Three professors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have been honored with awards from the Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) program, an initiative aimed at attracting and retaining top-tier faculty. The program provides resources for cutting-edge research equipment and lab renovations to support the recruitment and retention of distinguished research-active faculty.
The recipients include Tracey E. Barnett, PhD, founding chair of the Department of Quantitative and Qualitative Health Sciences in The UT School of Public Health San Antonio, who received a $250,000 award to acquire advanced technologies for combining, analyzing, and incorporating machine learning to enhance science. David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, PhD, MSc, LPsy, professor and founding chair in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health in the School of Public Health also received $250,000 in support for critical resources for their research endeavors.
Yu Luan, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine was awarded $100,000 to contribute to leading breakthrough research in cancer genomics particularly in the treatment of blood cancers among Hispanic children.
