Posts written by alvarez

Lizhen Chen – Promoted to Associate Professor & Received Tenure!

April 6, 2022

Congratulations to Lizhen Chen!  Lizhen was promoted to Associate Professor and received tenure, effective 9/1/2022!


Omid Rahimi – Selected by the Medical Class of 2022 a Faculty Marshal!

April 6, 2022

Congratulations to Omid Rahimi, who was selected by the Medical Class of 2022 to serve as one of 4 Faculty Marshals for the hooding and graduation ceremonies!


Anatomical Sciences Education Journal – Top Cited Article!

April 6, 2022

Congratulations to Rama Sharma, CSA graduate students, Jordan Tanner and Beeran Jethwa, CSA colleagues Maria Bartnanuszova and Tom King and colleagues Jeff Jackson and Arunabh Bhattacharya for their paper, A Three-Dimensional Print Model of the Pterygopalatine Fossa Significantly Enhances the Learning Experience, being recognized by the journal, Anatomical Sciences Education, as a top cited article!


Cole Evans and Mentor Qiato Ran – Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award!

March 30, 2022

Congratulations to Cole Evans and mentor Qiato Ran on receiving an Outstanding Graduate Student Poster award from the Depratment of Pharmacology for their Annual Graduate Student Symposium!


CSA – Blue Ridge Ranking for 2021!

March 1, 2022

Thanks to your hard work, skill, and creativity, Folks, CSA moved up in the Blue Ridge rankings for NIH funding for the 2021 fiscal year. We are now at 26!!!! Notably, this is above Stanford, University of Washington, and University of Texas Southwestern Dallas! Congratulations to you! Chris


Congratulations to Bess Frost, Gabrielle Zuniga, Simon Levy, Paulino Ramirez, Jasmine De Mnage, Elias Gonzalez ,and Maria Gamez!

February 24, 2022

Congratulations to Bess Frost, Gabrielle Zuniga, Simon Levy, Paulino Ramirez, Jasmine De Mnage, Elias Gonzalez ,and Maria Gamez on their newly accepted high impact paper in Alzheimer’s & Dementia (IF= 21.6) title, Tau-induced deficits in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay contribute to neurodegeneration!


Yidong Bai – Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio Grant!

February 16, 2022

Congratulations to Yidong Bai regarding the UT Health Newsroom article on his new funding from the Baptist Health Foundation!  Dr. Bai  was recently awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio, whose mission is focused on improving community health. “Groundbreaking research offers hope to unlock the keys to childhood type […]


Rekha Kar – 2022 Presidential Teaching Excellence Award!

February 16, 2022

Congratulations to Rekha Kar, a recipient of a Presidential Teaching Excellence Award in the Emerging Educator category!


Gang Huang – UT System Stars Award!

February 15, 2022

Congratulations to Gang Huang for a UT System Stars Award that will be funded! “Emerging cancer researcher secures prestigious UT System Faculty STARs award” UT Health Newsroom, March 1, 2022


LuZhe Sun & Sukeshi Arora – New Mays Cancer Center Pilot Grant!

February 8, 2022

Congratulations to LuZhe Sun and collaborator Sukeshi Arora for a new Mays Cancer Center pilot grant!