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2019 Presidential Award Winners<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Dr. David Libich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. James D. Stockand,\u00a0Dr. Bess Frost, Dr. Michael A. Liss, Dr. Glenn A. Halff,\u00a0Dr. Keith A. Krolick, Dr. LuZhe Sun, Dr. Ameet S. Nagpal,\u00a0and Dr. Ramaswamy Sharma.<\/p>\n

UT System Rising STARs Award Winners<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dr. Weixing Zhao, Dr. David Libich, Dr. Siyuan Zheng, Dr. Carie Boychuk, and Dr. Masahiro Morita.<\/p>\n

2019 Extraordinary Women in Medicine Leadership Award from Bexar County Medical Society<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Dr. Siyuan Zheng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Christina Bird, Dr. Tharani Ravi, Dr. Ying Li, Dr. Ratha Bhavaraju-Sanka, Dr. Laura Dominguez, Dr. Marissa Early, Dr. Cynthia Blanco, Dr. Jane Lynch, Dr. Carol Dornbluth, Dr. Tracy Johnson, Dr. Megan Richard, Dr. Deborah Mueller, Dr. Ashley Hadaway, and Dr. Danielle Fritze.<\/p>\n

Distinguished Service Award from the Bexar County Medical Society<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dr. Marvin Forland, emeritus professor and founding faculty member.<\/p>\n

2019 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize from Ohio University and the National Academy of Engineering<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Dr. Carie Boychuk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ashbel Smith Professor Dr. Julio C. Palmaz.<\/p>\n

New Leadership Appointments<\/strong><\/h4>\n
    \n
  • Dr. Allen S. Anderson, chief, Janey and Dolph Briscoe Division of Cardiology<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Mark Bonnen, chair, Department of Radiation Oncology<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, director, Transplant Center<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Daruka Mahadevan, chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, chair, Department of Population Health Sciences (formerly<\/li>\n
  • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics)<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Ralph Riviello, chair, Department of Emergency Medicine<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Randal Robinson, chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Frank Rosinia, chair, Department of Anesthesiology<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Steven Seidner, chair, Department of Pediatrics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Researchers received $4 million in new awards from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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    • Dr. Yuzuru Shiio $1.2 million to further studies of Ewing sarcoma. His laboratory discovered a novel signaling pathway that when inhibited profoundly impairs the cancer\u2019s ability to proliferate.<\/li>\n
    • Dr. Addanki Pratap Kumar $900,000 to test the effectiveness of berberine as an adjuvant agent in prostate cancer. The funding is for preclinical and basic research to further develop the agent for later clinical trials.<\/li>\n
    • Dr. Ricardo C.T. Aguiar $900,000 to validate the emerging concept that mitochondria play important roles in physiology and disease. His lab will focus on metabolites to understand how they contribute to regulating levels of a host of genes, many of which may contribute to cancer development and progression.<\/li>\n
    • \n
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      Dr. Yogesh Gupta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      Dr. Yidong Chen $892,157 for his work in computational science. The award will be used to aid in a study predicting drug response from genomic data using deep learning methods.<\/li>\n

    • Dr. Yogesh Gupta $199,996 which will allow him to use structural and chemical biology approaches to define how BAF complexes operate in pediatric sarcomas. He anticipates this work will lead to development of more effective treatments for children with highly aggressive tumors of bone and soft tissues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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