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I am naturally curious and my parents helped me realize what it is I want to do,” he said. The Gilliam Fellowship provides full support to doctoral students for up to three years. Mr. Nevarez’s fellowship project could someday aid in the treatment of skin cancer patients, he said.

“My time at UT Southwestern as a graduate student has been an amazing journey, particularly because of the people that I work with and have met throughout the years, and the supportive faculty in the Biophysics Department.  “Working with Dr.

“My mentor – Dr. Ryan Hibbs , Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Biophysics – motivated me to apply and I’m glad now that I did.” “Claudio was my first graduate student,” Dr. Hibbs said.

“I am honored to receive this recognition and wish to thank all my mentors, colleagues, and trainees. In particular, I would like to thank my former postdoctoral advisor and recent Chair of Biochemistry, Dr. Steven McKnight, and the current Chair, Dr. Phillips, for their continual support.

“I was taking a number of medications to deal with my pain,” said Ms. Jackson, who had previously competed in half-marathon runs as part of an active lifestyle. “If it weren’t for my team here, I don’t know what I would have done.” That team included Dr.

The award values the same principles that my parents always emphasized as I grew up, the importance of hard work and endurance, and I am indebted to my parents for my achievements,” she said. “Dr.

"Compassionate because I advocate for my patients as if they are my own family," she explains. "Friendly and rational because through any situation, whether it be stressful or not, if I can keep my calm, address concerns effectively, and stay focused, then I have done my job."

“My mother is the reason that I was tested. My physician began treating me in 1987 because my cholesterol was in the upper 300s,” remembered Kathryn, now 64. Kathryn’s immediate concern drove her to have her then 11-year-old daughter, Shanon, tested.

“I valued my role in our lifesaving mission, but I hated not being able to touch patients,” recalled the U.S. Military Academy graduate from St. Louis. “Like any good lieutenant, I’d trained alongside my medics and could do ‘a few things’ in a pinch. The thing was, there was never a pinch.”

“I loved working with my hands, and I have always liked math and science so engineering was right up my alley. I’m very visual and I like figuring out how things work and solving problems,” she said.