who show their UT SELECT health insurance cards to[more...]
Giving back what is given to you: New full-ride scholarship program to benefit students and the Valley
Tuesday afternoon, UTRGV President Guy Bailey announced the Luminary Scholars program, a full-ride scholarship that will cover tuition and mandatory fees along with two years of room and board for eligible undergraduate students entering the[more...]
Grant for behavioral health consultant training
The UTRGV School of Medicine has received a $480,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration to increase the number of health-care professionals who understand and can[more...]
Second COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Brownsville
[caption id="attachment_24660" align="aligncenter" width="1100"] Brownsville and UTRGV School of Medicine officials conduct a Facebook live question-and-answer session earlier today to discuss a university COVID-19 drive-thru testing site. Shown (clockwise from top left) are Dr. Michael[more...]
Reaching out to the community
Drive-thru testing sites are available to the public and UTRGV students, faculty and staff on both the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses. According to a UTRGV press release, the School of Medicine, UT Health RGV, the[more...]
