GSBS News

50th Anniversary Wrap-up Event

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 | 3 -5 p.m. | Levin Hall Foyer
All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. No RSVP necessary.
For questions, please contact Denise Reed (409-772-5840) or Claiborne Fant (409-772-8145)
For more information, please download the flyer.

MPH Student Selected as 2020 Archer Fellow

Congratulations to Semira Solomon, one of our MPH students, for selection as a UT System ⁦‪‬⁩2020 Archer Fellow! She intends to spend her time in DC in working with Housing and Urban Development on a project related to health outcomes for children living in public housing.

The Archer Fellowship Program was established by the UT System in conjunction with former U.S. Representative Bill Archer as a way to bring highly motivated and accomplished students to Washington, DC, for a comprehensive academic and professional experience.

New Vaccinology Track!

The UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences has recently approved the Vaccinology Track for current and prospective PhD students in the HPTM graduate program plus graduate students in other graduate programs who have passed their qualifying exam. For full details, please follow this link.

Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Application now open, click here to view the program and access the application. Application deadline February 1, 2020.

Alumni Videos

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) celebrated its 50th Anniversary on October 18-19, 2019. Alumni from all five decades and from across the various training areas returned to UTMB to participate in the events. 1969 Alumna Dr. Mary Guinan, Founding Dean Emerita of the School of Public Health at The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, gave the keynote address entitled “Strengthening Science for a New Age.” In commemoration of the anniversary, a short video series was created to highlight thoughts from our faculty, students, alumni, and staff on the impact of the GSBS.

Alumni Symposium – Alumni

Alumni Symposium – Faculty

Alumni Symposium – Students

BioMedCAS

UTMB GSBS joins other schools in adopting the BioMedCAS system for processing applications to graduate school. See Liaison International's press release here: https://www.liaisonedu.com/news/liaisons-biomedcas-doubles-membership-in-its-third-cycle/

Student Spotlight

Jacob Nelson
I joined UTMB in Fall 2015 as a PhD student in the Experimental Pathology program. I have taken a different path than most students have to get where I am, which has included a post-baccalaureate internship at the NIH, working as a biosciences technician for a non-profit organization and a MS in Tropical Medicine at the University of Hawaii. Read more...

Alumni Highlight

Alumni Highlight - Monthly

Kenneth C. Carter, PhD
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) is pleased to highlight alumnus, Kenneth C. Carter, PhD. Dr. Carter received his PhD from the Human Genetics and Cell Biology Graduate Program (now called the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program) in 1989. Read More...

Everest base camp

Robert Urban, PhD, GSBS Alumni,
1K ft above Everest Base Camp.

Candidacy Milestone

Congratulations to Victoria Brehm for achieving candidacy for the PhD! Victoria is in the Pharmacology and Toxicology Program working with Dr. Kathryn Cunningham.

Congratulations to Lisa Wagner for achieving candidacy for the PhD! Victoria is in the Nursing Program working with Dr. Carolyn Phillips.

The GSBS "50 For 50" Initiative!

The "GSBS 50 for 50" is an alumni-led initiative to raise $500,000 in graduate program specific support to celebrate the 50^th Anniversary of the GSBS in 2019. Ideally, the initiative will result in the establishment of a graduate program specific endowment for every graduate training program in the GSBS.