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GS-1

DENE BETZ​

Dene Betz

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Neuroscience
Ph.D. Mentor: Mark Goldberg, Ph.D.
Prior Education: University of Texas at Dallas, B.S.
Nicole Wrigley​

Nicole (Wrigley) Eassa

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Neuroscience
Ph.D. Mentor: Daniel Lodge, Ph.D.
Prior Education: University of Virginia, B.S.
Rolando Garza​

Rolando Garza

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Molecular Immunology and Microbiology
Ph.D. Mentor: Evelien Bunnik, Ph.D.
Prior Education: University of Texas at San Antonio, B.S.
Jan Simper​

Jan Simper

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Molecular Immunology and Microbiology
Ph.D. Mentor: Larry Schlesinger, M.D.
Prior Education: Arizona State University, B.S.
Austin Todd​

Austin Todd

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Neuroscience
Ph.D. Mentor: Alexei Tumanov, M.D., Ph.D. 
Prior Education: California State University-Sacramento, B.S. 
Liujie Jeff Wang​

Jeff Liujie Wang

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Biochemical Mechanisms of Medicine
Ph.D. Mentor: Patrick Sung, Ph.D.
Prior Education: UC Los Angeles, B.S., M.S.
Sarah Mahn​

Sarah (Mahn) Wedemeyer

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Molecular Immunology and Microbiology
Ph.D. Mentor: Ann Griffith, Ph.D.
Prior Education: Mount Mary University, B.S.

 

 

GS-2 

 

 

ANGELA JASPER​

Angela Jasper

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine
Ph.D. Mentor: Patrick Sung, Ph.D.
Prior Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S.

Clare Murray

Clare Murray

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Molecular Immunology and Microbiology
Ph.D. Mentor: Tyler Curiel, M.D., M.P.H.
Award: CTSA Translational Science (TL-1) Fellowship Award, 2021
Prior Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.S.
George Naratadam

George Naratadam

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Physiology & Pharmacology
Ph.D. Mentor: Armen Akopian, Ph.D.
Prior Education: University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, B.S.
Carlos Ontiveros

Carlos Ontiveros

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Molecular Immunology and Microbiology
Ph.D. Mentor: Tyler Curiel, M.D., M.P.H.
Prior Education: University of Texas at El Paso, B.S.
 
Muslima Sonia Razaqyar

Sonia Muslima Razaqyar

Ph.D. Track: Radiological Sciences
Ph.D. Mentor: Peter Fox, M.D. 
Prior Education: Mount Holyoke College, B.A.
 
Adam Sacks

Adam Sacks

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Biochemical Mechanisms of Medicine
Ph.D. Mentor: Patrick Sung, Ph.D.
Prior Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.S.
 
Jonathan Towne

Jonathan Towne

Ph.D. Track: Radiological Sciences
Ph.D. Mentor: Peter Fox, M.D. 
Prior Education: Rice University, B.A.

Neha Wali

Neha Wali

Ph.D. Track: NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program: Track 2
(External) Ph.D. Co-Mentors: Curtis Harris, M.D. (NIH/NCI) & Xin Lu, Ph.D. (Oxford)
Prior Education: University of Maryland-Baltimore County, B.S.

 

GS-3

alejo

Salvador Alejo

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Cancer Biology
Ph.D. Co-Mentors: Gangadhara Sareddy, Ph.D. & Ratna Vadlamudi, Ph.D. 
Prior Education: Harvard University, B.A. 

neal

Francisco Neal

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine
Ph.D. Mentor: Patrick Sung, Ph.D.
Prior Education: Austin College, B.A.
Award: NIH F30CA260908 "Investigating contributions of BRCA2 DNA-binding domains toward maintaining genome integrity"

 

GS-4

Myrna Garcia

Myrna G. Garcia

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Molecular Immunology and Microbiology
Ph.D. Mentor: Tyler Curiel, M.D., M.P.H.
Award: CTSA Translational Science (TL-1) Fellowship Award, 2019
Prior Education: University of Houston, B.S.

Shropshire​

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Daniel B. Shropshire

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Physiology & Pharmacology 
Ph.D. Mentor: Jean Jiang, Ph.D.
Prior Education: St. Louis University, B.A.

   

 

GS-5

   
kornepati​

Gabrielle Zuniga

Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Neuroscience
Ph.D. Mentor: Bess Frost, Ph.D.
Award: Neuroscience Discipline - T32 Training Grant trainee; CTSA Translational Science (TL-1) Fellowship Award, 2018
Prior Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.S.

 

 

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