• UTRGV students helping bring attention to importance of ‘Be the Match’

    Tuesday, September 14, 2021 — Did you know a blood stem cell transplant from a matched donor can be a cure for blood cancers, sickle cell and other diseases? Not all patients have an equal chance of finding a match, though.

• UTRGV Center for Vector-Borne Disease to host community seminar on prevention, safety

    Friday, September 10, 2021 — UTRGV’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease is taking charge of the wet months that generate an explosion in the mosquito population in the Rio Grande Valley and the diseases they bring, using community outreach and education.

• UTRGV and UT Health Science Center San Antonio selected as NIA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

    Thursday, September 09, 2021 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, working in close collaboration, were announced today as a new National Institute on Aging (NIA)-designated Alzheimer’s Disease ...

• UTRGV, City of Pharr celebrate signing agreement on new building for the university’s School of Nursing

    Friday, September 03, 2021 — The UTRGV School of Nursing on Sept. 2 celebrated its expansion during a signing ceremony with the City of Pharr, at the site of the school’s future facility at 2800 N. Cage Boulevard.

• TAKE THE CHALLENGE:

    Friday, August 20, 2021 — As UTRGV prepares for the start of the Fall 2021 semester on Aug. 23, now more than ever the university is encouraging its Vaqueros to get vaccinated.

• UT Health RGV to build Cancer and Surgery Center

    Thursday, August 19, 2021 — UT Health RGV is expanding its healthcare offerings in South Texas with a new Cancer and Surgery Center, with oncology advisory services provided by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — a world leader in cancer care and research.

• UTRGV names School of Nursing Skills Laboratory in recognition of gift from South Texas Health System

    Monday, August 16, 2021 — UTRGV has received a gift from South Texas Health System to name the School of Nursing Skills Laboratory.

• UTRGV White Coat Ceremony launches SOM's Class of 2025

    Saturday, July 24, 2021 — RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – JULY 24, 2021 – The UTRGV School of Medicine welcomed its sixth class of medical students with a White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, July 24, at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex Auditorium.

• UT Health RGV opens hearing centers in Edinburg and Harlingen

    Tuesday, July 20, 2021 — UT Health RGV has opened its UT Health RGV Hearing Center in two clinical locations, one in Edinburg and another in Harlingen.

• New UTRGV School of Medicine dean meets the Class of 2025

    Tuesday, July 06, 2021 — In his first week as the new dean of the UTRGV School of Medicine, Dr. Michael B. Hocker welcomed the Class of 2025, the newest cohort of medical students on July 2.

• UTRGV School of Medicine receives provisional accreditation status from national accrediting authority

    Tuesday, June 22, 2021 — The UTRGV School of Medicine is one step closer to obtaining full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the national accrediting authority for the U.S. and Canada

• UTRGV names Dr. Michael B. Hocker new dean of the School of Medicine

    Friday, May 14, 2021 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced Friday the appointment of Dr. Michael B. Hocker as the new dean of the UTRGV School of Medicine.

• UT Health RGV begins vaccinating children age 12-15 against COVID-19

    Wednesday, May 12, 2021 — This evening UT Health RGV began vaccinating children ages 12-15 against COVID-19.

• UTRGV School of Medicine celebrates second class with in-person commencement

    Monday, May 10, 2021 — After four demanding years of classwork, labs, research, hospital rotations, and more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, 51 medical students and seven Master of Science in Bioethics students persevered to earn their degrees from the UTRGV ...

• Cherry on Top: Rio Grande City native to celebrate UTRGV School of Medicine graduation on birthday

    Wednesday, May 05, 2021 — Commencement on Saturday, May 8, for the UTRGV School of Medicine Class of 2021 will be special for Adrian David Barrera as he not only celebrates the day he was born, but also the day he graduates to officially become a doctor.

• UTRGV School of Medicine to celebrate Class of 2021 with ceremony in Brownsville

    Wednesday, May 05, 2021 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Class of 2021 will mark their graduation day Saturday, May 8, on the Brownsville Campus.

