编者注：这是一系列的一篇文章，强调了参加Uthealtheadleads的学生。

Uthealth铅是一项为期一年的学生奖学金计划，旨在培养医疗保健领域的未来领导者。

在该计划中，Uthealth Houston的学生学习如何发展自我意识，提高领导力的信心，领导他人并有效地影响系统。

总共24名Uthealth Houston学生 - 每所学校的4名学生 - 组成了今年的队列。他们将获得与领导者建立联系，发展基本技能的机会，并承诺采取行动以继续成长。

遇到2022-23 Uthealth铅fellows at MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences:

Tanvi Visal

Visal是来自印度浦那的博士生。她从事制药科学的本科学习，并晋升为硕士学位。她在波士顿获得了两年的研究经验。beplay苹果手机能用吗然后，她搬到了休斯敦的Uthealth，目前是GSBS计划癌症生物学和免疫学的四年级博士学位候选人。在实验室外面，她是实验性的面包师和业余夏威夷四弦琴球员。

What brought you to graduate school?

“对科学和对癌症研究和治疗学的热情的好奇心。”beplay苹果手机能用吗

What are you hoping to gain from this program?

“我期待着从领导力教练那里进行网络和学习，获得管理科学和非科学团体的经验，并塑造我作为科学领域领导者的专业身份。”

Where do you hope to be in 10 years?

“我希望领导一个专门从事癌症治疗的领先的制药公司的科学团体。透明

Servando Hernandez Vargas

埃尔南德斯·瓦尔加斯（Hernandez Vargas）在委内瑞拉出生并长大。最初，他于2008年来到休斯敦，在休斯敦大学获得生物医学工程理学学士学位。然后，他在MD Anderson Uthealth Houston研究生院获得了实验治疗硕士学位，现在他正在攻读治疗和药理学博士学位。当他不考虑科学时，瓦尔加斯喜欢进行长时间的远足，下棋和谈论迷人的想法。

What brought you to graduate school?

“我对人体着迷，尤其是分子相互作用如何使我们的身体发挥作用。当这些相互作用出错时，它们会引起疾病。我来研究生院发展技能，使我能够发现解决分子失调的方法。”

What are you hoping to gain from this program?

“I seek to gain tools that allow me to systematically conceptualize the role and attributes of an effective leader.透明

Where do you hope to be in 10 years?

“我的目标是成为一个首席研究员contribute to health care through the development of new technologies for treating diseases more effectively.”

Paulina Horton

Horton is a sixth-year PhD student in the Immunology Program at the graduate school. She was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and received her bachelor’s degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. She didn’t always know she would be a scientist, but she has always loved science. She loves the adventure of discovering and understanding the intricate and complex ways cells work, saying, “It makes me feel like Indiana Jones with a pipette.” When Horton is not in the lab she can be found trying new restaurants with foodie friends or hosting a spirited game night.

What brought you to graduate school?

“While in my junior year of college I was introduced to immunology and absolutely fell in love with the field. I was constantly asking my professor to teach me more than what we were covering in class. Eventually, he suggested I try going into research to quench my insatiable curiosity. When I learned graduate school would allow me to continue to study and learn about the immune system, I decided to pursue my doctorate in this field, and I haven’t looked back.”

What are you hoping to gain from this program?

“I’m hoping to continue to hone and refine my leadership skills I’ve acquired in and out of the lab. I’m also hoping to learn more about leading in a more professional setting and improving my understanding of leading in a system.”

Where do you hope to be in 10 years?

“In the next 10 years I hope to be working my way toward being a top executive in a life sciences company or working on starting my own company.”

Xingdi Ma

Ma is a PhD student from Beijing, China. She completed her Bachelor of Arts at Mount Holyoke College, with a double major in biological sciences and music. She moved to Houston to pursue a graduate degree in bioinformatics and cancer biology. In her free time, she dances, reads, and practices the violin.

What brought you to graduate school?

“我的父母都在生物医学中，他们启发了我跟随他们的脚步。”

What are you hoping to gain from this program?

“I want to learn from established leaders and peers with different leadership experiences, and leadership theories from a professional coach.”

Where do you hope to be in 10 years?

“Working at a pharmaceutical company at a project management position.”