By UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH
Artifacts and documents from 15 different University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine alumni will be on display on the third floor of the Moody Medical Library for the next two months. The stories of the former students are told through photographs, letters, diaries and other materials that make up part of the Truman G. Blocker Jr. History of Medicine Collections. The exhibit includes displays on Dr. Herman Barnet III, a World War II fighter pilot who would become the first African American admitted to medical school in Texas, Dr. Edith Bonnet, the first woman intern at John Sealy Hospital, and Dr. Felix Miller who spent a day in 1911 patching up soldiers in Pancho Villa’s army, among many others.
UTMB Police RAD Class November 2016
The University of Texas Medical Branch Police Department will conduct a Rape Aggression Defense course from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 15-17 at Texas A&M University at Galveston. New RAD Students will need to attend all three days. Please wear clothes that are comfortable during physical activity including lying on the ground. Participants should not wear sandals, open toe shoes or high heels. The course is open to all women.
Penn addresses national commission
Dr. Joseph Penn, director of mental health services at the medical branch’s Correctional Managed Care, recently spoke at the 40th annual meeting of the National Commission on Correctional Health held in Las Vegas. Penn’s topic was “Acting Out Adolescents: Timely Psychiatric Strategies.”
UTMB Galveston Campus blood drive Thursday
The medical branch’s blood bank is collaborating with MD Anderson Blood Center to have a bloodmobile parked near the east end of Jennie Sealy Hospital from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. Walk-ins are welcome.