MSTP

The research of alum Dr. Evonne McArthur (‘23) was highlighted in a recent University of Washington Internal Medicine residency article. Read about her work here. Read More

  Travel Time! Or MSTP Assistant Director, Megan Williams went with her family to Fall Creek Falls and Mammoth Cave! Our MSTP Program Coordinator, Ava Hampton, traveled to New York for the first time with her sister, and had a… Read More

The embodied self in psychosis: Relationships among insula functional connectivity and emotional embodiment in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Kittleson AR, Chatterjee A, Lebovitz J, Rogers BP, Alexis K, Park S, Sheffield JM. Schizophr Res. 2026 Aug 27;297:241-253. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2026.08.013. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42660028 Free article. Abstract Background: Disturbances in… Read More

Communicating Science Beyond the Lab As scientists, we spend a lot of time learning how to communicate our work to other researchers. But being able to explain what we do to people outside of our field is just as important. Clear, accessible science communication can help patients, families, policymakers, and… Read More

  September 4: Lewis Latimer, a major African American inventor and draftsman, was born on September 4, 1848, in Massachusetts. He joined the US Navy at age 16 in 1864, serving until the end of the Civil War, at which time he was honorably discharged. Following his time in the… Read More

Anas Reda (G3) won the Grass Foundation Young Investigator Award (1 of 8 selected out of 1500+ people) and the Eileen M. Murray First Generation Travel Award (1 of 1 selected out of 1500+ people)!   Price Withers (G2) and Bruno Hidalgo (G3) won the… Read More

by Leigh Ann Gardner (Senior Grants Manager) August 2: Known by many as the father of macular diseases, J. Donald M. Gass was born on August 2, 1928, on Prince Edward Island. He was the son of a prominent tuberculosis specialist, R.S. Gass, and the Gass family moved to Nashville… Read More

Deficiency in circulating T cells in four core genotypes mice with Sry translocation. McKernan KE, Cephus JY, Kuehnle SN, Henriquez-Pilier E, Dandy AC, Bacharier T, Polosukhin VV, Cahill KN, Silveyra P, Newcomb DC. J Immunol. 2026 Aug 4;215(8):vkag207. doi: 10.1093/jimmun/vkag207. PMID: 42595443 Free PMC article. Read More

SAC Kickoff! The MSTP had the first Student Advisory Council (SAC) meeting of the academic year this month! We are looking forward to an exciting year with Emma Hope (G3, Chair) and Claire Hanson (G2, Chair-Elect) leading SAC.           Rising M2s celebrated their end… Read More

Kevin Zhang (G4) received his NRSA F31 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)!               Jack Trapani (G4) received his NRSA F30 from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)!               Yash Pershad (M4) received the 2026 Kalman/American Federation… Read More