Galveston County Daily News, Sept. 9, 2008 Dr. Allan R. Brasier has been appointed director of the new Institute for Translational Sciences at UTMB. Dr. Garland D. Anderson, executive vice president and provost, said the goal of the new institute is to "stimulate the rapid transition of significant discoveries in basic research into diagnosis, treatment and the prevention of common diseases."  Brasier, a nationally recognized researcher, said that he was honored to be selected director. The UT System and the Board of Regents recently approved the creation of the institute.