CSA News
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!
Haley Nation – New Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)!
February 3, 2022
Dear CSA Faculty, Students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Staff, With great pleasure, I announce that Dr. Haley Nation began her new role as Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for our department effective February 1, 2022. You may remember that Dr. Nation was our departmental trainer to avoid microagressions. She also serves on a DEI […]
Noboru Hiroi – New R21!
January 5, 2022
Congratulations to Noboru Hiroi on a new R21, Predicting the developmental trajectories of cognitive and motor dimensions from preterm neonatal vocalizations!
Academy of Educational Scholars Star Educator Award!
January 5, 2022
Congratulations to several CSA faculty on being recognized for outstanding contributions to the educational mission by receiving an Academy of Educational Scholars Star Educator award! These faculty include: Maria Bartanuszova Linda Johnson Rekha Kar Pam Larsen Haley Nation Annette Occhialini Omid Rahimi Alan Sakaguchi Rama Sharma Kris Vogel