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2013-2014 Presidential Ambassador Scholars announced

Raehannah Jamshidi, the ambassador scholar for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, earned her undergraduate degree cum laude in 2009 from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. She is an M.D./Ph.D. student and has completed the first two years of her medical education.

Biomedical engineering student co-founds company

Graduate student Travis Block is an accidental entrepreneur. The attachment, called the MonoMano Cycling Control System, is designed to make steering and braking possible for wounded warriors, stroke survivors and other who live with deficits on one side.

NIH selects Stephanie Perez as model of the minority neuroscientist

Stephanie Perez, a graduate student who will be receiving her Ph.D. later this month, inspires other young South Texans to consider a career in neuroscience research.

Strong vision for MD/PhD Program

“The recently appointed M.D./Ph.D. Program director, Dr. Jose E. Cavazos, has a strong vision for the program,” Cooney said. “The fact that students will write their own training grants, the amount of cancer research done here, and the CTRC (the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio) — all those things drew me here.”

Kaitlyn Lewis recipient of GSBS for the Excellence in Women's Health Scholarship

She will be recognized at Women’s Council Fall Luncheon on Friday October 26, 2012. Ms. Lewis’ mentor is Dr. Rochelle Buffenstein.

19th Annual UTHSCSA Pharmacology Graduate Student Symposium

Each fall, the graduate students in the Department of Pharmacology organize their annual graduate student symposium, which includes two poster sessions, several slide presentations, a luncheon and the keynote speaker's address.

Kelly Marie Grimes recipient of the Translational Science Training (TST) Across Disciplines Award

from the Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science for her studies of the effects of Nrf2-mediated cytoprotection on doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Ms. Grimes’ mentor is Dr. Rochelle Buffenstein.

Biochemists receive $1.7 million NIH grant to fight heart disease at the molecular level

Reto Asmis, Ph.D., biochemistry professor and associate dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, was awarded a four-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Teresa Evans winner of the Young Investigator Travel Award from the Society for Free Radicals Research International

for her poster presentation, “Novel use of small molecule modulators of protein aggregation as a potential therapy for ALS” at the annual conference in London last week. Ms. Evans’ mentor is Dr. Holly Van Remmen.

Glenn Foundation gift establishes fellowship, recruits top students to Barshop Institute

David Medina (PhD Graduate Student/Neuroscience Track) was awarded the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)

Kudos to Yael Edrey for receiving the Women's Faculty Association (WFA) Student Leadership Award

Congratulations to our students for awards received at the American Aging Association (AGE) 41st Annual Meeting

Congratulations to Audrey Rakin

Steven Farnsworth Receives Predoctoral (F30) Fellowship

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