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Dr. Calais Prince Selected for an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowship

Congratulations to Dr. Calais Prince, a CSB graduate program alumna who was selected for a competitive and prestigious 2019-2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowship. Calais will work as a Health Policy Fellow in...
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GSBS Visits The San Antonio Museum of Art

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,...
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Novel gene therapy reduces schizophrenia symptoms

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...
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GSBS Alumnus and Faculty Member Dr. Anibal Diogenes honored for dental research in pulp biology

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...
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Shruti Mishra: Finding Something New That No One Else Knows

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...
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President Henrich: A stellar research report

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...
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Gray Foundation grant expands studies of BRCA in breast, ovarian cancer

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....
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Courtney Johnson: Inspiring Women in Science

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...
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