Abe Clark

CBTS researchers receive National Eye Institute grant

Could a therapeutic target for glaucoma that was once considered “undruggable” be the key to a first-of-its-kind treatment?   That was the question posed among friends and colleagues Dr. David Siderovski and Dr. Abbot Clark during one of their regular breakfast meetings at the Torched Apron Grill on The University of North Texas Health Science Center…
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CBTS student receives grant from The Leakey Foundation

Lyndee Ward, a PhD student in the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, was awarded a grant from The Leakey Foundation to explore how variation in nasal anatomy helps people breathe in different climates.  Her project is titled "Climate and human nasal evolution:…
Dimitrios Karamichos

Karamichos named fellow of international vision research organization

Dr. Dimitrios Karamichos, interim dean of the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, has been named a 2025 Silver Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.   Karamichos, who also serves as the executive director of the North Texas Eye…
Dimitrios Karamichos

CBTS faculty members highlighted on Top 2% of Scientists List

Eight faculty members from the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth are among the top 2% of scientists in the world according to a new list from Stanford University and Elsevier.   The rankings are based on citation data and use standardized metrics…
Suchismita Acharya

AyuVis, incubated at HSC, receives FDA Fast Track for drug preventing preterm infant lung disease

AyuVis Research Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company incubated at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s HSC Next Innovation Labs, recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Fast Track designation to its investigational drug, AVR-48. This designation is for AVR-48’s potential use in the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia,…
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HSC elevates focus with new college names, addition of Graduate School

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth today announced it would launch a new Graduate School to enhance graduate education and rename three of its schools to better clarify their focuses. Effective Sept. 1, HSC will establish a new Graduate School under the leadership of Dr. Tom Cunningham, interim vice provost. The…
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HSC pharmacology team employs AI in a novel approach to face off against opioid addiction

Every medicine we take is a simple molecule or chemical that has a specific target within the body. Opioids are meant to quiet pain, but the side effects release dopamine in the brain that can lead to a pleasurable feeling of “I like this, and I’d like to experience it again,” said David Siderovski, PhD,…
Akpedje Dossou

SBS graduate wants to share her passion for research with the world

When Dr. Akpedje “Serena” Dossou was a just a teenager in Lome, Togo, two of her grandparents were diagnosed with cancer. Despite her family's efforts to ensure they received the best possible care they both passed away before she graduated from high school.   “This first exposure to a difficult-to-treat disease, to the importance of early detection…
Lindsey and Scott together on the Trinity trail before a guided run.

TCOM student, SBS graduate and TCOM alum go the extra mile for a man who’s been blind since birth

Lindsey Hudson is a mother of three beginning medical school, Scott Hudson is 72 years old and legally blind, but the two have become forever linked and tethered, in more ways than one could possibly imagine. Lindsey, a 2024 graduate of the School of Biomedical Sciences Medical Science program at The University of North Texas…
Charles Amankwa Sbs Grad

A passion to help others guides SBS grad to PhD

More than a decade ago, Charles Amankwa was beginning a new career as a community pharmacist in Ghana, his home country, when he met a patient who would change the trajectory of his career. “She came to the pharmacy to fill prescriptions aimed at easing her glaucoma," Amankwa said. "Despite the cocktail of medications she…