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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Apr. 26, 2018—While Nashville has plenty of wonderful hikes, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is on another level. The park is only a four-hour drive from Nashville and, along with all state parks in Tennessee, it is completely free. It is also the most visited National Park in the United States, with over ten million visitors...
Physician-Scientist Speaker Series: Young Jun Kim, MD, PhD
Apr. 26, 2018—Ethel White and Jonathan Swift were just two of the many classic literary figures that Dr. Young J. Kim cited during his talk at the April 5th Physician-Scientist Speaker Series. And, from the looks on trainees’ faces, it was clear that the MSTP had much reading to do, and much to learn from Dr. Kim....
MSTPets: Part 8
Apr. 21, 2018—Here’s an ode to our furry (or not so furry) friends who have helped us study for anatomy practicals, kept us company while we wrote our papers and thesis dissertations, and welcomed us home after a long shift on surgery. MSTPet: Copernicus Age: 5 years old MSTParents: Pedro Teixeira (M4) and Carolyn Teixeira...
MSTPublications: March 2018
Mar. 26, 2018—Congratulations to all of our MSTP students on their successful publications! Take a look at the great work our students are doing. First Author Original Research: α Cell Function and Gene Expression Are Compromised in Type 1 Diabetes. Brissova M*, Haliyur R*, Saunders D*, Shrestha S*, Dai C, Blodgett DM, Bottino R, Campbell-Thompson M, Aramandla R, Poffenberger G,...
Honors and Awards – March 2018
Mar. 26, 2018—We love to recognize the exciting professional accomplishments of our Vanderbilt MSTP students and affiliated faculty! Matt De Niear (M4) received the J. Donald M. Gass Award in Ophthalmology for excellence in ophthalmic education and research. Congratulations, Matt! Congratulations to Dan Roden (Sutherland College Mentor, PI to Kevin Bersell, M4 and Ayesha Muhammad,...
Op-Ed: The Struggle is Real
Mar. 26, 2018—Every year, like clockwork, a new batch of MD/PhD students begins one of the most significant challenges in their life. No, not the beginning of medical school or residency, but the smack-dab-middle of graduate school. The G2 and G3 years of MD/PhD training are perhaps the most emotionally challenging of all the MD/PhD years. Take...
The Mini-MSTP at Brain Blast
Mar. 26, 2018— MSTP students taught the cranial nerve exam to kids age 5-13 at "Brain Blast," an outreach event hosted by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute. Everyone loved learning about how doctors examine the brain without any imaging. Pictured are Krystian Kozek (G4), Mobolanle Adebesin (M1), Daniel Kashima (M3), and Rachel Brown (G1).
VUSM students engage legislators at Day on the Hill
Mar. 26, 2018—On Tuesday, March 14, a group of 17 medical students attended TMA’s (Tennessee Medical Association) Day on the Hill to bring forth a student-written resolution to Tennessee legislators on expanding opioid addiction treatment access, partake in a Tennessee medical student summit, and engage with policymakers and healthcare providers. In the early afternoon, medical students from...
Life in the MSTP – March 2018
Mar. 26, 2018—MSTP family Caleb Ford (G2), Stephanie Dudzinski (G3), and Maggie Axelrod (G1) welcomed SLW attendees at the annual MSTP pizza making dinner. Joe Luchsinger (G2) and Alex Sundermann (G3) competed in the 6th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Read about last year’s 3MT here. VUSM students drew attention to gun violence as a public health issue...
Insights from Dr. James Allison, Discoverer of CTLA-4
Mar. 26, 2018—Earlier this month, Vanderbilt University hosted the founder of immune checkpoint inhibition and fellow Checkpoints band member Dr. Jim Allison. Dr. Allison is a highly regarded immunologist at MD Anderson, revered for his discovery of CTLA-4 and the development of ipilimumab, the first FDA-approved immune checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of metastatic cancer. In today’s...