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CSA Congratulations to Dr. Valentina R. Garbarino on Her K12 Award!
July 22, 2025
I am delighted to share this good news that Dr. Valentina R. Garbarino, Assistant Professor in CSA, received notification that her application to the UTHSCSA IIMS K12 Program, was selected for funding! This is The Mentored Research Career Development ( …
CSA congratulations to Dr. Kay Oajibi!
July 22, 2025
Dr. Oyajobi has been appointed as a member of the LSOM Educational Opportunity Advisory Council (EOAC), effective September 2025. The EOAC focuses on developing and supporting policies to enhance educational opportunities and performance for Long Schoo …
CSA Congratulations to Drs. Haley Nation and Yidong Bai – AES Star Educators!
July 22, 2025
I am delighted to share that Drs. Haley Nation and Yidong Bai have been selected as Academy of Educational Scholars (AES) Star Educators! This recognition highlights their outstanding contributions to teaching, mentoring, and collaborative curriculum d …
CSA Congratulations to LuZhe and Gang!
June 10, 2025
We are pleased to share that two CSA faculty members have been selected to receive 2024 MCC Multi-Program RFA Pilot Awards! Drs. LuZhe Sun and Nu Zhang’s proposal, “T Cell Determinants in ‘Cold’ vs. ‘Hot’ Hepatocellular Carcinoma,” has been awar …
Asra Noor – Awarded Mays Cancer Center Travel Award!
May 14, 2025
Asra Noor, a fifth year PhD student, was recently awarded a Mays Cancer Center Travel Award. This funding allowed her to attend the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025, where she presented her research focused on identif …
Drs. Garbarino and Reiter – National Alzheimer’s Disease Coordinating Center grant & ScholarGPS ranking in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide!
May 14, 2025
I am pleased to share some wonderful news with you: Dr. Valentina Garbarino has received a grant from the National Alzheimer’s Disease Coordinating Center to support her research on Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, she has had a manuscript rec …
Dr. Manjeet Rao – Nature Communications have selected his article!
May 14, 2025
I am pleased to share that Dr. Manjeet Rao was informed today that the editors of Nature Communications have selected his article, titled “Epigenetic silencing of DNA sensing pathway by FOXM1 blocks stress ligand dependent antitumor immunity and immune …
Dr. Exing Wang – New Director of the Optical Imaging Institutional Core Laboratory!
April 16, 2025
Dear All, I am delighted to share that Dr. Exing Wang, a faculty member in the CSA Department and Associate Director of the Optical Imaging Core Facility, has been appointed as the new Director of the Optical Imaging Institutional Core Laboratory, effe …
Dr. Exing Wang – Dr. Exing Wang’s promotion to Professor/Research!
April 16, 2025
Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to share that Dr. Exing Wang’s promotion to Professor/Research has been officially approved by UTHSA. Dr. Wang is a faculty member in the CSA Department and has served as Associate Director of the Optical Imaging Core …
Congratulations to Dr. Bishop, Dr. Lechleiter, Dr. Norton and their teams on these outstanding achievements!
April 16, 2025
I’m pleased to share that three manuscripts from CSA labs have recently been accepted for publication: Dr. Alex Bishop’s lab: “ATM phosphorylation of CD98HC impacts heterodimeric amino acid transporters: Implications for Metabolic Dysfunction in …