• UTRGV School of Medicine receives AAMC Award to improve healthcare messaging to underserved communities

    Tuesday, April 27, 2021 — A team of UTRGV School of Medicine students, Master of Social Work students, and resident physicians are the recipients of the Association of American Medical Colleges AAMC Nurturing Experiences for Tomorrow’s Community Leaders (NEXT) Award ...

• UT Health RGV to launch V Express Care Clinics at two H-E-B locations in the Valley

    Monday, April 19, 2021 — UT Health RGV will open two clinical sites at H-E-B Plus! locations in Brownsville and Mission.

• UT Health RGV reaches milestone, testing more than 100,000 for COVID-19

    Tuesday, April 13, 2021 — After a year of COVID-19 testing operations, UT Health RGV has administered more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests.

• UTRGV’s Dr. Michael Dobbs publishes book on understudied field of neurotoxicology

    Friday, April 09, 2021 — Dr. Michael Dobbs, chair of the Department of Neurology in the UTRGV School of Medicine and a pioneering neurologist, recently published his fifth book, this one on an understudied field in healthcare – neurotoxicology.

• UTRGV fourth-year medical students celebrate Match Day 2021

    Tuesday, March 23, 2021 — The UTRGV School of Medicine’s Class of 2021 celebrated a memorable Match Day on Friday, with 50 medical students matching to residency programs around the country.

• New UTRGV chair of surgery Albo looks to training next generation of surgeons

    Wednesday, March 03, 2021 — The UTRGV School of Medicine on June 1 welcomes Dr. Daniel Albo, MD, PhD, FACS, as its new chair of surgery.

• UT Health RGV Clinical Lab expands testing services to increase capabilities, decrease wait time for results

    Thursday, February 11, 2021 — The UT Health RGV Clinical Laboratory this month is expanding as a comprehensive diagnostics lab with a range of testing capabilities well beyond COVID-19 samples.

• Alum Brianna Bautista puts lessons learned into action in fight against COVID-19

    Thursday, January 28, 2021 — It takes a certain kind of person to remain calm when disaster strikes, to stave off panic in themselves and in others. Those who work in emergency management surge forward with carefully laid out plans and procedures, ready to serve amidst ...

• UTRGV and Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium partner to address added challenges of the pandemic

    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 — UTRGV and the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC) are partnering to help area adolescents address the mental health challenges they may be facing, especially amid the challenges of the pandemic.

• UTRGV medical providers receive second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

    Wednesday, January 06, 2021 — UTRGV’s Dr. Michelle Lopez, the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the Rio Grande Valley back in December, today received her second dose and is among the first group of fully vaccinated people in the region.

• UT Health RGV expands vaccine services to Brownsville

    Wednesday, December 30, 2020 — To continue with its commitment of vaccinating the Rio Grande Valley, UT Health RGV began the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at its fourth site in Brownsville ¬on Wednesday.

• UTRGV begins Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Harlingen and Mercedes

    Tuesday, December 29, 2020 — Today marked the first day UTRGV started the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Mercedes and Harlingen to continue its commitment of vaccinating the Rio Grande Valley.

• UTRGV receives first shipment of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Mercedes and Harlingen

    Monday, December 28, 2020 — Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine – the second vaccine granted emergency authorization by the federal government – arrived Monday at the UT Health RGV/Knapp Family Health Center in Mercedes and the UTRGV Clinical Education Building in ...

• UTRGV medical and PA students to aid in COVID-19 vaccine efforts

    Monday, December 21, 2020 — As UT Health RGV prepares to receive and administer more COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks, university medical and physician assistant (PA) students are volunteering to help administer the long-awaited vaccine.

• ‘Our Only Hope’

    Friday, December 18, 2020 — Dr. Linda Nelson was among the first to conduct COVID-19 testing in the Rio Grande Valley, leading the effort to organize UTRGV’s testing sites and working on the front lines herself to administer the tests.

