Border Health Research
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Charles C. Miller III, Ph.D.Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Associate Dean for Research |
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Here at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Texas, our programs are dedicated to improving health through discovery of basic mechanisms of disease, development of new treatments, and translation of research findings to innovative medical practice. An active research environment helps to provide the scholarly milieu that is essential to high-quality medical education and the economic stimulus that can affect an entire region, even a nation. We are a new and growing institution, and as such are developing focused programs that emphasize areas of particular need in our community, which is more than 80% Hispanic. Programmatic, trans-disciplinary Centers of Excellence in Cancer, Infectious Diseases, and Neurosciences are now thriving, and a Center of Excellence in Diabetes and Obesity is in development. Major investments have been made in core laboratories in Genomics, Proteomics, Histology and Cytometry, through the acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment and facilities and experienced team members to staff them. In an example of research focus, we have made particularly significant investments in genomic deep-sequence research capacity. El Paso is an exceptional place to study the role of genetic factors in health and disease, because the population is relatively geographically isolated and geographically stable. Local families tend to be large and span many generations. These community characteristics create an opportunity for our scientists to understand diseases that burden Hispanic families in a way that few places are able to offer.
On behalf of all our research community, I extend our welcome and our gratitude for your interest in these exciting programs. Sincerely, Charles C. Miller, III, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences Associate Dean for Research Associate Dean for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
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Researcher Name Harvard and Texas Tech researchers halt spread of HIV with RNAi Main Findings: Using a novel method to deliver small molecules called siRNAs into T cells, researchers dramatically suppressed HIV in the first-ever animal model that mirrors progression of the disease in humans. The siRNAs knocked down three key genes and kept the infection from spreading in mice containing human immune cells infected with the virus. |
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News and Events
Congratulations to all participants of the 6th Annual Research Colloquium
Student Presentation
Michael Osborn, BS, 2nd year Medical Student/Anesthesiology
Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Stroke in Hispanic Population in the El Paso/Border Region
1st Place Basic Research Oral Presentation
Cynthia Gabaldon, BS, Biomedical Sciences
The Effect of ZPR1 Mutations on Sub-cellular Localization and ZPR1-SMN Protein Complexes
2nd Place Basic Research Oral Presentation
Thiyagarajan Boopalan, PhD, Biomedical Sciences
Progesterone Induces TAZ in Estrogen-induced Mamary Carcinogenesis by Inactivating Merlin
3rd Place Basic Research Oral Presentation
Arunkumar Arumugam, PhD, Basic Sciences
DesacetyInimbinene Inhibits Growth of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cellls through ROS Mediated Apoptosis
1st Place Clinical Research Oral Presentation
Kevin Martin, MD, Orthopedics, William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Shoulder Arthroscopy Simulator Performance Correlates with Resident and Shoulder Arthroscopy Experience
2nd Place Clinical Research Oral Presentation
Brian Waterman, MD, Orthopedic Surgery, William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Surgical Treatment of Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome of the Leg: Failure Rates and Postoperative Disability in an Active Patient Population
3rd Place Clinical Research Oral Presentation
Adharsh Sahadevan, MD, Psychiatry
Comparing Current Criteria for Schizophrenia with Criteria Described 100 Years Ago by Bleuler