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Graduate School welcomes Stacey Mueller-Ortiz to the MD-PhD program

Graduate School welcomes Stacey Mueller-Ortiz to the MD-PhD program

Stacey Mueller-Ortiz, PhD, joined The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences as a program manager for the MD-PhD program this April.
June 6, 2022
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Student Anik Banerjee gets review published in Stroke American Heart Association (AHA) journal

Student Anik Banerjee gets review published in Stroke American Heart Association (AHA) journal

Anik Banerjee, an MS graduate from MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School who is now pursuing a PhD in the immunology program at the GSBS mentored under Louise McCullough, MD, PhD, and Jennifer Wargo, MD...
June 1, 2022
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GSBS graduates Darlan Conterno Minussi, PhD, and Vinay Nair, PhD, are all smiles after receiving their doctoral degrees.

2022 GSBS commencement recap

On Friday, May 13, 64 graduates from MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School were honored in a commencement ceremony with UTHealth Houston School of Biomedical Informatics and McGovern Medical School at Minute...
May 25, 2022
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QS Program ranks #13 in Biostatistics on U.S. News & World Report list

The GSBS Program in Quantitative Sciences at MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School was recently ranked #13 in the list of Best Biostatistics Programs by U.S. News & World Report.
May 17, 2022
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Hu named 2022 McGovern teaching award winner

GSBS student have selected Jian Hu, PhD, as the recipient of the 2022 John P. McGovern Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award recognizes excellence in teaching based on the following criteria: ...
May 11, 2022
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From left to right: Auinash “Nash” Kalsotra, PhD ’05; the late Henry W. Strobel, PhD; and Sayeepriyadarshini

The science of being human

Students, colleagues, and friends of the late Henry W. Strobel, PhD, still envision him three-stepping through the labs of MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School in his clerical collar, toes tapping...
May 11, 2022
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GSBS PhD student Mabel Perez-Oquendo receives NIH/NCI F31-Diversity fellowship

GSBS PhD student Mabel Perez-Oquendo receives NIH/NCI F31-Diversity fellowship

Student Mabel Perez-Oquendo received an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity)...
April 27, 2022
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Photos of the 2021-2022 Melva Ramsay awards

GSBS staffers Salinas, Spitzenberger named 2021-2022 Melva S. Ramsay awardees

Every year at the GSBS, the dean's office acknowledges and rewards a GSBS administrator for exemplary service to students, faculty, and staff with the Melva S. Ramsay Award. This year, because of the pandemic...
April 27, 2022
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Announcement: A new era for MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School

After a decade of exceptional leadership at MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mike Blackburn, PhD, has announced his plan to step down as dean later this year. ...
April 20, 2022
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GSBS faculty member Karen Lu, MD, honored by AACR for contributions to cancer research

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has honored GSBS faculty member Karen Lu, MD, as one of the inaugural recipients of the Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women&rsquo...
April 19, 2022
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