Argentina Ornelas

Argentina Ornelas, Ph.D., received her doctorate in Chemistry from Texas A&M University. She has training in basic science research in biology and chemistry. After graduate training, she pursued a postdoctoral training position at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she was an NCI R25T Cancer Prevention Research Training Fellow in the Cancer Prevention Research Training Program, and the department of Cancer Systems Imaging. It was at MD Anderson that she discovered the importance of the engagement of advisory committees in the successful development of biomedical research training and education. As an active participant of the postdoctoral association at MD Anderson, she firsthand observed the value of advisory committees in the training component of biomedical research education, in order to advance the scientific and health enterprise, as well as to specifically improve the professional training experience of research fellows, all of which can result in ample improvements in the biomedical research workforce.

Publications

The Role of Advisory Committees in Biomedical Education and Workforce Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities
The Role of Advisory Committees in Biomedical Education and Workforce Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Argentina Ornelas, Julie Neal. © 2018. 171 pages.
In an effort to create a more educated workforce in the United States, many community colleges are implementing the use of advisory groups to assist under-prepared students....
Advisory Committees in Biomedical Research and Training
Advisory Committees in Biomedical Research and Training
Argentina Ornelas. © 2018. 21 pages.
Biomedical Research Training falls under the umbrella of Graduate Education at higher education institutions. The extent that advisory committees play in such training is not...
Development of a Biomedical Research Workforce Through the Support of Advisory Committees
Development of a Biomedical Research Workforce Through the Support of Advisory Committees
Argentina Ornelas. © 2018. 16 pages.
Workforce development has not always been a set goal in biomedical research education and training. The highly-specialized training in biomedical research has often focused on...