Congratulations to Dr. Shivani Ruparel for winning 2nd Place in the Postdoctoral Poster presentation at the 2012 CBN (Center for Biomedical Neuroscience) retreat on May 4th 2012. The title of her presentation was "Role of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in Oxidized Linoleic Acid Metabolite-Mediated Inflammatory Pain". Authors: Shivani Ruparel, Dustin Green, Paul Chen, Linda Roman, Michael Henry, Armen Akopian and Kenneth Hargreaves

Congratulations to Dustin Green for winning 3rd place in the Outstanding Student Poster Presentation at the 2012 CBN (Center for Biomedical Neuroscience) retreat on May 4th 2012. The title of his presentation was “A NOVEL MECHANISM INVOLVED IN MEDIATING THE RELEASE OF ENDOGENOUS TRPV1 AGONISTS IN A MODEL OF BURN INJURY ” Authors: Dustin Green, Shivani Ruparel, Michael Hargreaves, Paul Chen, Linda Roman, Ken Hargreaves

Congratulations to Dr. Niki Ruparel for winning 2nd place in the Postdoctoral Oral Competition at the 2012 UTHSCSA Dental School Science Symposium on April 11, 2012. The title of her presentation was "Direct effect of intracanal medicaments on survival of stem cells of the apical papilla." Authors: Nikita Ruparel, Fabricio Teixeira, Kenneth Hargreaves and Anibal Diogenes.

Congratulations to Dr. John Andrews on celebrating 35 years of service with the Department of Endodontics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. 

Michael Eskander, a pre-doctoral student in the Department of Endodontics won the Pre-doctoral Poster Competition at the 2012 Behavior, Biology & Chemistry Conference on March 3, 2012. The title of his poster: "The Role of NGF and OLAMs in the Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain." Authors: Michael Eskander, Shivani Ruparel, Paul Chen, Armen Akopian, and Kenneth Hargreaves.

Stephen B. Milam Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Academics, Scientific Research and Scholarly Work at UTHSCSA awarded to Nikita B. Ruparel, PhD by Beverly Milam, DDS.

2nd Place Oral Presentation/ Pre Doctoral Competition awarded to Nikita Ruparel, PhD during the 2011 Dental Science Symposium held April 13, 2011 At The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Congratulations

Shivani Ruparel won second place in the postdoctoral category at the 29th Annual Dental Science Symposium on April 13, 2011. The title of her paper is "Role of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in Oxidized Linoleic Acid Metabolite-Mediated Inflammatory Pain," Authors: S. Ruparel, D. Green, L. Roman, M. Henry, K.M. Hargreaves.