program: Physiology and Pharmacology

Samantha (Sam) Yee has been awarded the National Cancer Institute’s F99/K00 predoctoral to postdoctoral fellow transition training grant. She is a senior graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. April Risinger in the Department of Pharmacology. The F99/K00 (Predoctoral to... Read More →

Friday, August 20, 2021 Candidacy Ceremony and Convocation Friday, August 20, 2021 3:30 p.m. via Livestream Due to updated University guidelines, only participants and their invited UT Health San Antonio affiliated guests may attend in person. GSBS Grab-and-Go Meal from Chris... Read More →

UT Health San Antonio’s new Presidential Ambassador Scholars for 2021 were officially recognized by President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, at a small luncheon on May 14 in the Academic and Administration Building. Typically held with a reception and guest speakers, this year’s... Read More →

Samantha Yee is the first author on this two-author publication from Dr. April L. Risinger’s lab. She currently has three first author (2 research articles and 1 review) and three co-author publications. Yee is a student in the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Program in the... Read More →

Chronic pain is a major medical cause of disability around the world. And although recommendations of dietary fats are often made in management of diabetes, autoimmune disorders and cardiovascular diseases, the role of dietary lipids in pain conditions is relatively unknown. The... Read More →

Samantha Yee, a doctoral student in the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program, is featured under the “Names to Know” section of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) website, under the get involved section for NOCC communities for San Antonio. The San Antonio... Read More →

UT Health San Antonio held its first ever in-person commencement ceremony for graduates across the six schools. The ceremony was held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 22nd at the Alamodome. More than 1,000 students — 827 in May and 211 this summer — applied to graduate from the... Read More →

Outstanding Student Leadership—Manpreet Semwal Manpreet is a Ph.D. student in the Molecular Immunology & Microbiology discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences program at the UT Health San Antonio Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Her mentor is Dr. Ann V.... Read More →