BRET News
Congrats, Dr. Spencer!
Mar. 4, 2025—Who: Paige Spencer, PhD Department: Cell and Developmental Biology PI Mentor: Ken Lau Research: Investigating how bacteria trigger region-specific gut inflammation in genetically susceptible hosts Vanderbilt Impact: “My projects were made possible through the collaborative efforts of researchers across multiple centers, groups, and core facilities on campus, especially the Epithelial Biology Center (EBC), Digestive Disease...
Congrats, Dr. Nabukhotna!
Mar. 3, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Nabukhotna! Who: Kateryna Nabukhotna, PhD Department: Biochemistry PI Mentor: Borden Lacy Research: Studying how Clostridioides difficile toxins increase the severity of infection Vanderbilt Impact: “The Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation (VI4) and Center for Structural Biology (CSB) communities created a supportive and collaborative research environment. Translational Pathology Shared Resource (TPSR) provided...
Congrats, Dr. Stark!
Feb. 17, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Stark! Who: Amy Stark, PhD Department: Pharmacology PI Mentor: John Penn Research: Studying prostanoids, the downstream molecules inhibited by NSAIDs like ibuprofen, and their receptors as highly specific targets to manage inflammation that occurs in the early stages of diabetic retinopathy Vanderbilt Impact: “The ASPIRE Program, especially Dr. Ashley Brady, helped support me...
New biomedical sciences graduate students encouraged to “change the world”
Sep. 6, 2024—The 14th annual “Simple Beginnings” ceremony for 138 new graduate students, their families and friends on Aug. 30, 2024 in Langford Auditorium. The event was hosted by the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training (BRET).
BRET welcomes new biomedical graduate students to Vanderbilt
Sep. 5, 2024—The Vanderbilt University Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training kicked off its week-long orientation for incoming Interdisciplinary Graduate Program and Quantitative and Chemical Biology Program graduate students on Aug. 12 with a comprehensive agenda that emphasized curriculum details and prepared students for their unique academic journeys. Sessions related to student well-being and support, international connections, diversity, equity, and...
Save the Date: 2024 BRET Winter Showcase
Sep. 4, 2024—Join us for an evening of music, talent, and fun for the 6th Annual BRET Winter Showcase! Save the Date for December 12, 2024.
2024 Basic Sciences Dean’s Award Winners Announced
Aug. 5, 2024—The School of Medicine Basic Sciences awarded ten graduate students the 2024 Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Graduate Studies. These graduate students were recognized for their high academic and scientific achievement and for the originality, significance, and rigor of their dissertation research. “The biomedical sciences attract graduate students who dedicate themselves with unwavering focus...
BRET’s annual career symposium helps students explore a variety of biomedical career paths
Aug. 3, 2024—On May 31, 2024, the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training’s ASPIRE Program hosted its yearly career symposium, bringing together biomedical science professionals, including basic sciences alums, to speak about their jobs and share their diverse career pathways with more than 200 attending biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. This year’s theme, “A Kaleidoscope...
Staff Spotlight: Mary Gray Lindstrom
Aug. 3, 2024—We sat down with Mary Gray Lindstrom, program manager for the career development ASPIRE program and the ASPIRE Path in Molecular Medicine in the Office of Biomedical Research and Training Education, who told us a little about herself.
Rischelle Jenkins provides the steady center of Biomedical Informatics
Jul. 24, 2024—hen students in Vanderbilt’s Biomedical Informatics program complete capstone presentations and doctoral dissertations, by custom they include a slide of thanks to those who have helped them achieve that level of success. The names vary, of course, based on the course of study and the involved faculty members, but they all include one name: Rischelle Jenkins.
CBMS Supplemental Grant Aimed to Enhance Laboratory Safety Practices
Jun. 25, 2024—Given the occurrence of tragic accidents and near-misses at research institutions across the country, cultivating a culture of laboratory safety in academic institutions has been a pressing concern for governmental funding agencies. Thanks to a training grant supplement from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded last year, Vanderbilt campus partners collaborated to execute...
NSF names 9 Biomedical Science Trainees as 2024 Graduate Research Fellows
Jun. 25, 2024—The prestigious fellowship program assists exceptional graduate students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees across various fields, including science, technology, engineering, mathematics, STEM education and social sciences supported by NSF. Since its inception in 1952, the NSF GRFP has been a cornerstone of support for graduate students, providing financial aid through a $37,000 annual stipend...
Alumni Profile: Sonja Fulmer, PhD
May. 29, 2024—Meet Sonja Fulmer, PhD’14, a graduate of Chemical and Physical Biology Program who is now the deputy director of the Digital Health Center of Excellence in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
2024 Commencement Highlights
May. 16, 2024—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine held its diploma-awarding ceremony for the Class of 2024 on Friday, May 10, 2024.
Vanderbilt students explore STEM policy in Washington, D.C.
May. 9, 2024—Three Vanderbilt graduate students traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.