Acknowledgement- We would like to thank the TTUHSC School of Medicine Office of the Dean, especially Dr. Steven L. Berk, Dr. Jannette M. Dufour, and Ernestine Gregorcyk for help in preparing this issue. We would also like to thank the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Dr. Brandt Schneider and Kellsie Beasley for their assistance with the student research week abstracts. Most of all we thank the faculty members who took the time to mentor the medical students and teach them the importance of research.