MSTP News

By Lourdes Estrada, PhD (MSTP Associate Director) My Dad, Jose Antonio Estrada Padilla (left), shaking hands with the then Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rosselló González (right). In 2008, I was in Toronto on the last day of a Mathematical Modeling of Cancer workshop I was… Read More

Yearly1st Term2nd Term Tuition$70,900$35,450$35,450 Student Health Insurance ‡$4,074$2,037$2,037 International or MSTP Student Health Insurance ‡$4,314$2,157$2,157 Student Services Fee ‡$791$396$395 Student Health Fee ‡$1,012$506$506 Transcript ‡ (new students)$100$100        … Read More

Simone Herzberg (left), Rachel Brown, PhD (middle), Maggie Axelrod, PhD (right) Simone Herzberg, Rachel Brown, PhD, and Margaret Axelrod, PhD, have been selected as recipients of the competitive 2022-23 International P.E.O. Scholar Award. The P.E.O. Scholar Award is a one-time, competitive merit-based $20,000 award that honors academic excellence and… Read More

By Drew Kittleson (M2) Mini-MSTP made its triumphant return to wholly in-person programming for the first time since 2019! On May 6, the MSTP Outreach Committee invited middle school children from across Dickson County schools to participate in our annual event highlighting the experiences of physician-scientists. Over… Read More

By Natalie Bennett (G3) The MSTP Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is a group of representatives from each class which acts as a liaison between the student body and the MSTP Leadership Team and collects student ideas, feedback, and concerns. As Dr. Chris Williams reflected in our first meeting of the… Read More

MTG16 regulates colonic epithelial differentiation, colitis, and tumorigenesis by repressing E protein transcription factors. Brown RE, Jacobse J, Anant SA, Blunt KM, Chen B, Vega PN, Jones CT, Pilat JM, Revetta F, Gorby AH, Stengel KR, Choksi YA, Palin K, Piazuelo… Read More

The G4 class celebrated their halfway milestone that was postponed 2 years due to COVID, with a Six/Sevenths celebration! A large portion of the class has already returned to medical school after defending their theses.   Congratulations Stephanie Cajigas (G2) and Matt O’Neil (G2) on being awarded F30 NRSA Training Fellowships!   Simone Herzberg (G2) and Dr. Read More

Congratulations to our 2022 MSTP Graduates! The table below lists their next steps.  Direct Costs Paid to Vanderbilt1st Year Fall / Spring / Summer (12 months)2nd Year Fall / Spring (9 months) Tuition$48,156$24,076 Student Services Fee*$791$676 Student Health Fee*$1,012$882 Year… Read More

Lizzie Flook at her Orientation Welcome Picnic in 2015. Photo by Joe Howell After seven years in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Dr. Lizzie (Hale) Flook prepares to graduate with her MD this Friday. The University of Miami alumna, who played collegiate volleyball,… Read More

  Members of the G3 class traveled to Puerto Rico to attend classmate Nick Petersen’s wedding! Congratulations Nick and Josh!   Kelsey McNew (M4) worked with resident Laura Armstrong (PhD ’17, MD ’19, Vandy Peds Neuro PGY3) on neurology this month… Read More