• UTRGV inoculates first person in the Valley with COVID-19 vaccine

    Wednesday, December 16, 2020 — As the COVID-19 vaccines rolled out all over the country on Tuesday, UTRGV received 1,950 vaccines, to be administered that afternoon to the university’s frontline workers.

• UTRGV receives first COVID-19 vaccines, starts immediate inoculations for its frontline workers

    Tuesday, December 15, 2020 — UTRGV this morning received 1,950 COVID-19 vaccines, to be administered starting in the afternoon to the university’s healthcare providers and support staff.

• UTRGV health experts list best safety practices for holidays during pandemic

    Monday, November 23, 2020 — With COVID-19 cases surging again globally, UTRGV health experts say it is just as important as ever to follow safety guidelines this Thanksgiving.

• Dr. Timothy Heath helps UTRGV's medical residents maneuver pandemic challenges

    Thursday, November 19, 2020 — One of the most valuable experiences in a medical student’s education is the time spent in crucial residency hours. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, UTRGV School of Medicine students had to work on the front lines in circumstances ...

• UTRGV student shares story after contracting COVID-19, urges caution

    Wednesday, November 11, 2020 — With new cases of COVID-19 appearing daily and the winter months threatening a potential surge in infections, UTRGV and UT Health RGV continue to monitor and provide information about the Rio Grande Valley community.

• THECB approves first podiatry program in Texas, at UTRGV

    Friday, October 23, 2020 — The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved a request from UTRGV to create a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) with a major in Podiatric Medicine, for the UTRGV School of Podiatry.

• UT Health RGV Flu Vaccinations to be administered at UTRGV Edinburg Campus voting site

    Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — UT Health RGV is making flu vaccinations available during early voting at the UTRGV Edinburg Campus starting Oct. 15, as a way to increase the public’s access to the vaccine for the 2020 flu season.

• UT Health RGV providers stress importance of getting flu vaccine this season

    Friday, October 09, 2020 — The 2020 flu season is different from previous flu seasons due to the ongoing pandemic. So, given complications that could arise from confusing COVID-19 with the flu, UT Health RGV medical professionals are strenuously encouraging the public ...

• UTRGV nursing professors volunteer at COVID-19 testing call centers

    Wednesday, October 07, 2020 — Being a nurse isn’t a job, it’s a calling. One group of UTRGV nursing professors echoed that vocation theme recently during interviews about their work to, very literally, answer the call.

• UTRGV School of Medicine co-sponsors U.S. Surgeon General’s roundtable on health disparities in era of COVID-19

    Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — Five former U.S. Surgeons General will discuss the problem of racial inequity in health care in the United States during COVID-19, at an online roundtable discussion, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24.

• UTRGV School of Medicine’s Dr. Lawrence Harkless named to NPR Foundation Board

    Tuesday, September 22, 2020 — Dr. Lawrence Harkless, interim dean of the UTRGV School of Podiatry and professor of surgery, this month was voted in as the newest member of the National Public Radio Foundation Board of Trustees.

• UT Health RGV to provide COVID-19 antibody testing to the public

    Tuesday, August 25, 2020 — UT Health RGV, the clinical arm of the UTRGV School of Medicine, has launched COVID-19 antibody testing as a third component of their pandemic initiatives, along with drive-thru testing and contact tracing operations.

• UTRGV Division of Health Affairs welcomes inaugural students to Early-Assurance Program

    Monday, August 24, 2020 — The UTRGV School of Medicine and College of Health Professions, in partnership with the Honors College, are welcoming inaugural Early Assurance Program (EAP) students this summer.

• UTRGV SOM collaborates with Stanford Medicine, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for “My Hero is You” short film

    Thursday, August 20, 2020 — UTRGV School of Medicine has collaborated with Stanford Medicine and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to release a video adaptation of the children’s book, “My Hero is You.”

• UT Health RGV physician assistant Daniela Garza answers call to serve

    Thursday, July 23, 2020 — Daniela Garza is a powerhouse. At the age of 30 she is already a practicing physician assistant with UT Health RGV and has just completed her doctoral degree in medical science as well.