research opportunities in the mbrs rise program

MBRS RISE faculty mentors are currently engaged in biomedical research that includes:

• Alzheimer’s disease
• Behavioral sciences
• Bioengineering
• Bioinformatics
• Chemistry
• Diagnostic marker development for trichomonas vaginalis
• DNA barcoding of medicinal plants and plant-based supplements
• Epilepsy
• Forensic science
• Gene therapy
• Infectious diseases
• Neuroscience
• Nutrition
• Obesity in Mexican-Americans
• Psychology
• Public health
• Survey of medicinal plants used by people in the Rio Grande Valley
• Tuberculosis
• Type II diabetes in Mexican-Americans

Additional research concentrations are in the developmental stages and will become available for student research in the near future.