{"id":7789,"date":"2025-06-16T18:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/?p=7789"},"modified":"2025-06-16T18:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:33:24","slug":"congrats-dr-vassall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/2025\/06\/16\/congrats-dr-vassall\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats, Dr. Vassall!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10803-025-06772-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7790\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/medschool-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/06\/Sarah-Vassall-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Congrats, Dr. Vassall!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who<\/strong>: Sarah Vassall, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Department<\/strong>: Neuroscience<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Mark Wallace<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong>: I examined audiovisual spatial integration in autism, both function and relationship to core and associated features of the disorder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vanderbilt Impact: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Vanderbilt resources that made an impact in my training include the Teaching Certification Program for getting me closer to my goal of finding a professorship with a strong teaching component. Additionally, the University Counseling Center (UCC), for helping me develop a healthy work-life balance and keep my mental health on track.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-PhD Plans:<\/strong> I am working a postdoc at VUMC examining insula function in psychosis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats, Dr. Vassall! Who: Sarah Vassall, PhD Department: Neuroscience PI Mentor: Dr. Mark Wallace Research: I examined audiovisual spatial integration in autism, both function and relationship to core and associated features of the disorder. Vanderbilt Impact: &#8220;The Vanderbilt resources that made an impact in my training include the Teaching Certification Program for getting me closer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":7790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-7789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-student-profile"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/medschool-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/06\/Sarah-Vassall-1-e1750098634572.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7791,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789\/revisions\/7791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/bret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}