program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences Programs

Shawn Flynn, a student in the Physiology and Pharmacology discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program has just published a first-author paper in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The paper, “Discriminative stimulus effects of carfentanil in rats discriminating... Read More →

I am glad to inform that I was elected to be a Student Board Member at SACNAS (Society for Chicanos/Hispanics and Native American in Science). I want to thank the students at GSBS, IMSD and everyone for their support. As I mentioned in the last piece, being elected for this... Read More →

Hannah Elam just published a first-author paper in Translational Psychiatry entitled “Orexin receptor antagonists reverse aberrant dopamine neuron activity and related behaviors in a rodent model of stress-induced psychosis.” Elam is a student in the Ph.D. in... Read More →

Allie Vaiana (Sharp) received a Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award. According to the Society of Neuroscience website, the Trainee Professional Development Award recognizes undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who demonstrate... Read More →

Dr. Robert Svatek and his laboratory have a new publication in the Journal for Immunology of Cancer. Ji N, Mukherjee N, Reyes RM, Gelfond J, Javors M, Meeks JJ, McKonkey D, Shu Z-J, Ramamurthy C, Dennet R, Curiel TJ, Svatek RS. Rapamycin enhances BCG-specific γδ T cells during... Read More →

Ph.D. Candidate Amanda Rae Mannino was recently invited to speak about the COVID-19 vaccine to students at her former high school, Ore City High School in Ore City, Texas by Biology/Physics teacher Mrs. Sally Cariker. Mannino is a student in the Integrated Biomedical Sciences... Read More →

Alumna Dr. Neelam Mukherjee recently published a short story in Pandemic Magazine entitled “Dear Mr. Corona.” The story is about experiencing the pandemic through a child’s perspective. “This is my first non-science publication,” Dr. Mukherjee said.... Read More →

Evelien Bunnik, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics at UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed by the San Antonio Magazine about her work researching COVID-19. Bunnik shifted her focus in April, working with an infectious... Read More →