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School of Dentistry

COSTAR Trainee Accomplishments

Sara Gaiser

Sara Gaiser

  • Second place in a competitive oral presentation contest at the Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference.
  • NIH R13 travel award to attend and give an oral presentation at the 21st Annual South Central Medical Mycology Meeting.
  • Received F-Grant Award in August 2025.
  • Attended the 2025 BioMedSA Award for Innovation in Healthcare & Bioscience Gala.
Jaclyn Merlo

Jaclyn Merlo

  • Oral Presentation Award at 2025 the 2025 Dental Science Symposium
  • Oral presentation at the 13th Annual Gulf Coast Consortium Translational Pain Research Conference
  • Received two travel awards in 2024 and secured funding for her stipend through the NIH NIDCR Diversity Supplement and the Craniofacial Oral-biology Student Training in Academic Research (COSTAR)
  • Published two first-author papers this academic year, bringing her total to nine publications as a third-year PhD student
  • Submitted F31 and F30 April 2024
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Josue Murillo

  • 2025 Maria Yeung Award
Steven Hernandez

Steven Hernandez

  • Selected for the Oral Presentation Talk at the 2025 Dental Science Symposium
  • Submitted F31 and F30 April 2024
Jessie Alfaro

Jessie Alfaro

  • Selected for the Oral Presentation Talk at 2025 GCC/TPRC symposium
  • Submitted her F30 December 2024

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School of Dentistry

210-567-7000
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX , TX 78229
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