Houston Chronicle Bay Area, March 20, 2008 A new five-year study at UTMB confirmed the suspected closed link between the two most common diseases of younger children: colds and ear infections. A barbecue cook-off is planned March 28-29 to benefit UTMB's Cancer Center. UTMB Correctional Managed Care employees have granted the wishes of two girls with life-threatening medical conditions. Ernestine "Tina" Cuellar has been selected as the first Alice Stubblefield Term Professor of Nursing.