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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Lessons and Insights: Katie Lillis, Ph.D.

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...
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PhD graduate follows her dream, one step at a time

Afaf Saliba Jaafar grew up in a tiny village in Lebanon, where her dream of pursuing a career in science seemed, at first, a farfetched one. But with a series of small steps, and a chess scholarship, she found herself on the path to a PhD. Afaf Saliba Jaafar, Class of 2024,...
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Final Words: Jacob Zellner, Graduate Periodontics

Your name, program, dissertation title, mentor name. Jacob Zellner, Graduate Periodontics, Wound healing after ridge preservation: A randomized controlled trial on short-term (4 months) versus long-term (12 months) histologic outcomes, Dr. Brian Mealey, Clinical Professor,...
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Alumni Video Spotlight: Phillip Webster, Ph.D. speaks about his role in bioinformatics and personalized medicine

Name: Phillip Webster Class Year: 2019 What is your current profession? Genomics Scientist What led you to choose UT Health San Antonio? They had a few mentors who’s projects I was interested in. What did you do after graduating? I did a postdoc at the University of Michigan...
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