Graduate School announces Fall Common App awards winners

Graduate School is proud to announce the recipients of several awards via the school’s Fall Common App. These awards and scholarships are provided to students via generous philanthropic support of...

January 17, 2024

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In memoriam: Nora Navone, MD, PhD

Nora Navone, M.D., Ph.D., professor, Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, who was affiliated with school’s Cancer Biology program, died Dec. 15, 2023. She is remembered as an...

January 16, 2024

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In memoriam: Anna Steinberger, PhD

Anna Steinberger, PhD, professor emerita of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, died Dec. 28, 2023, in Houston. She was 95. A native of Poland, she and her husband Emil emigrated...

January 16, 2024

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Biochemistry and Cell Biology program renamed Molecular and Translational Biology

Graduate School’s Program in Biochemistry and Cell Biology has changed its name to Molecular and Translational Biology. The change came into effect on January 1, following a rigorous process that...

January 11, 2024

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UTHealth Houston study: EBV-specific T-cells play key role in development of multiple sclerosis

The body’s immune response to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may play a role in causing damage in people with multiple sclerosis, according to a new study led by UTHealth Houston.

January 8, 2024

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Ulises Gonzalez earns F99/K00, discusses the importance of independent action in academia

Cuauhtemoc Ulises Gonzalez, a PhD candidate in the Molecular & Translational Biology program at the MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School, earned the prestigious NIH Blueprint F99/K00 DSPAN ...

January 4, 2024

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Enriquez receives NIH F99/K00 fellowship

PhD candidate José S. Enriquez Ortiz was awarded an Individual Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) from the National Institutes of Health...

December 5, 2023

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More than a Benefactor - Scholarship forges interpersonal connection

When Taylor Halsey—a student at MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School in the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases program—submitted her application for the school’s Fall Awards...

December 1, 2023

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Honoring Lily’s Legacy – Retirement celebration for Lily D’Agostino

When Lily D’Agostino walked into the offices of the Graduate School for her first day as the new administrative assistant for the front desk, the date was December 7, 2003. Now—exactly 20 years...

November 30, 2023

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van Hoof named 2023 Darlington Mentor awardee

Faculty member Ambro van Hoof, PhD, is the recipient of the 2023 Paul E. Darlington Mentor Award for GSBS Faculty. van Hoof is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics ...

October 18, 2023

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