June 2026
Amy gets her F(unded)30! โ๏ธโฃ๏ธ๐
Congrats to Amy for receiving the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F30) — the first in the lab to be funded by the NIEHS! ๐๏ธ
Congrats to Hana for her BPA-per! ๐ฐ
Congratulations, Hana! You can read “Occurrence of bisphenols A and S in paired human skin and adipose tissue in neonatal males” published in Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology here.
March 2026
Qiannan joins the lab! ๐ฅณ
Welcome Qiannan to the Garza Lab! ๐ฅ๐
December 2025
Elizabeth passes her DBO!
Congratulations to Elizabeth for her unconditional pass for her qualifying exam on December 10, 2025! ๐ฅณ
November 2025
Congrats to Kaitlin for her paper in Nature Communications!
Congratulations, Kaitlin! You can read “Plastic associated endocrine disruptors reduce Nicastrin protein and potentiate inflammation in hidradenitis suppurativa skin disease” here.

Congratulations to Amy for her commentary in JID!
Congrats, Amy! You can read “New Insights into the Neglected Disease Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus” here.

June 2025
Charlie graduates! ๐
Congratulations to Charlie for graduating with a PhD in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology!

May 2025
Hana is awarded her F30! ๐งช
Congratulations to Hana for being awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (the F30!) with an impact score in the fifth percentile ๐
March 2025
Yingchao is awarded a research grant!
Congratulations to Yingchao for earning the Dermatology Foundation Research Career Development Award (Year 3) for her project, “Defining the Contribution of Skin Stretch to Obesity-Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance.”
February 2025
Congrats to Charlie for his paper (featured on the cover!) in JCI!
Congratulations, Charlie! You can read “RNase L represses hair follicle regeneration through altered innate immune signaling” here.

