Contact Information
For more information about the G&D Program, please contact the program director or the program manager:
Elsa Flores, Ph.D.
Director, Genes and Development Graduate Program
Phone: 713-792-0413
E-mail: elsaflores@mdanderson.org
Richard Behringer, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Genes and Development Graduate Program
Phone: 713-834-6327
E-mail: rrb@mdanderson.org
Elisabeth Lindheim
Genes and Development Program Manager
Phone: 713-834-6352
E-mail: elindheim@mdanderson.org
Or write to:
The Genes and Development Graduate Program, Unit 1010
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030
Contact a Current G&D Student
Are you a prospective GSBS student? Would you like to contact a current G&D graduate student to ask questions about the program or get a student perspective on GSBS? Are you a first year student with questions about the G&D Program, or do you have questions about picking a rotation in a G&D lab? If you would like to speak with, or write to, a current G&D student, please feel free to contact any of these students. They will be glad to answer your questions.
Patty Dimarco-Duarte
Phone: 713-834-6290
E-mail: prdimarco@mdanderson.org
Patty is a third year graduate student in Dr. Georg Halder's lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Le Huang
Phone: 713-834-6385
E-mail: lhuang3@mdanderson.org
Le is a fourth year graduate student in Dr. Vicki Huff's lab in the Department of Genetics.
William Muñoz
Phone: 713-834-6307
E-mail: william.a.munoz@uth.tmc.edu
William is a fifth year graduate student in Dr. Pierre McCrea's lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Avinash Venkatanarayan
Phone: 713-792-3671
E-mail: avenkatanarayan@mdanderson.org
Avinash is a third year graduate student in Dr. Elsa Flores's lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Program Communications
Genes and Development Program Brochures:
- Full Brochure (pdf, 40 pages, 3.6 MB)
- Mini Brochure (pdf, 4 pages, 4.6 KB)
Genes and Development Annual Newsletters
Genes and Development Student Handbook, March 2010 (pdf, 66 pages, 704 KB)


