NeuroMDAUTH

News & Views from the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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🎉 Congratulations to Kristin Eckel-Mahan, PhD, recipient of the 2026 John P. McGovern Award for Outstanding Teaching!

Selected by students at the UT MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Eckel-Mahan was recognized for creating a classroom where curiosity drives discovery and students are challenged to think critically, ask questions, and grow as scientists.

Read more: https://t.co/UDuAwVMMlF

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As our new students are one month in, experiencing the next phase of their academic journeys, not-so-new students in the Neuroscience program, Archit Gupta and Julia Langman, offer advice for getting acclimated to graduate school, The Medical Center, and Houston! @NeuroMDAUTH

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Our elevator pitch series continues — with Neuroscience PhD candidate Madison Shyer. Listen to learn about her incredible research! 🔬 Shyer won first place in the Graduate Student Research Day Post-Candidacy PhD Elevator Pitch Contest. 👏 #WeAreGSBS @NeuroMDAUTH @ogmadshy

The scientific elevator pitch is a 90-second summary of a student’s research, intended for lay audiences, and designed as a powerful career tool to help them connect and gain support among peers, and build confidence by articulating their thoughts.

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Graduate Student Research Day 2025 is over — what a great day for connections and learning! Congratulations to our award-winning students!🎉Stay tuned for more moments from the day and specifics about awards.♥️🙌 #WeAreGSBS #GSRD2025

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Congratulations to our first year students, who completed their final rotation talks today! We are so proud of you - can’t wait to see what you do in your new labs 🧡🧠

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Neuroscience students retreated to Galveston this week to learn from faculty about how to get papers published, obtain grants and fellowships, and create effective elevator pitches! They were also inspired by keynote speaker and postdoctoral fellow in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Christian Bravo-Rivera, PhD. #WeAreGSBS #neuroscience @NeuroMDAUTH

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The Neuroscience Graduate Program was on (Galveston) island time this week! Had a great retreat hearing from research award winners, faculty members in workshops, and NGP alumni 🏖️ 🧠 🌊 🥼 🎉

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#UTHealthHoustonGivingDay kicks off in less than 24 hours, and we need 500 donors to step up and support the future of biomedical science! Every single gift makes an impact when combined with the generosity of others. Join us tomorrow at https://t.co/Hr4XFzR7KL! #WeAreGSBS

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Crawfish Boil big hit with UTHealth Houston students - News - Inside UTHealth Houston
Featuring some student council representatives for Neuroscience! 🦞

https://t.co/Q35GI7EnC8

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It’s a great day for the @AKHStavoe Lab! Congratulations to second & third place winners Mya Rodriguez & Heather Tsong (pictured) from the 2025 GSEC McGovern Medical School Research Retreat. 🏆
(See also a couple more of our awesome student presenters 🤩)

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& that’s a wrap on the 2025 GSEC McGovern Medical School Research Retreat! Excellent job to all our students who presented their research - stay tuned for the winners 🎉

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Congratulations to all our NGP student recipients of Fall Common App awards! ✨ 🧠

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Congratulations to the fall 2024 Common App award recipients! Sixty-nine students from all Graduate School programs received scholarships, fellowships, and awards in recognition of the excellent progress they are making toward their educational goals. See several of them here and watch for an update featuring the rest of the fall 2024 recipients soon! #WeAreGSBS

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It’s almost here! Next Thursday, 2/27, swing by BSRB Onstead Forum from 3-5pm to witness the creative genius of the Neuroscience and G&E programs 🤩🎨🧠🧬🍰 🎷

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Are you a neuroscientist with hidden talent? Sign up for the 10th Annual G&E and Neuro Arts Showcase and make it a not-so-hidden talent! All students, postdocs, faculty, and staff in a UTH/MDA Neuro lab are welcome to participate! 🎨🎭💃🏻🧁📸🧠

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Happy Holidays from the Neuroscience Winter Social!

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Today, our first years presented to us on their rotation projects in their respective neuro labs 🔬🧠Exciting to see all the progress and development our students accomplished in a few short months - congratulations, we’re very proud of you! 👏🏼

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Great success at the 30th Annual Neuroscience Poster Session today - congratulations to all the winners!

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Read about PhD candidate Stephen Farmer, recipient of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) F99/K00 grant at https://t.co/sbQhKMvfPN.

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New program photo just dropped 👀

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Meet Fall 2024 incoming PhD student Julia Langman, who plans to join the Neuroscience program. Langman was inspired to pursue neuroscience after her grandfather was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2020. Read more about her journey at https://t.co/hdKOSChH6f. #WeAreGSBS