UT San Antonio
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Alyssa Parra

Ph.D. Student

Education

B.S. in Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso.

Awards

  • 2023: Initiative for Maximizing Student Development T32 research training grant; UT Health San Antonio.
  • 2022: Honors, Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI); UT El Paso.
  • 2022: Best Presentation, COURI Symposium; UT El Paso.

Posters:

  • Parra, A.N., Beltran, N.M., Castro, I.M., Elsey, M.K., Serrano, A.P., Castillo, J., Minervini, V., Serafine, K.M., (2023, March). The effects of eating a traditional high fat or a ketogenic diet on sensitivity of rats to the antinociceptive effects of morphine. Poster presented at the annual BBC meeting in San Antonio, TX.
  • Beltran, N.M., Parra, A.N., Castro, I.M., Elsey, M.K., Serrano, A.P., Castillo, J., Minervini, V., and Serafine, K.M. The effects of eating a traditional high fat or a ketogenic diet on sensitivity of female rats to morphine-induced antinociception, tolerance and withdrawal. Poster Presented at the annual ASPET meeting in St. Louis, MO.
  • Parra, A.N., Beltran, N.M., Castillo, J., Serrano, A.P., Elsey, M.K., Serafine, K.M., (2022, August). The effects of eating a traditional high fat or ketogenic diet on sensitivity of rats to the antinociceptive effects of morphine. Poster presented at the Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Summer Symposium, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.

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