Meet The Researcher: Sarah DiDomenico Expects That More Therapeutics Will Use Synthetic Lethality

Sarah DiDomenico always gravitated toward science in school, but she credits her eighth-grade science teacher for really igniting her passion. “She often taught off-textbook, engaging us in many hands-on projects, and showed me the joy in learning and discovery,” she said. Sarah...
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Meet The Researcher: Stephanie Nordmeyer Explains How A Book Led Her To Change Her Career

They say a great book can change your life. This was the case with Stephanie Nordmeyer, a current student in the Molecular Immunology & Microbiology discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences PhD program. “During my freshman year at Texas State University, I read...
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Meet The Researcher: Aiola Stoja and her love for dogs, hiking and cancer research

While Aiola Stoja Payne was volunteering as an emergency medicine technician (EMT), she learned about new substance that was just being implemented in emergency medicine. She was taught that this substance was a powder that you put directly on the wound site and was more helpful...
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Meet The Researcher: Kristin A. Altwegg Speaks About Her NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship And Her Passion For Cancer Research

Your name, program, mentor name.  Name: Kristin A. Altwegg, M.S. Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program, Cancer Biology Discipline Mentor: Ratna K. Vadlamudi, Ph.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Tell me the story of when you realized you were passionate...
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Meet The Researcher: Bassma Brnawi Researches Pediatric Nurses’ Knowledge And Attitudes About Identifying And Reporting Cases Of Child Abuse And Neglect In The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Tell me about yourself, what year are you, what program/discipline? Who is your mentor? My name is Bassma Brnawi. Currently, I am a Nursing Science Ph.D. student. I am from Saudi Arabia. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2010. After graduating, I worked in pediatric...
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Meet The Researcher: Maria Prado Works on Osteoporosis Research

Maria Prado is a second-year Ph.D. student in the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) and UT Health San Antonio Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering. She works in Dr. Hugo Giambini’s Musculoskeletal & Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory where she is...
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Meet The Researcher: Sara Masoud Researches Family Caregivers and Persons Living with Dementia

First year Translational Science doctoral student, Sara Masoud is passionate about employing authentic and meaningful community engagement to produce research that is relevant and translatable into practice. Her research is focused on family caregivers and persons living with...
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Meet The Researcher: Jessye Castro Researches Protein Associated with Severe Developmental Disorders

Jessye Castro is originally from northeast Texas and moved to San Antonio for college. She attended Trinity University and completed a bachelor of science degree in biology and is currently in a second-year graduate student in the Personalized Molecular Medicine Program in Dr....
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