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Meredith Wood received her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience with a minor in speech and hearing sciences. Originally a pre-med student, her interest in the medical field ultimately led her to the medical track at Vanderbilt’s M.S. SLP program. The Medical Speech-Language Pathology track, led by Assistant Professors of Hearing… Read More

If you ask Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students why they chose VUSM, you’ll usually hear the same answer: the people. Whether it’s the exceptional faculty, the supportive administration, or the tight-knit student cohorts, there’s something about the VUSM community that makes students feel like they belong. M4s Brian Song… Read More

By: Kyle T. Enriquez, M.Sc. (G4) Within the MSTP, thesis defense presentations are an under-explored but valuable way to gain collaborators, learn key details about potential mentors, and benefit from the specific interests of other students. While all MSTP thesis defense advertisements ask that trainees “Please make every effort to… Read More

By Ericka Randazzo (G3) Finding Joy at the Intersection of Science, Medicine, and Mentorship Dr. Fred Lamb’s path to becoming a physician–scientist was anything but linear. Rather, it was shaped less by formal pipelines and more by curiosity, serendipity, and an enduring love of discovery – qualities that continue to… Read More

The Population and Public Health Colloquium is an annual event hosted by the Vanderbilt Institute for Population and Public Health and the Vanderbilt MPH Program. The 2025 event will take place on Friday, November 14 at 3 p.m. at Carmichael Conference Center on Vanderbilt’s campus. Students will present their population… Read More

by Gabby Longway (G1) Last month, 14 Vanderbilt MSTP students traveled to the 15th annual Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) MSTP on September 27th-28th. SEMSS is a multi-institutional regional meeting of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) with the goal… Read More