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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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Photo of GSBS Dean Michael R. Blackburn, PhD

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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Q&A with GSBS MID MD/PhD student April Nguyen

April Nguyen is a fifth year student in the school’s MD/PhD Program and is studying how some bacteria (enterococci ) become resistant to last-resort antibiotics in the Microbiology and Infectious...
April 13, 2022
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Lance Shaner, PhD

Q&A with GSBS MID Alumnus Lance Shaner, PhD

Lance Shaner, PhD, earned his degree in microbiology and molecular genetics from the Graduate School in 2006. From there, his career journey took off in unexpected ways. Read how Shaner went from ...
April 13, 2022
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Frost named GSBS assistant dean of graduate education as of April 1

Frost named GSBS assistant dean of graduate education as of April 1

Assistant Dean of Graduate Education Jeffrey A. Frost, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. At the Graduate...
April 13, 2022
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GSAW 2022 runs from April 4 through April 8

During this week, which is part of a national observance, the school will celebrate the positive impact graduate students have on the GSBS community. All GSBS students are invited to attend all the events...
April 4, 2022
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The Consulting Club at Texas Medical Center (CCTMC) held a summer social in 2021. It was the first time the club was able to meet each other in person since coronavirus pandemic.

Consulting Club at TMC gears up for annual case competition; shares how to get involved

As April 22 draws near, the Consulting Club at Texas Medical Center (CCTMC) is deep in the process of preparing for the annual national case competition they host. Although this is the main event for the...
March 31, 2022
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Graduate School welcomes Jennifer Price to academic affairs office

Graduate School welcomes Jennifer Price to academic affairs office

Jennifer Price, MBA, MHRM, joined the Office of Academic Affairs at the GSBS as a program manager this month In her new role, Price will manage faculty affairs, fostering a major focus on GSBS faculty ...
March 21, 2022
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GSBS alumna Dorrie Lamb, PhD, named faculty affairs associate dean at Weill Cornell

GSBS alumna Dorrie Lamb, PhD, named faculty affairs associate dean at Weill Cornell

In January, MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School alumna Dolores J. (Dorrie) Lamb, PhD, was named associate dean for faculty affairs at Weill Cornell Medicine Urology. Lamb joined Weill Cornell in 2018 ...
March 14, 2022
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