New Peer Review Challenge prepares students for competitive funding, celebrates first awardees

The Graduate School’s new Peer Review Challenge program, led by the Career Development team, is helping students build essential grant writing and review skills, as we celebrate its first cohort of awardees. 

April’s Paper of the Month highlights the beauty of following the science

Cancer Biology graduate Lan T. H. Phi uncovered a new role for AXL in inflammatory breast cancer, showing it drives tumor progression by promoting immunosuppressive polarization through STAT6 signaling. The findings reveal how AXL reshapes the tumor microenvironment to support immune evasion and growth, highlighting it as a promising therapeutic target.

From curiosity to calling: One UTHealth Houston student's path to microbiology

As Jana Gomez prepares to cross the commencement stage at UTHealth Houston, her path reflects more than years of research. It tells the story of a scientist driven by curiosity and a deep commitment to making science understandable to others.