Emily Waltenbaugh

The Vanderbilt MSTP is excited to introduce the incoming class of 2022, who started the program orientation on June 13th. They hail from all over the world, and we are delighted to have such a diverse group of people join our program. Welcome, new M1s! Stirling Argabright (he/him) Hometown: Annapolis, MD… Read More

MTG16 regulates colonic epithelial differentiation, colitis, and tumorigenesis by repressing E protein transcription factors. Brown RE, Jacobse J, Anant SA, Blunt KM, Chen B, Vega PN, Jones CT, Pilat JM, Revetta F, Gorby AH, Stengel KR, Choksi YA, Palin K, Piazuelo MB, Washington… Read More

   Congratulations to G3s Stephanie Cajigas, Yasminye Pettway, and Emilie Fisher for receiving the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement! Congratulations to Dr. Kelsey McNew (M4) for receiving the Vanderbilt Diabetes Scholar Award at Vanderbilt Diabetes Day! Congratulations to Dr. Ayaka Sugiura (M4) for receiving the AAI young investigator award at Southeastern… Read More

By Lourdes Estrada, PhD (MSTP Associate Director) My Dad, Jose Antonio Estrada Padilla (left), shaking hands with the then Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rosselló González (right). In 2008, I was in Toronto on the last day of a Mathematical Modeling of Cancer workshop I was… Read More

Yearly1st Term2nd Term Tuition$70,900$35,450$35,450 Student Health Insurance ‡$4,074$2,037$2,037 International or MSTP Student Health Insurance ‡$4,314$2,157$2,157 Student Services Fee ‡$791$396$395 Student Health Fee ‡$1,012$506$506 Transcript ‡ (new students)$100$100        … Read More

In recognition of significant hands-on contributions to health information technology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Sara Horst, MD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine, and Barron Patterson, MD, associate professor of Pediatrics, have received 2022 Physician Builder Awards. The eStar Physician Builder Program supports VUMC physicians and other employees in devising and implementing… Read More

Simone Herzberg (left), Rachel Brown, PhD (middle), Maggie Axelrod, PhD (right) Simone Herzberg, Rachel Brown, PhD, and Margaret Axelrod, PhD, have been selected as recipients of the competitive 2022-23 International P.E.O. Scholar Award. The P.E.O. Scholar Award is a one-time, competitive merit-based $20,000 award that honors academic excellence and… Read More

Ninety-eight Tennessee women died in 2020 during or shortly after pregnancy. More than a quarter of those deaths were tied to substance abuse. Numbers like that are why Firefly — a rigorous program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center — is helping mothers in recovery have a healthy pregnancy and postpartum… Read More

Erin Gillaspie, MD, MPH, has a number stuck in her head that she’s not likely to ever forget: 289. That’s because the Vanderbilt University Medical Center thoracic surgeon is only the 289th female surgeon in her specialty in the United States. “There aren’t a lot of women in my field in… Read More

Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are joining Vanderbilt LifeFlight in a Department of Defense (DOD)-funded clinical trial aimed at improving survival with resuscitation techniques used to keep patients alive after a traumatic injury. Emergency medicine services (EMS) personnel currently use one of two common strategies… Read More