program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences Programs

Congratulations to one of our IBMS PhD students, Pooja Yadav (Cancer Biology Discipline) for her platform presentation at the recent RNA Institute’s 6th Annual RNA Symposium on “The Language of RNA in Disease and Development” held at University at Albany (State University... Read More →

Please help us in congratulating our 2019 MD/PhD  graduates. Each of them matched to terrific residency programs at the top of their list. We truly wish them the best of luck in their future careers as Physician-Scientists. The South Texas MSTP had a terrific residency match for... Read More →

Congratulations to Jenny (Xiaoyu) Yang, a 4th year graduate student in the IBMS – Cancer Biology discipline, mentored by Dr. A. Pratap Kumar, who has recently received the Horizon Award from Department of Defense. Here’s a quick Q&A with Jenny. 1) Tell me about yourself, how... Read More →

Liesl Lawrence recently received the prestigious Department of Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Horizon Award. According to the Department of Defense, the Horizon Award supports junior-level scientists... Read More →

Alumna Dr. Monica Mann returned to campus on March 14 to speak at March’s Conversations with Alumni Series hosted by the Graduate Student Association where she spoke about her career as a patent agent at Parker Higherlander, PLLC in Austin, Texas. She completed her Ph.D. in the... Read More →

1. When did you first become interested in science? A lot of my science influence came from my parents and relatives whose occupations and interests revolved around various aspects of healthcare. My mother was very career oriented as a public health officer in the United States... Read More →

Catherine Cheng, a student in the Biology of Aging track of the Integrated Multidisciplinary Graduate Program, now called Integrated Biomedical Sciences program, has just published her first author paper online in Aging Cell. The title of the paper is “Genetically heterogeneous... Read More →

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio celebrated National Periodic Table Day on Feb. 7 by decorating 118 sugar cookies to make a periodic cookie table. According to Compound Chem, the day was founded in May 2015 and the date February 7 was picked... Read More →