Recent Alumni
| Name | Credential | Graduated Semester | Graduated Date | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banh, Andy | M.D./Ph.D. | August | 2021 | Clinical Rotations and Residency (M.D./Ph.D.) Program, UT Health San Antonio |
| Imam Aliagan, Abdulhafiz | Ph.D. | June | 2021 | Senior Scientist BioMedicine Design, Pfizer |
| Birt (Salinas), Angelica | Ph.D. | June | 2021 | Consulting |
| Bowman, Melodi | Ph.D. | June | 2021 | Research Scientist, Charles River Laboratories |
| Andersen, John-Paul | Ph.D. | June | 2021 | Research Consultant - Fractal Science |
| Caflisch, Laura | M.D./Ph.D. | August | 2020 | Clinical Rotations and Residency (M.D./Ph.D.) Program, UT Health San Antonio |
| Gray, Shawn | Ph.D. | June | 2020 | Research Scientist, Incell Corporation |
| Madungwe, Ngonidzashe | Ph.D. | June | 2020 | Process Development Scientist, Boston, MA |
| Jans, Petra | M.D./Ph.D. | June | 2020 | Clinical Rotations and Residency (M.D./Ph.D.) Program, UT Health San Antonio |
| He, Sijia | Ph.D. | December | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Xianlin Han, Barshop Institute, UT Health San Antonio |
| Liu, Li | M.S. | December | 2019 | Research Assistant, Dr. Kumar Sharma, UT Health San Antonio |
| Boyd, Jacob | M.D./Ph.D. | August | 2019 | Resident Physician, Otolaryngology, University of Colorado |
| Grant, Corena | Ph.D. | June | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Leah Pyter, Ohio State University |
| Mancilla, Trevi | M.D./Ph.D. | June | 2019 | UT Health Medical School, Pediatric/Internal Medicine Research Track Residency Program |
| Barron, Tara | Ph.D. | May | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Michelle Monje, Stanford University |
| Zhang, Lu | Ph.D. | June | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Ralph DeFronzo, UT Health San Antonio |
| Xiong, Juan | Ph.D. | June | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, California |
| Garbarino, Valentina | Ph.D. | June | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Miranda Orr, VA at UT Health San Antonio |
| Farnsworth, Steven | D.D.S/Ph.D. | February | 2018 | Dental Anesthesiology Resident, Barnabas Hospital |
| Rakian, Rubie | D.D.S/Ph.D. | December | 2017 | Research Fellow in Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Forsyth Institute (Harvard University) |
| Rakian, Audrey | D.D.S/Ph.D. | December | 2017 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Forsyth Institute (Harvard University) |
| Chen, Xi (Stephen) | Ph.D. | December | 2017 | Research Scientist, Diabetes Division at UT Health San Antonio |
| Kreko-Pierce, Tabita | Ph.D. | June | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Jason Pugh, UT Health San Antonio |
| Heard III, Willie M. | Ph.D. | August | 2017 | Faculty – St. Philip’s College |
Alumni
The Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology has had more than 80 graduates since the fall of 1980. Most graduates begin their careers by obtaining positions as postdoctoral research fellows in an academic, industrial (e.g., biotech or pharmaceutical), or government research laboratory. And now many former graduates have pursued successful careers within industry, and/or academia, government, scientific publishing, teaching, and many more professions.
For more information regarding Alumni, please visit the GSBS Alumni Website:
| Past Alumni include: |
|---|
| Nathan Mitchell, Ph.D. - Senior Medical Science Liaison, Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc |
| Celest Austin, M.D./Ph.D. - Founder/CEO of GoManda |
| Walter Holbein, Ph.D. - Group Business Director, Chronic at Nonin Medical, Inc. |
| Heather Pidcoke, M.D./Ph.D. - Chief Medical Research Officer CSU/Assoc. Dir. Research Translational Medicine Institute |
| Nicole Baganz, Ph.D. - Director of Community Engagement and Programming, Florida Atlantic University Brain Institute and Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science |
| David Petrik, Ph.D. - Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), School of Biosciences, Cardiff University |
| Kathleen Goei, Ph.D. – Faculty - School of Physical Therapy, University of the Incarnate Word |
| Lila LaGrange, Ph.D. - Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of the Incarnate Word |
| Max Sanderford, Ph.D. – Professor & Department Head, Tarleton State University |
| George Rodney, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Rebekah Thomas-Young, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
| Terry Combs, Ph.D. - Bioanalytical Scientist, Pfizer |
| Hugo Pedrozo, Ph.D. - Professor of Biology & Consultant, Texas State University |
| Francisco Andrade, Ph.D. - Professor and Vice Chair of Physiology, University of Kentucky |
| Holly Van Remmen, Ph.D. - Member and Program Chair, Aging & Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Forum |
| LiQian Chen, M.D./Ph.D. - Co-Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Texas Heart Institute |
| Dean Kellogg, Ph.D. - Professor Medicine/Geriatrics, UT Health San Antonio |
| Andrew Gorman III, Ph.D. - Vice President at Paramount BioSciences |