News

Congratulations to Dr. Mark Shapiro and his lab for their publication in The Journal of Biological Chemistry titled “Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) regulates KCNQ3 K+ channels by interacting with four cytoplasmic channel domains”!

October 22, 2018

Congratulations to Fabio Vigil, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Shapiro’s lab for being selected as the UT Health SA SALSI Award Winner at the 2018 SAPRF!

September 19, 2018

Congratulations to Lynette Daws, PhD, Professor of Cellular and integrative Physiology, and Wouter Koek, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, published “Effects of antidepressants desipramine and fluvoxamine on latency to immobility and duration of immobility in the forced swim test in adult male C57BL/6j mice” in Behavioural Pharmacology. Full article linked here.

September 11, 2018

 Full article linked here.


Congratulations to Dr. Lyn Daws who was honored by LSOM Office for Inclusion & Diversity as part of Women in Medicine Month!

September 10, 2018

To read the featured article click here.


Congratulations to Erica Littlejohn, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Carie Boychuk’s lab for receiving a diversity grant to attend the National Neurotrauma Society annual conference in Toronto, Canada for the 2018 meeting!

August 30, 2018

Congratulations to Postdoctoral Fellow Chase Carver, Ph.D., in Dr. Mark Shapiro’s lab for being selected as the 2018 SALSI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship!

August 22, 2018


Congratulations to graduate student Eunice Lim in Dr. Paukert’s lab for being selected as a Neuroscience T32 fellow for the upcoming academic year!

August 13, 2018


Congratulations to Valentina Garbarino, Ph.D. for being selected to receive the 2018 Armand J. Guarino Award for Academic Excellence in Doctoral Studies!

August 8, 2018

Congratulations to former Physiology & Pharmacology (P&P) graduate student Valentina Garbarino, Ph.D., on receiving the 2018 Armand J. Guarino Award for Academic Excellence in Doctoral Studies. The award, named after the founding Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), will be presented at the GSBS convocation, held August 17th, 2018. The Guarino Award is […]



Congratulations to Dr. Stacy Hussong who received a American Aging Association Junior Faculty Award at the recent 2018 American Aging Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia!

August 7, 2018

This award includes selection for an oral presentation and a Travel Award.



Congratulations to Dr. Candice Van Skike who received an “American Aging Association Achievement Award” for 1st Place Oral Postdoctoral Presentation at the National American Aging Association Trainee Data Blitz and for having her recent paper in American Journal of Physiology Heart Circ Physiol be selected as an APSselect “Best Article”! Click here to learn more.

August 7, 2018

Dr. Candice Van Skike received an “American Aging Association Achievement Award” for 1st Place Oral Postdoctoral Presentation at the National American Aging Association Trainee Data Blitz at the 2018 American Aging Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Dr. Van Skike also had a recent paper in the American Journal of Physiology Heart Circ Physiol be selected as an APSselect […]