program: South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program

Ryan Reyes, a fourth-year graduate student (6th year MSTP student) in the lab of Tyler Curiel, M.D. MPH, just had two first author papers accepted in excellent journals on the same day. The Curiel lab studies cancer immunotherapy and has expertise in using mouse models for... Read More →

Dr. Susan Mooberry was elected to the 2020 class of AAAS Fellows in the section of Pharmaceutical Sciences for “distinguished contributions to the field of cancer pharmacology particularly on discovery and development of natural product anti-microtubule agents for treatment of... Read More →

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio is proud to announce the creation of our new coloring book, the Pipette Kids Science Coloring and Activity Book. The book is available on Amazon.com for $12.99.   The book will be on sale on Amazon for $9.49 for... Read More →

From left, John-Stephane Kouam (LSOM), Katharina Tosti (SOD), Jennifer Sanchez-Morales (SHP), Erica Osta (GSBS), Shanae Rhodes (SON). UT Health San Antonio’s new Presidential Ambassador Scholars for 2020 were officially recognized by President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, at a... Read More →

Call for Applications! 2021-22 TST TL1 applications are due February 1, 2021 Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2021 The goal of the Translational Science Training (TST) TL1 Program at UT Health San Antonio is to enhance the quality and scope of the predoctoral and postdoctoral... Read More →

UT Health San Antonio successfully reopened study space, for our students, in the Briscoe Library on September 8, 2020, to accommodate the need for individualized quiet study. We are pleased that our community has honored the safety protocols put in place. Beginning Saturday,... Read More →

Trevi Mancilla, a student in the South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program, has published a first-author publication in PLOS ONE. The title is “Doxorubicin-induced p53 interferes with mitophagy in cardiac fibroblasts.” Her mentor is Dr. Greg Aune. We interviewed... Read More →

Dr. José E. Cavazos, professor and assistant dean of the South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D./Ph.D.) at UT Health San Antonio was appointed on Sept. 16 as chair of the M.D./Ph.D. Section of the Graduate Research Education and Training Group (GREAT) of the... Read More →