MSTP News

Photo: Anne Rayner Congratulations to our 2026 Vanderbilt MSTP Graduating Class!! Learn more about their next steps here! They were honored with numerous awards as outlined below. Congratulations to Dr. Mark Rusznak for receiving the Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine! This award recognizes graduating… Read More

Congratulations to the G2 class for officially earning their “M.P. degrees” at their Halftime celebration! “Nicole and I (Raymond Zhang, G4) got engaged recently in Asheville along the French Broad River. And of course Jak (the dog) is the most photogenic one in all of the pictures.” Congratulations… Read More

by Leigh Ann Gardner (Senior Grants Manager) In May, we celebrate the contributions and achievements of Asian American and Pacific Islanders for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as well as the contributions and achievements of Jewish Americans with Jewish American Heritage Month. Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage… Read More

Congratulations to Arlene Garcia (G4) for winning the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 2026 Midwest C. elegans Meeting held at the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan! Congratulations to Anas Reda (G2) for receiving the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral Program from the Canadian Institutes… Read More

DermIDS: Dermatology imaging data structure for scalable and interoperable AI systems. Cho C, McNeil AJ, Jiang B, Saunders AM, Rudravaram G, Liu Y, Moyer D, Dawant BM, Landman BA, Tkaczyk ER. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2026 Feb;13930:139300V. doi: 10.1117/12.3085989. Epub 2026 Apr 2. Read More

One of the best parts of science is inspiring the next generation of investigators. Through the Mini MSTP, our students welcomed ~140 elementary and middle school students from LEAD Academy and Dickson County Middle Schools on May 4 and 12. During their visit, students explored hands-on activities including… Read More

by Thomas Clarity (G2) The APSA Committee recently welcomed back Vanderbilt MSTP alumnus Sameer Chopra, MD, PhD (Class of 2009) as this year’s keynote alumni speaker during MSTP Seminar. Dr. Chopra currently serves as Vice President of Clinical Development at Werewolf Therapeutics, a Boston-area biotechnology company… Read More

Cadaver Ball G2 Class at the Cadaver Ball M1 Class at the Cadaver Ball Riley Bergman wedding Congratulations to Riley Bergman (M4) and Chandler Rygalski (PGY-4) on their recent marriage! Wellness post match happy hour Thank you to Landon Clark (G2) and… Read More

by Leigh Ann Gardner (Senior Grants Manager) April is Arab American Heritage Month, which celebrates the achievements of Arab Americans in diplomacy, science, technology, art, and culture. You can learn more about this here and here. April 4: On April 4, 2018, the… Read More

Inpatient continuous thalamic stereo-electroencephalography stimulation in the evaluation of focal epilepsy: illustrative case. Hidalgo Monroy Lerma B, Makhoul GS, Reda A, Cavender AC, Doss DJ, Withers CP, Wang K, Johnson GW, Funk C, Crudele AN, Englot DJ. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2026 Apr 6;11(14):CASE25947. Read More