Kopchick Fellowship advances Cancer Biology student Andrew Gillard’s work on brain tumor therapies

Cancer Biology PhD student Andrew Gillard is using the Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellowship to advance promising oncolytic viroimmunotherapy strategies for brain tumors. The fellowship...

November 3, 2025

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October’s Paper of the Month reveals how a conserved protein complex across species may unlock new clues to Huntington’s disease

The answers to human diseases may lie in the biology we share across species. In his recent studies, Stephen Farmer, a PhD student in the Molecular and Translational Biology and Neuroscience programs in...

October 31, 2025

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Therapeutics and Pharmacology student Anna DeBruine recognized at Italy conference for outstanding work in cancer cachexia research

Therapeutics and Pharmacology student Anna DeBruine was honored with the Women in Cachexia Student Spotlight Award at the 8th Cancer Cachexia Conference in Turin, Italy, for her poster on estrogen-related...

October 14, 2025

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Swathi Arur, PhD, and Rachel Miller, PhD honored with annual Oldham Faculty Award

MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences faculty members Swathi Arur, PhD, and Rachel Miller, PhD, have been named recipients of the 2025 D. Dudley and Judy White Oldham Faculty...

October 10, 2025

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Microbiology and Infectious Diseases graduate Khondakar Sayef Ahammed, PhD, explores new horizons in RNA biology research

From a small village in India to the world’s largest medical center, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases graduate Khondakar Sayef Ahammed, PhD, has pursued science as both a career and a way of ...

October 9, 2025

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Meet the Faculty: Wassim Chehab, PhD

With a passion for enhancing curriculum and content at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Director of Curriculum and Faculty Development...

October 8, 2025

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Kopchick Fellow Richa Nayak investigates the role of “jumping genes” in stem cells and human disease

Genetics and Epigenetics PhD candidate Richa Nayak is investigating how “jumping genes” — ancient viral sequences embedded in our DNA — are regulated in adult stem cells. These ...

October 3, 2025

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September’s Paper of the Month explores a novel combination therapy with one goal: overcoming toxicity and resistance in colorectal cancer

Graduate student Peyton High, alongside his mentor, Kendra Carmon, PhD, explored whether pairing cetuximab, an Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeting antibody approved for metastatic colorectal...

September 24, 2025

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Meet the Staff: Leigh Robinson

Special Events Coordinator Leigh Robinson brings a people-first mindset to her work at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Whether...

September 12, 2025

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With Kopchick Fellowship support, Maliha Munir’s research aims to make immune cells more effective against cancer

Cancer Biology PhD student Maliha Munir is using support from the Charlene Kopchick Fellowship to engineer natural killer (NK) cells that can withstand the harsh environments of solid tumors. Her goal ...

September 5, 2025

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