MSTP News

By Neil Chada (G4) Sameer Chopra, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt MSTP Class of 2009 I had the pleasure to connect with our very own Vandy MSTP alum Sameer Chopra MD, PhD ’09 and am excited to share snippets with our community. Dr. Chopra is a medical oncologist who currently serves as… Read More

By: Leigh Ann Gardner (MSTP Senior Grants Manager) Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, image courtesy of Association for Women in Science. September 5: Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, founder of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, was born in Panama in 1920 to a family of physicians. After immigrating to the United States in… Read More

William R. Maples. Image Courtesy Smithsonian Magazine and Florida Gulf Coats University Library Archives and Special Collections By: Leigh Ann Gardner August 7: Forensic anthropologist William R. Maples, known for leading the team that identified the remains of the Romanov family and helped solve the murder of civil rights leader… Read More

Submitted by: Hannah Giannini, G2 I started doing yoga the summer before freshman year of college because I was bored after I got home in the afternoons after working my summer job. Within a month, I fell in love with it. My yoga made me feel independent because I was… Read More

  Atlee Witt Changes in functional connectivity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis spinal cord measured via region-based and data-driven analyses. Witt AA, Combes AJE, Sengupta A, Zhang X, Stubblefield S, McKnight CD, McGonigle T, McGrath M, Stewart I, Sweeney G, Prock LE, Houston D, Vandekar S, O’Grady KP, Rogers B,… Read More

By Kaitlin McKernan (G4)   MSTP students, faculty and staff gather at Leadership Workshop II. The MSTP held its 10th Biennial Leadership Workshop II on Saturday, August 16th, 2025. Leadership Workshop II (LWII) is attended by upper-year MSTP students (G4/G5+ and M4s), and it is a structured curriculum aimed at… Read More

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 Month began as a 10-day celebration in… 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