Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Alumni
Updates
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1990
Dr. Ray D. Page was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI) and was also named vice chair of its oncology/hematology section. Dr. Page serves as the director of Texas Cancer Care in Fort Worth and was the 2003 UNT Health Science Center Distinguished Alumnus. He and his wife, Dr. Sheila Page '92, have five children. His family enjoys sports, including golf, snow skiing, and soccer. (February 2004)
1993
Dr. Annita Verstappen Bens, adjunct assistant professor in the department of pharmacology and neuroscience, has been named the Director of the Clinical Research Management program. Dr. Bens will be responsible for the oversight of the master of science program, which is designed to train clinical research coordinators and managers of clinical trials. Dr. Bens is also the president of the Graduate Student Alumni Association. (February 2004)
1996
Karen White, Ph.D., and her husband Mark White, D.O. '94, are the proud new parents of Valentina Aleta (born Dec. 4, 2001 ), Tyler Maxim and Anna Ludmila (twins born on June 5, 2003 ). The trio was adopted from Yaroslavl , Russia on January 28, 2004 . (March 2004)
2001
Robert Carter III, Ph.D., M.P.H., GSBS 2001 and SPH 2003, was honored with the Minority Access Alumnus Role Model Award at the Fourth Annual Role Models Award at the Fourth Annual role Models Awards Banquet in Washington , D.C. , in September 2003. The role model award is given to a graduate who has made significant contributions in biomedical research and is a positive role model to minority students. Minority Access works with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to present the National Role Models Conference, which includes the awards banquet.
2002
Dr. Gheath Al-Atrash, dual D.O./Ph.D. graduate, accepted a medical oncology/hematology fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston , which will start in July 2005 and end in 2008. Dr. Al-Atrash and his wife Kristin also announce the birth of their first child, a son born on August 22, 2003 , named "Robbie" Jabr. (March 2004)
2004
Dr. Paul Aoun, dual D.O./Ph.D. graduate, has been matched for a residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins has been ranked as the number one school of medicine in the nation for the past 13 consecutive years. Aoun's research interests include neuroprotective potential of therapeutic drugs used for the treatment of type II diabetes and the role of non-feminizing estrogens play in protecting neuronal cells. (March 2004)
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