College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Category: P&N
March 21, 2024 • P&N, students
Congratulations to CBTS students Nina Donkor and Steve Mabry, who earned awards for their research at the recent College of Pharmacy Poster Forum: 2nd Place Research – Pharmaceutical & Basic Sciences: “Sex dependent effects of chronic intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial oxidative stress and inflammation” by Steve Mabry (mentor: Rebecca Cunningham) 1st Place Research – Pharmaceutical &…
March 6, 2024 • CBTS, faculty, MIG, P&A, P&N, Research, students
CBTS has launched a new newsletter to celebrate our accomplishments and highlight all the ways that our teams are making a difference day in and day out. The newsletter is full of stories that exemplify the spirit of collaboration and professionalism in CBTS and confirm our mission to solve critical health challenges as leaders in…
February 29, 2024 • faculty, P&N, Research, students
New findings by a team of researchers at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences are expanding our understanding of the potential benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Their study, titled “Hyperbaric Oxygen Alleviates Selective Domains of Cognitive and Motor Deficits in Female 5XFAD Mice,” was published recently in GeroScience, a leading international…
February 15, 2024 • CBTS, MIG, P&A, P&N, students
Each year at HSC’s commencement ceremony, many of our new graduates recite oaths to pledge their commitment to the standards of their chosen professions. This year, for the first time ever, College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences PhD students will join their fellow graduates by reciting The Biomedical Scientist’s Oath. We are excited for our…
February 3, 2024 • CBTS, P&N, Research, students
Max Petty, PhD candidate at the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, was awarded a prestigious F31 fellowship from the National Institutes of Health for his research developing nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery in the retina. The grant will support his PhD training…
October 30, 2023 • faculty, P&N
Researchers at the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences are doing important work to identify and develop treatments for substance use disorders. As part of HSC’s One Pill Kills campaign to promoting opioid and fentanyl awareness and prevention, we’re highlighting their work in a series of video features. Luis Colon-Perez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Neuroscience With a…
October 25, 2023 • P&N
Laszlo Prokai, PhD, has received a Fulbright Specialist Award to share his expertise on drug discovery and design with researchers and students at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. The Robert A. Welch Chair in Biochemistry and professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s College of…
November 22, 2021 • CBTS, MIG, P&A, P&N, Research, students
The ability to write a successful grant proposal is a critical skill for success in many careers — it demonstrates logical thinking, clear writing, and an understanding of the research field. Receiving a nationally funded fellowship provides external evidence that a student has successfully acquired these skills. CBTS has established an incentive plan designed to…


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