Honors And Awards

Student NameProgram (Mentor)Dissertation Title Joe DeCorte, PhDChemical & Physical Biology (Jens Meiler, PhD)Ensemble-Based Methods for Predicting PROTAC Degradation Efficiency Stephanie Cajigas Gabriel, PhDNeuroscience (Erin Calipari, PhD)The role of accumbal dopamine in shaping adaptive and maladaptive aversive learning strategies Duby Okonkwo, PhDMolecular Pathology & Immunology (Jonathan Schoenecker, MD, PhD)Regenerative Mechanisms in… Read More

Congratulations to Katherine Caja (G1) for being elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS)! The mission GHHS is to recognize individuals who are exemplars of humanistic patient care and who can serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine and students were selected for their commitment to… Read More

Kevin Zhang (G3) was selected as a Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellow by the Society for Neuroscience, one of just 16 graduate students and postdocs chosen nationwide!… Read More

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