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Prospective and Current Students, and Alumni

Recognizing 2023-2024 Graduates

Graduates by Degree Program

  • Biological Chemistry

    Program Director: Benjamin P. Tu, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Christopher Luis Cervantes
    • Krystal Courtney Johnson
    • Michael Alexander Pontikos
  • Biomedical Engineering

    Program Director: W. Matthew Petroll, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Paul Humberto Acosta
    • Zachary Thomas Bennett
    • Carlos Jesus Brambila
    • Sean A. Dilliard
    • Yin Gao
    • Sheng Qing Lin
    • Elizabeth Marie Polsdofer
    • Limin Zhou
  • Cancer Biology

    Program Director: Rolf A. Brekken, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Ester Alvarez Benedicto
    • Joseph Louis Bower
    • Yan Fang
    • Mauricio Antonio Marquez Palencia
    • Carla Sofia Rodriguez Tirado
    • Mingrui Zhu
  • Cell and Molecular Biology

    Program Director: Angelique Whitehurst, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Julita Chlebowicz
    • Bianca Catriona Field
    • Atossa Ghorashi
    • Mehmet Oguz Gok
    • Amrita Shrikant Gokhale
    • Lizbeth Perez Castro
    • Hande C. Piristine
    • Luis Carlos Reza Herrera
    • Manolo Uriel Rios
    • Spencer Dewayne Shelton
    • Natalie Ortiz Speer
  • Clinical Psychology

    Interim Program Director: Richard Robinson, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Ellen Marie Andrews
    • Haley Sora Brown
    • Tanisha R. Clark
    • Karen Atilegna Dorsman
    • Afsoon Gazor
    • William Foster Goette
    • Allison P. Gregg
    • Jessica Orobio
    • Jessica Marie Woodford
  • Genetics, Development, and Disease

    Program Director: Ondine Cleaver, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Daniel Alejandro Armendariz
    • Phoebe Catherine Carter
    • Andreas Chenzhang Chai
    • Tyron Chang
    • Yujing Cheng
    • Lauretta El Hayek
    • Tuozhi Huang
    • Usman Hyder
    • Benjamin Thomas Jones
    • Chunyang Ni
    • Nicole Marie Novaresi
    • Carlos Andres Pinzon Arteaga
    • Daniel Andrew Schmitz
    • Choushi Wang
    • Jingcheng Wang
    • Yichi Zhang  
    • Yichi Zhang 1, 2

    Master of Science

    • Yuki Inaba

    Awards

  • Immunology

    Program Director: Anne Satterthwaite, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Sushobhna Batra
    • Ryan Shie Huang
    • Kennady Noelle Knox
  • Molecular Biophysics

    Program Director: Luke M. Rice, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Michael Antonio Cotten
    • Umang Goswami
    • Casey Elizabeth Hudman-Wing
    • Dagimhiwat Hailu Legesse
    • Philip Frederick Paul Schmiege
    • Jesus A. Vega Lugo
    • Liwei Wang
  • Molecular Microbiology

    Program Director: John Schoggins, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Melissa Renee Budicini
    • Wesley Berry Burford
    • Matthew Bret McDougal
    • Moiz Munir
    • Keyera Larlan Randolph
    • Vivian Kimberly Rojas
    • Da Hee Seo

    Master of Science

    • Nguyen Hoang Khanh Vo
  • Neuroscience

    Program Director: Maria Chahrour, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Newaz Ibrahim Ahmed
    • Danyal Hassan Alam
    • Emre Caglayan
    • Ambar Cajigas Hernandez
    • Katherine Poinsatte
    • Jennifer Nicole Putman
    • Natalia Rodriguez-Sosa
    • Gordon Chandler Werthmann
  • Organic Chemistry

    Program Director: Uttam K. Tambar, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Jake M. Aquilina
    • James Edward McGettigan, Jr.
    • Cooper Atkins Vincent

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Facts

High Impact Research

Our students work alongside distinguished faculty and leading researchers on some of the most impactful medical conditions of our time including:

State-of-the-Art Facilities

Analytical Ultracentrifugation
Biostatistics
Clinical & Translational Research Center
Computational Biology/Bioinformatics
Cryo-EM & Electron Microscopy
Cyclotron and Radiochemistry
DNA Genotyping
DNA Microarray
DNA Sequencing – Next-Generation & Sanger
Flow Cytometry
Genomics & Microarray
High-Throughput Screening
Human Genetics Clinical Laboratory
Kidney Research
Live Cell Imaging
Molecular and Cellular Imaging
Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping
Mouse MRI
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Pathology
Preclinical Pharmacology
Protein Chemistry Technology Center
Proteomics
Rapid Biochemical Kinetics
RNA Oligonucleotide Synthesis
Rodent Behavior
Small Animal Imaging
Synthetic Chemistry
Tissue Management
Transgenic Core
X-ray Crystallography

$554.4

million to support research & innovation in 2020-2021

Cutting-Edge Technology

 
 

High Quality Living

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Dallas

Thriving Cultural Scene

Time To Degree

Basic Biomedical Science Ph.D. 5.7 years

Clinical Psychology Ph.D. 4 years

Postdoctoral M.S.C.S. 2-3 years

Easy Access

Centrally located travel hub

Lower Cost

of living than most coastal cities

Highly Ranked

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