Academics

UT Health Science Center San Antonio ranks 6th in top 10 nationally

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has been rated No. 6 on the top 10 list of fastest-rising United States institutions for research output ranked by Nature Index in May 2024. The UT Health Science Center San Antonio outpaced in biological sciences...
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Announcement: Charlotte Anthony Will Be Leaving UT Health San Antonio

GSBS Community, After seven wonderful years of employment in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Charlotte Anthony is leaving UT Health San Antonio at the end of January.  Charlotte has been the Senior Marketing Specialist and her work has been nothing short of...
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GSBS End of the Year Party Gives Students Time To Relax Before Break

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences held a holiday party on Dec. 15 to celebrate the end of the semester. The events included paper snowflake creation, ornament decoration, a photo station with silly hats and a snack station. “I really like this idea of hosting a...
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UT Health San Antonio Holiday Schedule 2021/2022

Employee Holidays Eligible UT Health San Antonio employees will receive the following holidays during the Fiscal Year 2022. In addition to the 12 set holidays, eligible employees receive three floating holidays, which must be used by the end of the fiscal year. ​​Holiday ​D...
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Students

Annie Dang’s Surprise Engagement After Attending OHBM International Meeting

Annie Dang had an unforgettable summer after traveling to Asia to attend the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) International Meeting in South Korea and getting engaged a few weeks later in China.   Annie Dang is a fifth-year MD/PhD student and third-year graduate...
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Graduate Student Association Officers 2024-2025

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 newly elected GSA officers: President: Asra Noor Vice President: Bria Moore Secretary: Prerna Sathish Treasurer: Corbyn Gilmore Outreach Coordinator: Gauen Jo GSA is a student-led service organization with a goal of making the graduate students a...
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Shawn Flynn Selected As The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Highlighted Trainee Author For March 2022

Shawn Flynn, a student in the Physiology and Pharmacology discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program, has been selected by The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics as the highlighted trainee author for March 2022 in recognition of his most...
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Q & A with John Sanchez, UT Health Link PREP scholar

UT Health Link PREP scholar John Sanchez won “best poster award” at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. The conference took place virtually on November 10-13, 2021. The PREP program at UT Health San Antonio is a highly structured post-baccalaureate...
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Faculty

UT Health San Antonio researcher awarded five-year, $2.53 million NIH grant to study alcohol-assisted liver disease

Liver transplants associated with alcohol-related disease are growing at a rapid pace, shifting research to address pathologies behind the ailments in light of a limited supply of organ donors. At the forefront is Mengwei Zang, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized leader in...
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American Cancer Society awards nearly $1 million to UT Health San Antonio cancer researcher

Zhijie “Jason” Liu, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and CPRIT (Cancer Prevention and Research Institute...
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Martin Schwacha, A Musician and a Scientist

Classical music on the radio. The smell of turpentine and cigar smoke. These were some of Dr. Martin Schwacha’s memories of childhood. Dr. Schwacha grew up in a family that had a fondness for the arts. His father played the violin and was an accomplished artist who painted large...
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Dr. Philip LoVerde: A Lifelong Passion for Schistosomiasis Research

For almost 50 years, Dr. LoVerde has been working on schistosomiasis research and continues to travel around the world doing field research.
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Alumni

Alumni Reflections: Mukund Bhandari, Ph.D.

Name: Mukund Bhandari Program: PhD in IBMS, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine Graduation: 2024 Dissertation Title: “Benchmarking Mouse Contamination Removing Protocols in Patient-Derived Xenografts Genomic Profiling” Mentor Name: Siyuan Zheng, PhD Please tell me...
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Alumni Reflections: Joel Agosto, Ph.D.

  My name is Joel A. Agosto-Peña. I was a student of the IBMS- Cancer Biology PhD program and I worked under the supervision of Dr. Feng-Chun Yang on my dissertation titled “Role of ASXL1 mutations in leukemogenesis and genomic integrity.” I am originally from...
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Lessons and Insights: Peter Osha, MS

Name: Peter Osha Program: MS, Immunology and Infection Graduation Year: 2023 What is your current profession? Medical Laboratory Technologist I What led you to choose UT Health San Antonio? I chose UT Health San Antonio because it offers a comprehensive and impactful environment...
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Lessons and Insights: Amber Asher, Ph.D.

  Name: Amber Asher Program: IBMS Neuroscience Discipline, Translational Science Certificate Graduation Year: 2023 What is your current profession? Postdoctoral research associate at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center What led you to choose UT Health San Antonio? I always...
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Community

UT Health Science Center San Antonio ranks 6th in top 10 nationally

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has been rated No. 6 on the top 10 list of fastest-rising United States institutions for research output ranked by Nature Index in May 2024. The UT Health Science Center San Antonio outpaced in biological sciences...
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Graduate Student Association Officers 2024-2025

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 newly elected GSA officers: President: Asra Noor Vice President: Bria Moore Secretary: Prerna Sathish Treasurer: Corbyn Gilmore Outreach Coordinator: Gauen Jo GSA is a student-led service organization with a goal of making the graduate students a...
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Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Makes A Grand Return To Volunteering In The San Antonio Community

Have you ever craved for the opportunity to volunteer and give back to the community, but were unable to do so? This is the rare situation that many people have faced over the past year and a half due to the pandemic. COVID-19 has greatly limited the options of participating in...
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Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos Conference, Feb 23-25

The Mays Cancer Center and Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez of UT Health San Antonio are excited to host the third bi-annual Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos conference, February 23-25, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas! Did you know Latinos are expected to face a 142% rise in cancer...
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