Ambika Mathur, Ph.D., is Senior Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Graduate Dean at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Dr. Mathur received her doctoral degree from the University of Iowa and has held faculty positions at the University of Minnesota and Wayne State University. Dr. Mathur is deeply committed to the advancement of all aspects of training for high school, undergraduate, medical, master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral trainees. She has received more than $30 million in grant funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and several other agencies in support of her research and training grants to advance diversity in graduate and postdoctoral education as well as the workforce. Dr. Mathur has more than 400 research publications and presentations in these areas.
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