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Tara Barron

Congratulations to Tara Barron for defending her dissertation on April 17, 2019

April 17, 2019

On April 17, 2019, Neuroscience graduate student Tara Barron (pictured above) presented her dissertation defense titled: ‘Physiological Implications of Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Interaction’ to a lecture hall audience, whose members included her defense committee. She then went through a review of her dissertation and a question and answer process with the defense committee, before she was notified […]




Congratulations to Roma Kaul for defending her dissertation on April 16, 2019

April 17, 2019

  On April 16, 2019, Cell Systems and Anatomy graduate student Roma Kaul (pictured above) presented her dissertation defense titled: ‘Interphase Effects of Microtubule Targeting Agents‘ to a lecture hall audience, whose members included her defense committee. She then went through a review of her dissertation and a question and answer process with the defense […]



Charles France

Charles France, PhD, to talk about EB Volunteer Day and the value ASPET brings to the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting.

April 8, 2019

At the 2019 Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, EB TV sits down with the Future President-elect of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), Charles France, PhD, to talk about EB Volunteer Day and the value ASPET brings to the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting. WebsEdgeHealth Published on Apr 7, 2019




Mustafa Mithaiwala: Motivation, Character, and Flexibility

February 26, 2019

“If you want to achieve something great for yourself, you have to put in hard work” said Mustafa Mithaiwala, a student in the Neuroscience discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program. Mithaiwala became interested in medical pharmacology while as a student at MET Institute of Pharmacy in Mumbai. Post graduation, he decided to move […]




Congratulation to Michael Eskander for defending his dissertation on February 25, 2019

February 26, 2019

On February 25, 2019, IMBS graduate student Michael Eskander(pictured above) presented his dissertation defense titled: ‘Role of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 and Oxidation in a Rodent Model of Nerve Growth Factor-induced Persistent Pain’ to a lecture hall audience, whose members included his defense committee. He then went through a review of her dissertation and […]



Charles France

ASPET – Congratulations to newly elected 2019 for President-elect – Dr. Charles P. France

February 22, 2019

ASPET – Charles P. France, PhD Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center has been elected and President for the ASPET.  The President serves three years on Council. The first year, beginning July 1 following the election, as President-Elect; the second year as President; […]




Congratulations to Cora Petersen for winning the 2018 Chair's Award for Excellence for Research

January 18, 2019

Cora Petersen was the recipient of the 2018 Chair’s Excellence Award in Research for the Department of Pharmacology. Cora was raised in Anchorage, Alaska and received her Bachelor’s of Science from Lubbock Christian University in 2017. Cora joined Dr. Susan Mooberry’s laboratory as a Research Assistant in October of 2017 where she has co-authored two submitted manuscripts on the topic […]




Congratulations to Frank Dominguez III for winning the Chair's Award for Excellence – Administrative for 2018

January 18, 2019

Frank Dominguez III, Grants and Contracts Specialist, was the recipient of the 2018 Chair’s Excellence Award for the Department of Pharmacology. Frank was raised in Friona, Texas, and received his Bachelor’s of Business Administration from Texas Tech University in 2006, with an emphasis in Marketing. He moved to San Antonio in 2012, working for GEICO […]




Congratulation to Nicholas Dybdal‐Hargreaves for defending his dissertation on January 16, 2019

January 17, 2019

On January 16th, 2019, Neuroscience graduate student Nicholas Dybdal‐Hargreaves(pictured above) presented his dissertation defense titled: ‘Novel Mechanisms of Microtubule Targeting Agents’ to a lecture hall audience, whose members included his defense committee. He then went through a review of her dissertation and a question and answer process with the defense committee, before he was notified […]