Student Initiatives
Connecting through service
Aug. 25, 2022—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine M3 Thomas Ueland connects with patients, peers, and people in need By: Lexie Little Approximately 157.5 miles from third-year medical student Thomas Ueland’s hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, sits the merged mining towns of Fleming-Neon. Rains ravaged Neon in early August, flooding businesses, homes, and roads with more than 10 feet...
Social Mission Committee welcomes new leaders
Aug. 17, 2022—M3 students Rishub Das and Kayla Buttafuoco look forward to cementing Social Mission Committee initiatives as integral parts of VUSM and VUMC By: Lexie Little The Social Mission Committee (SMC), officially founded as a student organization at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2019, quickly became a foundational pillar for student initiatives in and out...
M2 Harrison Thomas leads the race
May. 19, 2022—Second-year Vanderbilt University School of Medicine medical student Harrison Thomas served as this year’s Shade Tree Trot 5K Run/Walk director, leading an effort to raise $46,500 for the student-run free clinic By: Lexie Little Harrison Thomas felt a tug in his right hip as he raced past Southeastern Conference opponents on a cross country course....
VUSM recognizes annual award winners
May. 18, 2022—Each spring, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recognizes members of the graduating MD class for outstanding academic achievement, service, research, and leadership. VUSM faculty and fellow students celebrated the following recipients of school and departmental awards at the MD Class Day ceremony on Thursday, May 12, 2022: The Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine This...
Q&A with MSTP Lizzie Flook (PhD ’21, MD ’22)
May. 9, 2022—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, earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Vanderbilt University last year, studying stress-related brain regions during abstinence in individuals...
A glimpse into the next year of Social Mission at VUSM
Aug. 1, 2021—by Emma Mattson This fall, M3s Eki Olumese and Helen Gambrah take over co-directorship of the Social Mission Committee. Olumese and Gambrah will be the organization’s third set of co-presidents since its official student organization status in 2019, and they’re thrilled to begin this year’s work. In fact, Gambrah and Olumese both entered medical school...
COVID-19 fundraiser organizers reflect on med students’ role in global health
Jul. 12, 2021—by Emma Mattson In early May 2021, in the middle of an intense Brain, Behavior & Movement block, one question was simmering in M1 Shreyas Krishnapura’s head: How could the Vanderbilt community contribute to COVID-19 relief in India, which was being particularly hard hit by the pandemic? Now, six weeks later, the fundraiser organized by...
Student-Led Fundraiser for COVID-19 Relief in India Gathers Widespread Support
May. 27, 2021—by Emma Mattson The VUSM community can now give directly to COVID-19 relief efforts in India through a new fundraiser organized by med students Shreyas Krishnapura (M1) and Maddy Ball (M2). All gifts to the fundraiser will go to the Chinmaya Mission, an organization that works directly with numerous hospitals throughout India to purchase necessary...