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Fourteen biomedical sciences students receive 2024 Provost Pathbreaking Discovery Award
Apr. 10, 2024—By Marissa Shapiro, Office of the Dean of Basic Sciences Fourteen biomedical sciences students from across the School of Medicine Basic Sciences and the School of Medicine have been awarded the Provost Pathbreaking Discovery Award from the Graduate School. The 2024 awardees are: Darian Carroll, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Marianne Casilio, Hearing and Speech Sciences...
BRET 360º
Nov. 7, 2023—The BRET office publishes an annual report titled, BRET 360°, to summarize our accomplishments and ongoing projects for internal and external audiences interested in our work. We invite you to learn about our efforts to enhance our students’ development, support our students’ training, and serve the needs of our faculty in the biomedical research community at Vanderbilt...
Vanderbilt University Virtual Postdoc Preview
Nov. 3, 2023—On Friday, March 22, 2024, The Vanderbilt University Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training (BRET) is hosting the 4th annual Vanderbilt Integrated Training Alliance (VITA), a virtual postdoc preview for senior graduate students.
Career Outcomes Publication
Oct. 26, 2023—The BRET Outcomes Team and the ASPIRE Program are proud to share their paper, now in FASEB BioAdvances, analyzing the progression of career outcomes in our Vanderbilt BRET PhD alumni, “From goal to outcome: Analyzing the progression of biomedical sciences PhD careers in a longitudinal study using an expanded taxonomy.”
ASPIRE Grant Repository
Aug. 20, 2023—The ASPIRE team maintains a repository of funded grant applications written by Vanderbilt graduate students. Access is restricted to Vanderbilt graduate students who are currently writing a grant application. Currently the repository contains example F31 NIH NRSA , AHA, and NSF GRFP grant applications. If you are a VU student who is interested in viewing the repository, please fill out the request...
Vanderbilt University’s CBMS Training Program Receives Funding for Innovative Lab Safety Initiative
Jun. 22, 2023—The Cellular, Biochemical, and Molecular Sciences (CBMS) Training Program at Vanderbilt University has received a grant supplement to T32GM137793 in response to “NOT-GM-22-010: Laboratory Safety.” This funding will support an exciting new initiative aimed at enhancing laboratory safety practices and cultivating a safety mindset among graduate students and lab leaders. The CBMS training grant is...
BRET Alumni Outcomes Research
Mar. 17, 2022—The mission of the BRET Office of Outcomes Research is to generate insights about the effectiveness of biomedical research training programs and the impact our alumni have in the world. We use rigorous survey design, data collection, and analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of PhD and postdoctoral training programs and track alumni career outcomes, with...
Beyond the Lab
Aug. 15, 2018—Curious about what biomedical Ph.D.s do for their career? In the “Beyond the Lab” series, the ASPIRE Program interviews Vanderbilt Ph.D. and postdoctoral alumni about their career path. We have video interviews published on YouTube, and an audio version available as podcasts.