Kate Stuart

This April, a group of Vanderbilt biomedical graduate students and postdocs packed their bags and headed west for the 2025 edition of ASPIRE on the Road, landing in sunny San Diego, California. Read more. Read More

Congrats, Dr. Scalici! Who: Alexandra Scalici, PhD Department: Human Genetics PI Mentor: Dr. Nancy Cox Research: My research focused on using VUMC’s electronic health record linked biobank, BioVU, to study rare and common genetic diseases. Vanderbilt Impact: “The strong sense of community within Human Genetics Training Program… Read More

Congrats, Dr. Bryant! Who: Kaeli Bryant, PhD Department: Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology PI Mentor: Dr. Timothy Cover Research: I studied the structure of the Helicobacter pylori Cag type IV secretion system, which is a major contributor to the development of gastric cancer. Vanderbilt Impact: “… Read More

Congrats, Dr. Bledsoe! Who: Xavier Bledsoe, PhD Department: Human Genetics PI Mentor: Eric Gamazon & Nancy Cox Research: How do genetic changes to gene expression affect the structure of the brain in contexts of health and disease? Vanderbilt Impact: ” My… Read More

Congrats, Dr. Munneke! Who: Matthew Munneke, PhD Department: Pathology, Microbiology,and Immunology PI Mentor: Eric Skaar Research: Understanding what the bacterial pathogen Clostridioides difficile is eating in your gut Vanderbilt Impact: “The Mass Spectrometry Research Center as well as the Vanderbilt Institute… Read More

Congrats, Dr. Hartmann! Who: Heather Hartmann, PhD Department: Molecular Pathology and Immunology PI Mentor: Vivian Weiss Research: Intrinsic and environmental drivers of thyroid cancer Vanderbilt Impact: “Both the Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR) and the translational Pathology Shared Resource (TPSR) have… Read More

Congrats, Dr. Kunnath! Who: Ansley Kunnath, PhD Department: Neuroscience PI Mentor: Mark Wallace & René Gifford Research: I study how people with hearing loss integrate information across different senses during speech understanding and the cortical networks involved in this process. Vanderbilt Impact: “… Read More

Congrats, Dr. Barr! Who: Jordyn Barr, PhD Department: Biological Sciences PI Mentor: Julian Hillyer Research: Warmer temperatures accelerate aging in mosquitoes, altering their ability to survive and transmit disease Vanderbilt Impact: “Mentoring a high school student through School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (SSMV) as well… Read More

Congrats, Dr.Bogart! Who: Avery Bogart, PhD Department: Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology PI Mentor: Lorraine Ware, MD Research: I study actors that injure the endothelium, a layer of cells that line all blood vessels, in critical conditions such as sepsis to improve treatments for severe illnesses. Vanderbilt… Read More

Congrats, Dr. Hargrove-Wiley! Who: Ebony Hargrove-Wiley, PhD Department: Cancer Biology PI Mentor: Barbara Fingleton Research: Sex-Specific Immune Responses and Immunomodulatory Pathways in Breast Cancer Vanderbilt Impact: “IMSD, the ASPIRE Program/BRET Office, and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center were instrumental in my training.” Post-PhD Plans: Entering Pharmaceutical Industry Clinical… Read More