MSTP News

Background Hi, everyone! My name is Ava Hampton, and I’m excited to be part of the MSTP team. I grew up just north of Indianapolis, Indiana, and have always had a passion for the outdoors and the natural world. That passion led me to attend Eastern Kentucky University, where I… Read More

Congratulations to alum Dr. Kristie Aamodt (left) for receiving the Turner-Hazinski Research Award from the Department of Pediatrics! The award is intended to foster innovative, high risk, high impact, and collaborative projects that will lead to improvements in child health. Congratulations to alum… Read More

by Zach Ewell (G3) I began my yearslong journey to become an organist with a cold email to a professor in Salt Lake City. She agreed to teach me only after I auditioned for lessons, playing a couple of simple pieces. Throughout my senior year of high school,… Read More

Thank you to the MSTP Wellness Committee for organizing a Dog Days event! See Jack Trapani’s (G4) cute dog Remy and Claire Hanson’s (G2) dog Georgie playing tug with Emma Fritsch’s (G2) dog Henry below!   Meet Kelbi Banducci’s (M1) dogs Abby and… Read More

  MSTPicnic Thank you to the Wellness Committee for organizing a great MSTPicnic in the park!   MSTP Engagement! Congratulations to Reilly Frankhauser (G4) for his recent engagement to Alise! He had to adapt under rainy conditions to… Read More

The Vanderbilt MSTP welcomes these 9 undergraduate students to Vanderbilt this summer as part of the Vanderbilt MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Program! We look forward to getting to know them and seeing what they accomplish this summer. Donye Asberry Undergraduate Institution: Middle Tennessee State University… Read More

We are delighted to welcome our new M1 class! This incoming cohort brings together talented students from across the country, each contributing a variety of skills, experiences, and perspectives to our MSTP community. We look forward to supporting their growth and are excited to see the impactful work and… Read More

by Dr. Lourdes Estrada (Associate Director) Three years ago, my husband Larry and I made a decision that most people thought was a little crazy—we would build our dream log home ourselves. Not from a kit. Not from milled lumber. From trees standing on our own property. In the spring… Read More

by Leigh Ann Gardner (Senior Grants Manager) Image from Wikimedia Commons June 1: Michiyo Tsujimura, the first woman in Japan to receive a PhD in agriculture, died on June 1, 1969. Born in Okegawa, Japan in 1888, and attended the Tokyo Prefecture Women’s Normal School, where she was inspired by… Read More

by Mark Petrovic (G4) Over the last several years, the MSTP Student Advisory Committee (SAC) has developed into an important vehicle for change in the MSTP community. Elected representatives serve as liaisons between each class, the SAC Chair-elect and Chair, and the MSTP Leadership team, as well as with other… Read More