Graduate Student Education Committee - GSEC

04/16/2014

Graduate Student Education Committee | Dean’s Research Scholarship Awards (GSEC)

Dean's Research Scholarship Award Announcement:

The Dean of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston has provided up to ten $2,500 scholarships to recognize senior GSBS students in good academic standing, who have achieved distinction in biomedical research. The deadline to submit applications is June 4, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Please visit https://med.uth.edu/gsec/deans-research-scholarship-awards/ for additional information.

The Graduate Student Education Committee seeks to raise the level of awareness of graduate education at the Medical School with the goal of contributing to the long range development of the student and ultimately, the early career researcher. In conjunction with the Graduate School of Biomedical Sci…

04/16/2014

March 2014
Congratulations to the GSEC travel award winners:

■Nadeeka Dias, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
■Dhananjay Thakur, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology

04/16/2014

Graduate Student Education Committee | Let’s Talk (GSEC)

Check out the latest gsec blogs:

https://med.uth.edu/gsec/lets-talk/

The Graduate Student Education Committee seeks to raise the level of awareness of graduate education at the Medical School with the goal of contributing to the long range development of the student and ultimately, the early career researcher. In conjunction with the Graduate School of Biomedical Sci…

02/25/2014

Screening for frailty: Is it useful from the clinical and public health perspectives? (Flyer and photo attached)

You are invited to attend the 8th annual Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Texas Medical School Building, 6431 Fannin, Suite MSB 3.001, Houston, Texas 77030. The featured speaker is Luis Miguel Gutierrez-Robledo, Ph.D. of the National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico. Dr. Gutierrez-Robledo studies the epidemiology of aging and more specifically on frailty and dementia and the interface between both conditions. The lecture is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

02/25/2014

Life Science Case Studies: The Perils and Rewards of Entrepreneurship (Flyer and photo attached)
Join us on February 27, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Onstead Auditorium, 6767 Bertner, Mitchell Basic Science Research Building, 3rd floor, Houston, Texas 77030 for the annual alternative career seminar featuring Jack Gill, Ph.D., co-founder, Vanguard Ventures. Dr. Gill will discuss the essential elements of life science startups, including: the origins of intellectual property, startup management, capitalization, execution issues, potential pitfalls, outcomes, and lessons learned. Of the 12 companies to be reviewed… five were successes, five were failures, and two had irrelevant outcomes. The many roles of inventors and academics will be highlighted. A powerful tool for entrepreneur skills assessment will be described. The event is free and open to the public. No registration is required. For additional information, please visit: https://med.uth.edu/gsec/events/life-science-case-studies-the-perils-and-rewards-of-entrepreneurship/

02/25/2014

Congratulations to the GSEC travel award winners for 2014.

Swarna Ramaswamy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jennifer Abrams, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine
Sarah Eagleman, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
William O'Brien III, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Brittany Coughlin, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Ariana Andrei, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

07/18/2013

Congratulations to the 2013 Dean's Research Award recipients!

Thuy T. Le – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – advisor, Mike Blackburn and Dianna Milewicz

Claudia Jimenez-Lopez – Microbiology and Molecular Genetics – advisor, Mike Lorenz

Jennifer Herricks – Microbiology and Molecular Genetics – advisor, William Margolin

Sarah Eagleman – Neurobiology and Anatomy – advisor, Valentin Dragoi

Germaine Agollah – IMM – advisor, Eva Sevick

Lihe Chen – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – advisor, Jianping Jin

05/16/2013

Graduate Student Education Committee

Please check out the new and improved GSEC website with easy access to award applications as well as blog posts from our students!

https://med.uth.edu/gsec/

The Graduate Student Education Committee seeks to raise the level of awareness of graduate education at the Medical School with the goal of contributing to the long range development of the student and ultimately, the early career researcher. In conjunction with the Graduate School of Biomedical Sci...

05/01/2013

Congratulations to our recent GSEC Travel Award Winners!
$500 Travel Awards were granted to the following GSBS Medical School Graduate students:
· Joseph Alcorn, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
· Deepna Devkar, Neurobiology and Anatomy
· Swarna Ramaswamy, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
· Rita Sirrieh, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
· Jennifer Abrams, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
· Ana Klauer, Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics
· Julia Hill, Neurobiology and Anatomy
· Callie Kwartler, Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics

04/30/2013

Call for Applications for the Dean’s Research Awards

The Dean of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston has provided up to ten $2,500 scholarships to recognize senior GSBS students in good academic standing, who have achieved distinction in biomedical research. The deadline to submit applications is June 4, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.

Eligibility: This award is open to GSBS students with advisors who are members of the Medical School Faculty.

· These $2,500 scholarships are considered supplements to the standard GRA stipend.

· Students must have successfully advanced to Ph.D. candidacy prior to the application deadline (June 4, 2013).

· Students must not have received this award in prior years.

· The Medical School Graduate Student Education Committee (GSEC) will review the applications and select the awardees.

· Winners will be announced at the annual Medical School Research Retreat on October 8, 2013.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: https://med.uth.edu/gsec/files/2012/08/DRA-Application-and-Instructions.pdf

02/18/2013

Please join us Wednesday, March 20th from 12-1:30pm in room MSB B.645 for our Careers in Science and Technology Policy seminar. Our speaker will be Dr. Neal Lane, Senior Fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. Students, fellows, and faculty are invited to RSVP by Monday, March 18th to [email protected]

02/10/2013

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02/09/2013

Graduate Student Education Committee - GSEC's cover photo

02/09/2013

Graduate Student Education Committee - GSEC's cover photo

02/09/2013

Welcome to the Graduate Student Education Committee page! Stay tuned for news about our upcoming Career Development Seminar.