Honors And Awards

Best of AJHG and HGG Advances 2024-2025: American Society of Human Genetics Xavier Bledsoe’s (M4) PhD thesis project “A transcriptomic atlas of the human brain reveals genetically determined aspects of neuropsychiatric health” has been selected by the American Society of Human Genetics in the special volume, which showcases the… 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

Congratulations to Tristan Sealy (M1) for being elected VUSM Class president! Congratulations to Kimmy Bress (G4) on being named the Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar and giving an awesome talk on her research! Congratulations to Max Van Belkum… Read More

Congratulations to Atlee Witt (G2), Arlene Garcia (G3), and Raymond Zhang (G3) for receiving their F30s!   Congratulations to recent graduate Dr. Simone Ueland for receiving the Dean’s Award! This award is presented to the medical students distinguished by outstanding service to the School of Medicine and the community.   Congratulations to recent graduates… Read More

Congratulations to our 2025 graduates! Check out photos from the day and see where everyone is headed next!       MondayTuedayWednesdayThursdayFriday 8 AM - NoonCase-based Small GroupLarge/Medium Group or LabCase-based Small GroupLarge/Medium Group or LabCase-based Small Group Large/Medium Group… Read More

The G2 Class received their extremely important and official M.P. degrees at their Halftime Celebration!… Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Chris Williams, MSTP Director, for receiving the Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor Award! This award recognizes faculty accomplishments that further the aims of the university through creative research, teaching and service. Read more … Read More

Name Graduate Program (Mentor) Dissertation Hailey (Kresge) Adegboye, PhD Neuroscience (Angela Jefferson, PhD) Utilizing Plasma Proteomics to Identify Novel Biomarkers of Cognitive Aging Riley Bergman, PhD Cancer Biology (Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD) Clinical, Biological, and Molecular Impacts of SF3B1 Hotspot Mutations in Breast Cancer Avery Bogart,… Read More

Congratulations to Jeewoo Kim (G3) for winning the Best in Show Poster Award at the 2024 Fall Clinical and Translational Science Awards Meeting!   Congratulations to Landon Clark (G1) for being inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society! The mission of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) is to… Read More