program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences Programs

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences visited the San Antonio Museum of Art on July 27 on a special tour to learn about how science and art converge. During the tour, the students were split into three smaller groups led by docents who explained how chemistry, geometry,... Read More →

Jennifer Donegan, Ph.D., of UT Health San Antonio Jennifer Donegan, Ph.D., and colleagues at UT Health San Antonio describe a novel, experimental approach to treating schizophrenia in the journal Nature Communications (published June 27). If developed into a human therapy, the... Read More →

Anibal Diogenes, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. Anibal Diogenes, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Endodontics, is the 2019 recipient of the International Association for Dental Research Distinguished Scientist Award in Pulp Biology and Regeneration. Dr. Diogenes... Read More →

If you had asked young Shruti what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would have told you that she wanted to be a heart surgeon. “I knew very clearly I wanted to be a heart surgeon, not just a doctor but a heart surgeon. It was at the orientation process of medical school... Read More →

The full FY19 3rd quarter institutional research data report is available. Some highlights include: that clinical trial revenue is up by 10%;  DOD and CPRIT awards are increased by 15% and 17%; the number of peer-reviewed NIH submissions grew by 14% across the institution, with a... Read More →

Dr. Patrick Sung is the principal investigator of a $3.75 million, four-year “team science” grant announced by the Gray Foundation of New York. The goal is to further study how inactivation of BRCA1 or BRCA2, along with other anomalies, leads to breast, ovarian and other cancers.... Read More →

Courtney Johnson is a student in the Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics discipline (now renamed Biochemical Mechanisms of Medicine) of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program. From a young age, she loved science and kept asking how things worked eventually learning in... Read More →

Kristi Guerrero is a student in our Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program (Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine) in the lab of Dr. Naomi Sayre. 1) Tell me the story of when you realized you were passionate about science. I honestly can’t remember a time before I... Read More →