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VUSM Honors M4 Awardees on Class Day
May. 14, 2024—VUSM’s annual Class Day recognizes members of the graduating class for outstanding academic achievement, service, research, and leadership. VUSM faculty and fellow students celebrated the following recipients of school and departmental awards on Thursday, May 9, 2024: The Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine This award recognizes graduating students who have demonstrated high academic achievement, superior...
Faculty Receive Student-Selected Awards During 2024 Almost Alumni Luncheon
May. 9, 2024—Each spring, Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Affairs alongside Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recognizes outstanding faculty members for their contributions to student medical education, as voted upon by graduating M4s VUSM faculty, staff, and students celebrated the following recipients at the Almost Alumni Luncheon on Wednesday, May 9, 2024: Bonnie M. Miller, M.D., M.M.H.C Award The...
Trusting the Process: MSTP Thao Do Vy Le Matches into Psychiatry
May. 1, 2024—As she approaches graduation, M4 Thao Le, Ph.D. reflects on finding her way and unlocking her passions at VUSM By Kyra Letsinger M4 MSTP student Thao Do Vy Le, Ph.D., was always ready to take risks. From a young age, when it came to new opportunities, she was not afraid to take a leap of...
2024 Student Flexner Lectures Examine Values of Service, Navigating the Insurance Industry
Apr. 1, 2024—M3 Gunther Wong and M4 Alison Swartz offer their peers valuable insights from their past career experiences By Kyra Letsinger In the early 2000s, former Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs Bonnie Miller, MD, organized an unscheduled Deans’ Hour, a space in the curriculum created to provide a formal lecture opportunity for students and faculty...
M4 Students Nina Curkovic and Sachin Aggarwal are a Match Made in Med School Heaven
Feb. 12, 2024—Fourth-year couple Nina Curkovic and Sachin Aggarwal look to tackle residency together after spending their VUSM journeys side by side. By: Kyra Letsinger When Nina Curkovic and Sachin Aggarwal entered their first day of M1 Orientation in July of 2020, they were naturally nervous. A perfect storm of a new place, new people, and both...
The Next Chapter of Curriculum 2.0
Jan. 9, 2024—In its 10th year, Curriculum 2.0 continues to innovate, this time through the creation of FCC Launch Week. By: Kyra Letsinger The vision of Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine is simple: to shape a future in which all persons reach their full health potential. Despite its simplicity, this vision has acted as a catalyst for...
Meet a Medical Scholar: Alison Swartz
Nov. 28, 2023—M4 Medical Scholar Alison Swartz reflects on the unique opportunity to conduct her own year-long research project. By: Kyra Letsinger At Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, student research is woven into all four years of the MD curriculum, but often that research must fall within the confines of specific criteria, limited by funding and time....