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Ishita Tarnekar was a bit scared and overwhelmed as an international student starting her doctoral program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2024. But not for long. Thanks to the school’s Transition Peer Mentor Program for masters and doctoral students, she got her... Read More →

Every year, hundreds of graduate students across the nation apply for the prestigious Scientist Mentoring and Diversity Program (SMDP), a one-year initiative program that pairs graduate students and early-career researchers with industry mentors. The program offers a week-long... Read More →

On Friday, May 30, Nucleate Texas hosted Nucleate Demo Day at the Buena Vista Theater on the UTSA Downtown Campus. Nucleate is a student-led nonprofit organization focused on helping academic trainees become founders and translate world-class research into impactful life science... Read More →

Since 1988, the Presidential Ambassador Scholars program recognizes outstanding students from each of the UT Health schools who embody the University’s mission through their leadership, service, and academic excellence.  Selected by their deans from nominated candidates, the... Read More →

By: Shahad Abdulsahib; Contributor: Caitlyn Fastenau  I had the privilege of attending the very first BioMed Fest in 2023, and since then, I’ve been actively involved in planning the 2024 and 2025 events to ensure the best possible experience for student engagement and success.... Read More →

The GSBS would like to acknowledge and congratulate the prestigious FY 2024  Individual Kirschstein National Research Service Award recipients, as well as our American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship recipient.  These remarkable achievements are a testament to each... Read More →

People often say graduate school is filled with writing, researching, experiments, time in the lab, and if you have time in between that maybe you remember to eat, sleep, and exercise. In anticipation of this, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) scholar Linden... Read More →

Daisy Medina applied to the Scientist Mentoring & Diversity Program (SMDP) last spring after hearing positive experiences from Joel Agosto Pena, GSBS alumni and previous SMDP scholar. Daisy, fifth year IBMS student in the Cancer Biology Discipline, shares she applied to be an... Read More →