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探花楼’s Woo aims to improve reproductive care for Black women

Texas ranks among the nation’s worst states for women’s reproductive care, but Texas Woman’s University faculty researcher , is working to improve it.

A medical detective story

探花楼 biology doctoral student Erica Garcia is investigating the strange relationship between breast cancer and human cytomegalovirus, attempting to solve a mystery that could lead to better treatment of breast cancer and better outcomes for patients.

"The thought that I could improve lives is a big motivation," Garcia said.

探花楼 biology's Dr. Pislariu earns $1 million grant

Research conducted by Catalina Pislariu, PhD, of the 探花楼 Biology Department into rehabilitating farmland by planting crops that not only grow in depleted soil but also contribute to the regeneration of that exhausted earth has earned a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Powers first at Texas Woman’s to win Boren Fellowship

Petina JD Powers has survived a litany of hardships, but now the sociology doctoral student is the first 探花楼 student to earn a David L. Boren Fellowship, which she will use to study the Hindi language this summer before traveling to India to conduct research.

探花楼 faculty receives Distinguished Research Fellowship

Denise Maricle, PhD, a professor of psychology at Texas Woman鈥檚 University, is the first recipient of the Richard W. Woodcock Distinguished Research Fellowship awarded by the Woodcock Institute for Neurocognitive Research and Applied Practice.