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by Yash Pershad (G3) This April, fourteen Vanderbilt MSTP students traveled to the 2026 ASCI/AAP/APSA Joint Meeting, representing one of our strongest showings at the annual gathering of physician-scientists from across the country. Two of the ten talks at the APSA Scientific Showcase were from Vanderbilt: Yash Pershad presented his… Read More

Discovery Lecture with David Clapham on April 2nd 2026. Photos by Donn Jones/Vanderbilt Health by Yash Pershad (G3) and Thomas Clarity (G2) The MSTP’s Spring Physician Scientist Speaker Series recently welcomed Dr. David Clapham, distinguished ion channel biophysicist and former Chief Scientific Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Students… Read More

Student NameProgram (Mentor)Dissertation Title Kyle Enriquez, PhDMicrobe-Host Interactions (Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH)OG0523 proteins act as bacterial and host determinants of Staphylococcus aureus growth and infection dynamics Drew Kittleson, PhDNeuroscience (Julia Sheffield, PhD)Functional Activation and Connectivity of the Posterior Insula during Interoceptive Processing in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders Chloe Cho, PhDBiomedical Engineering (Bennett… Read More

Neuroimaging PheWAS and molecular phenotyping implicate PSMC3 in Alzheimer’s disease. Bledsoe X, Wang TC, Wu Y, Archer D, Chen HH, Naj AC, Bush WS, Hohman TJ, Dumitrescu L, Below JE, Gamazon ER. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Feb;22(2):e71217. doi: 10.1002/alz.71217. PMID: 41732108… Read More

by Leigh Ann Gardner (Senior Grants Manager) March is Women’s History Month, and you can learn more about this here. March 6: Alice Woodby McKane, the first African American female doctor in Savannah, Georgia and the operator of hospitals… Read More

Several of our MSTP students led a booth dedicated to teaching the anatomy of the brain to local elementary and middle school students at the annual Vanderbilt Brain Institute Brain Blast event! M1s went on a hike post-Renal & Digestion exam! Edwards-Goodpasture made cards… Read More

AMSER Henry Goldberg Medical Student Award Atlee Witt (G3) received the American Association of Radiologists’ 2026 AMSER Henry Goldberg Medical Student Award for the paper, “Imaging the Past: Dental Pathologies and Cardiovascular Disease in Egyptian Mummified Remains”. Read More

Vanderbilt MSTP 2026 Residency Match Student NameResidency SpecialtyResidency Institution Adegboye (Kresge), HaileyInternal MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin Bergman, RileyInternal MedicineVanderbilt University Medical Center Bledsoe, XaverPediatricsChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia Bogart, AveryObstetrics and GynecologyNorthwestern University Donahue, EricOphthalmologySaint Louis University Doss, DerekNeurosurgeryVanderbilt University Medical Center Fisher-Gupta, EmiliePediatricsRady Children's Hospital-San Diego Grabowska, MonikaInternal MedicineVanderbilt University Medical… Read More

MSTPets: Meet Emil Dominguez’s (M1) New Kitten… Read More

Stahlman-Thomas Faculty Advisor Dr. Alex Sundermann hosted dinner at her house for MSTP students interested in OB/Gyn and women’s health.   Our MSTP Leadership Team came together for a collaborative retreat focused on better supporting trainees during both clinical and graduate phases. The result: new strategies, fresh ideas,… Read More