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Every child has aspirations of what they want to be when they grow up, whether it be a firefighter, police officer or astronaut. For Derek Rodriguez ’23, that dream was to be a medical doctor. And when at the age of eight he was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer in... Read More →

John Michael Briceño, a 2013 graduate of UT Health San Antonio’s Master’s in Radiological Sciences program, has spent the past decade building a career as a medical physicist in radiation oncology, a field that is deeply rooted in service, compassion, and improving lives. Beyond... Read More →

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is pleased to announce the 2025 Hooding Ceremony Speakers. The student speaker will be Caitlyn Fastenau, an IBMS Student in the Biology of Aging Discipline. Dr. Jodie Gray, a 2020 graduate of the Radiological Sciences PhD Program, will... Read More →

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... Read More →

  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... Read More →

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... Read More →

  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... Read More →

Name: Katie Lillis Program: IBMS Neuroscience Discipline Graduation Year: 2023 What is your current profession? Medical Writer What led you to choose UT Health San Antonio? I was first drawn to the breadth of neuroscience research at UT Health San Antonio and its tight connection... Read More →