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Mental Health at Vanderbilt: Updates from the Chancellor’s Committee and the MSTP Wellness Committee
Feb. 27, 2017—Mental Health at Vanderbilt: Updates from the Chancellor’s Committee and the MSTP Wellness Committee The rates of mental illness in medical professionals are significantly greater than those of the general population. Recent epidemiological studies suggest that this increased risk begins during medical school, with 27% of medical students having depression, 11% having suicidal ideation, and...
The Academic #Twitter
Feb. 27, 2017—The Academic #twitter Jennifer Watchmaker (@jennwatch) is a third year graduate student interested in pursuing a career in radiology. She began her academic twitter account in 2014 and now has over 350 followers and growing. Her social media presence on twitter has helped her connect with other investigators and clinicians, find out about the most...
MSTP Foodies: Easy Recipes
Feb. 27, 2017—If cooking complicated meals is something you love to do, and enjoy spending your time on, that’s awesome. However, whether you’re studying for exams, on the wards, or living in the lab, sometimes you just don’t have a lot of free time. If you’re like me, and you spend what little free time you have...
MSTP Celebrations – February
Feb. 27, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – February The Vanderbilt MSTP wants to help celebrate these exciting events in our students lives! The M1 class gathered for a potluck at the house of Melissa Krasnove from the MSTP Leadership Team. They really enjoyed playing with Melissa’s kids, Alex, who knows the mascots of all the basketball teams, and Natalie,...
MSTPublications: January & February 2017
Feb. 24, 2017—MSTPublications: January & February 2017 Recently, we have had two Vanderbilt MSTP students publish first author manuscripts. An additional twelve MSTP students were co-authors or published a review article. Congratulations to all of our MSTP students on their successful publications in recent months! Take a look at the great work our students are doing. First Author...
Alumni Profile: William Oldham, M.D. Ph.D. (’08)
Feb. 21, 2017—by Abin Abraham (M2) William Oldham, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Physician and Instructor of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Vanderbilt MSTP Graduate, 2008 I attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While there, I was an undergraduate research technician in the Department of Pharmacology where I stuffed pipette tip boxes, cleaned...
Op-Ed: Why We Marched
Jan. 31, 2017—Op-Ed: Why We Marched On January 21st, over 50 Vanderbilt medical students donned their white coats and pink hats and joined Power Together Tennessee’s Nashville march and rally held in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington. The goal of the march was to “send a bold message to our new administration on their first...
MSTP Foodies: Restaurant Reviews
Jan. 30, 2017—Garden Brunch Café This delightful restaurant in Germantown was one of the first restaurants in Nashville that we went to together, and it is a restaurant we always take guests to when they come to visit. This restaurant is only open Friday through Sunday, but wow do they know how to make a perfect breakfast....