Entry Year: 2008
Currently: G2
Undergrad: Texas Christian University, B.S. Biology
Graduate: The University of Texas School of Public Health, M.P.H. Epidemiology
Research Interests: Infectious diseases; Tuberculosis pathogenesis

Abstracts and Presentations:

• Galbadage, T., P.S. Hartman. “Repeated temperature fluctuation extends the life span of Caenorhabditis elegans in a daf-16 dependent fashion”. 36th Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association, San Antonio, TX, 2007, Student Research Symposium, College of Science & Engineering, TCU, Ft. Worth, TX, 2007.
• Galbadage, T., Y. Belabassi, J.L. Montchamp. “Synthesis of precursors of biologically active 1,1-bisphosphonates and GABA analogs”.
  40th Meeting-In-Miniature, American Chemical Society, DFW Section, Ft. Worth, TX, 2007, Student Research Symposium, College of Science & Engineering, TCU, Ft. Worth, TX, 2007.

Publications:

• Galbadage, T. and P.S. Hartman. Repeated temperature fluctuations extends the life span of Caenorhabditis elegans in a daf-16-dependeent fashion. Mech. Ageing Dev. 129(9):507-14, 2008.
• Vigil, K.J., Z.D. Jiang, J.J. Chen, K.L. Palumbo, T. Galbadage, E.L. Brown, J. Yiang, H. Koo, M.W. DuPont, C. Ericsson, J.A. Adachi, and H.L. DuPont. Coliform and Escherichia coli contamination of desserts served in public restaurants from Guadalajara, Mexico and Houston, Texas. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 80(4):606-8, 2009.
• Galbadage, T., Z.D. Jiang, and H.L.  DuPont. Improvement in detection of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in patients with travelers' diarrhea by increasing the number of E. coli colonies tested. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 80(1):20-3, 2009.

Awards:

• 2nd Place Undergraduate Presentation at the 40th Meeting-In-Miniature, American Chemical Society, DFW Section, 2007
• 1st Place Undergraduate Research in the Department of Biology at the Student Research Symposium, College of Science & Engineering, TCU, 2007
• Dr. Arthur J. Ehlmann Scholarship for Research Excellence & Travel Award at the Student Research Symposium, College of Science & Engineering, TCU, 2007