Grad students invited to share work
Four Ph.D. candidates for the School of Pharmacy’s Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences have recently attended conferences, been invited to make presentations or received scholarships.
Ali Sifat, a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences research assistant for Thomas Abbruscato,
Ph.D., conducted a podium presentation during the American Heart Association/American
Stroke Association International Stroke Conference Feb. 21-24, 2017 in Houston. Sifat’s oral presentation was titled “E-Cigarette Exposure
Alters Brain Glucose Utilization And Stroke Outcome.”
Kshitij Verma, a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences research assistant for Paul
Trippier Ph.D., has been selected to participate in the Graduate Student Recruiting
Program for the National Institutes of Health-National Cancer Institute (NCI) May 3-4 in Bethesda, Maryland. No more than 25 graduate students are selected
from across the country to participate in the program, whose purpose is to recruit
outstanding senior graduate students to postdoctoral positions at the NCI. The program
provides participants the opportunity to present and discuss their research, meet
with other students attending, learn about the research at NCI and interview for postdoctoral
training opportunities.
Nehal Gupta, a Department of Biomedical Sciences research assistant for Sanjay Srivastava,
Ph.D., will give an invited podium presentation during the 29th Annual TTUHSC Graduate
School in Biomedical Sciences Student Research Week March 7-10, 2017, in Lubbock.
The theme for the event is “Molecular Neuroscience & Systems: From Nucleotides to
Networks.” Research Week will also include a poster competition for biomedical and
clinical research conducted by students, residents and clinical fellows from all TTUHSC
campuses.
The TTUHSC Student Government Association’s Phonathon Scholarship Committee has awarded a Phonathon Scholarship to Heidi Villalba,
a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences research assistant for Thomas Abbruscato,
Ph.D. This scholarship is awarded in recognition of her involvement in school activities
and community services, her demonstrated leadership and her academic standing. Villalba,
currently president for the Graduate Student Association of Amarillo, has been highly
instrumental in organizing multiple service activities throughout the community. In
addition, the TTUHSC Student Research Week Committee selected Villalba to present
her research poster March 8 at the its Donor Reception.
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