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Kristin Ann Altwegg, a fourth-year student in the Cancer Biology discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program at UT Health San Antonio, received 3rd place for the predoctoral poster presentation category at the Virtual Mays Cancer Center annual symposium.... Read More →

Shawn Flynn, a student in the Physiology and Pharmacology discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program has just published a first-author paper in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The paper, “Discriminative stimulus effects of carfentanil in rats discriminating... Read More →

I am glad to inform that I was elected to be a Student Board Member at SACNAS (Society for Chicanos/Hispanics and Native American in Science). I want to thank the students at GSBS, IMSD and everyone for their support. As I mentioned in the last piece, being elected for this... Read More →

Hannah Elam just published a first-author paper in Translational Psychiatry entitled “Orexin receptor antagonists reverse aberrant dopamine neuron activity and related behaviors in a rodent model of stress-induced psychosis.” Elam is a student in the Ph.D. in... Read More →

Allie Vaiana (Sharp) received a Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award. According to the Society of Neuroscience website, the Trainee Professional Development Award recognizes undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who demonstrate... Read More →

Ph.D. Candidate Amanda Rae Mannino was recently invited to speak about the COVID-19 vaccine to students at her former high school, Ore City High School in Ore City, Texas by Biology/Physics teacher Mrs. Sally Cariker. Mannino is a student in the Integrated Biomedical Sciences... Read More →

My name is Mahmoud Amr, and I am a 4th year Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate in the joint program between UTSA and UT Health San Antonio. Since the pandemic started and throughout 2020, I kept on doing my part, wearing a mask, washing my hands all the time, and maintaining... Read More →

Ryan Reyes, a fourth-year graduate student (6th year MSTP student) in the lab of Tyler Curiel, M.D. MPH, just had two first author papers accepted in excellent journals on the same day. The Curiel lab studies cancer immunotherapy and has expertise in using mouse models for... Read More →