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Blue Genes and Boots

The Texas A&M Genetics Program has a podcast! Blue Genes & Boots is a podcast series where faculty and students talk about the fun science going on right here at Texas A&M University. Graduate students also share insights on how to pursue a PhD and jump-start a career in science.

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Blue Genes and Boots

A Veteran's View with Sarah Ingram

April 30, 2025 • Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics • Episode 49

Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!

In this episode Anthony talked to Sarah Ingram, a 4th-year PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Genetics program at Texas A&M, a US Navy veteran, and a 2024 Tillman Scholar. She returned to academia after 9 years of military service and received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University- Texarkana. Currently, she studies under Dr. Shaunna Clark in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and her research focuses on the relationship between DNA methylation and anxiety.

If you want to know more about the Genetics program at Texas A&M, the research discussed in this episode, or the Pat Tillman Foundation please visit the following websites:

Dr. Shaunna Clark: https://medicine.tamu.edu/faculty-listings/shaunna-clark.html

Sarah Ingram: https://vitalrecord.tamu.edu/graduate-genetics-researcher-named-among-60-tillman-scholars-for-2024/

https://pattillmanfoundation.org/meet-our-scholars/sarah-ingram-2/

The Pat Tillman Foundation: https://pattillmanfoundation.org/

Genetics IDP: https://genetics.tamu.edu

Genetics Graduate Student Association: https://g2sa.tamu.edu