Priscilla Waweru

Cadaver Ball G2 Class at the Cadaver Ball M1 Class at the Cadaver Ball Riley Bergman wedding Congratulations to Riley Bergman (M4) and Chandler Rygalski (PGY-4) on their recent marriage! Wellness post match happy hour Thank you to Landon Clark (G2) and… Read More

by Leigh Ann Gardner (Senior Grants Manager) April is Arab American Heritage Month, which celebrates the achievements of Arab Americans in diplomacy, science, technology, art, and culture. You can learn more about this here and here. April 4: On April 4, 2018, the… Read More

Inpatient continuous thalamic stereo-electroencephalography stimulation in the evaluation of focal epilepsy: illustrative case. Hidalgo Monroy Lerma B, Makhoul GS, Reda A, Cavender AC, Doss DJ, Withers CP, Wang K, Johnson GW, Funk C, Crudele AN, Englot DJ. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2026 Apr 6;11(14):CASE25947. Read More

Excellence In Leadership Award Congratulations to Kyle Enriquez (G4) for receiving the Excellence in Leadership Award which honors a graduate student who made a significant impact on their community through service and has inspired others to do the same. Read More

The MSTP Outreach Committee hosted an MSTP takeover at Shade Tree Clinic where MSTP students and physician-scientist attendings filled all positions! Everyone had a great time working together to serve the patients. Read More

by Yash Pershad (G3) This April, fourteen Vanderbilt MSTP students traveled to the 2026 ASCI/AAP/APSA Joint Meeting, representing one of our strongest showings at the annual gathering of physician-scientists from across the country. Two of the ten talks at the APSA Scientific Showcase were from Vanderbilt: Yash Pershad presented his… Read More

Discovery Lecture with David Clapham on April 2nd 2026. Photos by Donn Jones/Vanderbilt Health by Yash Pershad (G3) and Thomas Clarity (G2) The MSTP’s Spring Physician Scientist Speaker Series recently welcomed Dr. David Clapham, distinguished ion channel biophysicist and former Chief Scientific Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Students… Read More

Neuroimaging PheWAS and molecular phenotyping implicate PSMC3 in Alzheimer’s disease. Bledsoe X, Wang TC, Wu Y, Archer D, Chen HH, Naj AC, Bush WS, Hohman TJ, Dumitrescu L, Below JE, Gamazon ER. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Feb;22(2):e71217. doi: 10.1002/alz.71217. PMID: 41732108… Read More

by Leigh Ann Gardner (Senior Grants Manager) March is Women’s History Month, and you can learn more about this here. March 6: Alice Woodby McKane, the first African American female doctor in Savannah, Georgia and the operator of hospitals… Read More

Several of our MSTP students led a booth dedicated to teaching the anatomy of the brain to local elementary and middle school students at the annual Vanderbilt Brain Institute Brain Blast event! M1s went on a hike post-Renal & Digestion exam! Edwards-Goodpasture made cards… Read More