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Faculty Spotlight: 16 Questions with Brett C. Ginsburg, Ph.D.

1) Please tell me about yourself. I am an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at UT Health San Antonio. I earned my Ph.D. in pharmacology from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.  My undergraduate degree is in chemistry from Southwestern University in...
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez, M.Sc., has been named 2020 recipient of the Douglass Graduate Student Fellowship

Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez, M.Sc., has been named 2020 recipient of the Douglass Graduate Student Fellowship. The fellowship was founded by Donald Douglass, a friend of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, who was interested in sponsoring post and predoctoral fellowships for...
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Maritza Quintero Receives Hibbs Prize

Maritza Quintero, a student in the Biomedical Mechanisms of Medicine (BMM) discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program has just received the Hibbs Prize. She is in the lab of Dr. Robert Davey. The Hibbs prize was established by a generous endowment from Edwin...
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Alumni Spotlight: Dr. David Bearss, Chief Executive Officer, Tolero Pharmaceuticals and Chief Scientific Advisor, DSP Cancer Institute

When did you first become interested in science? I was raised in a home with a father that was a Ph.D. chemist and I’ve always had a curious side that I was encouraged to pursue from a young age. I love learning about things I don’t understand or want to understand better.  This...
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Congratulations to the 2020 Presidential Awards Winners!

Dear UT Health San Antonio faculty, staff, students and residents, Every day, our employees work tirelessly to advance our missions of education, research, clinical care and community service. Many deserving faculty and staff were nominated to be honored with a Presidential Award...
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Dr. Dahia receives UT System award to expand her research on rare endocrine tumors

Patricia Dahia, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, has been awarded a $1 million UT System Faculty STARs award to support her cancer genetics research. Dr. Dahia said the funding will be used to develop the infrastructure of a center for endocrine and hereditary tumors studies....
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Final Words: Sijia He

1) Your name, program, dissertation title.  Sijia He, Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) program–Physiology and Pharmacology Discipline, “The Role of Novel Adipokine in the Regulation of Obesity-induced Hepatic Steatosis and Insulin Resistance” 2) Please tell me about...
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Millennials flocking to San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio, Texas, is attracting a millennial population thanks to its affordability. Watch the video by Fox Business below: https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6122571511001/
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