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by Yash Pershad (G3) and Thomas Clarity (G2) Dr. Dan Roden, a Vanderbilt icon whose career spans more than four decades, shared invaluable insights with the MSTP community on November 11th during the Fall Physician-Scientist Speaker Series (PSSS). Originally from Montreal, he received his MD from McGill University… Read More

By Leigh Ann Gardner (MSTP Sr. Grants Manager) October 8: Born on October 8, 1959, in Lima, Peru, Carlos I. Noriega is the first Peruvian-born astronaut to fly into outer space. He and his family immigrated to the United States when Noriega was five years old, and he graduated… Read More

by Gabby Longway (G1) Last month, 14 Vanderbilt MSTP students traveled to the 15th annual Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) MSTP on September 27th-28th. SEMSS is a multi-institutional regional meeting of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) with the goal… Read More

By Cass Atzrodt (G1) Dr. Adrian Cadar earned his PhD (‘17) and MD (‘21) at Vanderbilt University and is currently a PGY-5 fellow in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr. Cadar’s fascination with the heart began during childhood fishing trips with his father. While cleaning their catch, he was captivated… Read More

Congratulations to Drew Kittleson (G4) for receiving a Travel Award from the VU Graduate Leadership Institute for his oral presentation at the annual meeting of USPATH in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM!   The Englot, MASI, and NOBL MSTP lab members presented their work at the Vanderbilt University Institute… Read More

Distinct and convergent effects of SF3B1 mutations in human breast cancer. Bergman RE, Keeton CI, Sinha IR, Ling JP, Wang Y, Ha L, Mehta EP, Reed SC, Fox EK, O’Grady TM, Yu Y, Fragkogianni S, Chao… Read More

Jack Engel (M1) got engaged to Megan Carlesi. Congrats to Jack and Meg! The M1s helped Jack set up the venue for his proposal   The M1s and M2s had a blast playing family feud! We had our first CAB day on October 8th. Anvith Reddy (G2)… Read More

By Dr. Megan Willams (MSTP Assistant Director) Members of the Vanderbilt MSTP Leadership Team, Biomedical Research Education & Training (BRET) Office, and School of Medicine faculty attended the 2025 Biomedical Research Training Conference Hosted by the AAMC Group on Research, Education, and Training (GREAT) in Arlington, VA… Read More

by Sharon Fernandez (G3) Richard Merkhofer, Jr, MD, PhD is a PGY5 fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt. Although his current research focuses on tuberculosis, he has studied many different organisms throughout his career. In his first foray into research as an undergraduate student, he studied ferns… Read More

By Hannah Luviano (M1) Dr. Alex Linsalata, MD, PhD is Avery-Cohen’s newest PSTP Associate College Advisor. He is a PGY-5 Pulmonology and Critical Care Fellow in Vanderbilt’s Physician Scientist Training Program. His current research focuses on trying to understand how interstitial lung disease drives pulmonary hypertension. When Dr. Linsalata… Read More