Annual award honors a faculty member who exemplifies the values of the late Dr. Rose Grundfest Schneider, a longtime UTMB faculty member who made significant contributions to medical research and humanitarian causes. 

Dr. Elise Smith has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective September 1, 2025. As an internationally recognized scholar in research ethics and integrity, award-winning mentor, and Director of the Research Ethics Consultation Service, Dr. Smith has made significant contributions to UTMB.

Congratulations to Dr. Wellesley on successfully defending her dissertation titled "The Dying Shame: An analysis of sociocultural and clinical practices producing shame and stigma in medicalized death." 

“‘From ‘Willing Concurrence’ to ‘Shared Decision-Making’: The Emergence of a Dominant Model for U.S. Bioethical Authority Since the 1980s,” History of Medicine Seminar Series, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, TMC Library (Houston, TX), February 24, 2025. 

Dr. Molldrem leads the Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) study of TeamMAPPS: Team Methods to Advance Processes and Performance in Science.

Drs. Moses, Rich, Tumilty and student Callie Terris published an article on “Continuity in Claims of Exceptions: Biomedical Technologies” in The American Journal of Bioethics.