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Words of Wisdom: Starting Graduate School
Dec. 21, 2017—“I believe graduate school starts when you enter G2. You are no longer being paid by the MSTP, so you have the pressure to be productive since you're probably being paid off a grant. You no longer have (as much) class as an excuse to hinder your productivity. You also realize that the first year...
Honors and Awards – December 2017
Dec. 19, 2017—Ben Brown (G1) was awarded a two-year Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation’s Pre Doctoral Fellowship in Informatics. Congratulations, Ben! Congratulations to Andrew Hale (G1) on being the only graduate student selected to give an oral presentation titled “Coordinating Inositide Lipid-Phosphatase Activities of Synaptojanin Modulate Actin Cytoskeleton Organization” at the upcoming Keystone Symposia,...
Life in the MSTP – December 2017
Dec. 19, 2017—Congratulations to Ayaka Sugiura (G2) for passing her qualifying exam! Pictured are members of the Rathmell Labs celebrating. M1s and M2s got together for a White Elephant gift exchange! Eric Donahue (M2) and Maggie Grau (M1) caroled on the wards with the Radial Grooves and Dr. Fleming, bringing joy and cheer to patients who may...
MSTPublications: December 2017
Dec. 14, 2017—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: IL-33 promotes the egress of group 2 innate lymphoid cells from the bone marrow. Stier MT, Zhang J, Goleniewska K, Cephus JY, Rusznak M, Wu L, Van Kaer L, Zhou B, Newcomb...
Lunch with Alumnus Jeffrey Balser, M.D., Ph.D.
Dec. 14, 2017—by Nick Harris (G4) In early October, a group of MSTP students ranging from new M1s to seasoned M4s got a chance to meet with Dr. Jeffrey Balser, Dean of the School of Medicine and President and CEO of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. For the students, this was an excellent opportunity to speak with...
Alumni Profile: Hossein Ardehali, M.D., Ph.D.
Nov. 29, 2017—Dr. Ardehali is a 1998 graduate of the Vanderbilt MSTP. He earned his PhD in Biophysics under Professor Darryl Granner studying the genetic organization of hexokinase. He is currently a Professor of Medicine in the divisions of Cardiology and Pharmacology, Director of the Center for Molecular Cardiology, and most recently, Director of the Medical Scientist...
Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium
Nov. 29, 2017—Over the weekend of November 18th-19th, Vanderbilt MSTP students attended the annual Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) at Emory University in Atlanta. The event, which serves as our regional American Physician Scientist Association (APSA) meeting, provides an opportunity to celebrate our local community of physician-scientists at all levels of training, from undergraduates to program directors...
17th Annual Retreat for Cancer Research
Nov. 29, 2017—On November 3rd, the 17th Annual Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Host-Tumor Interactions Program and Program in Cancer Biology Retreat for Cancer Research was held at the Student Life Center. Highlights of the event included a keynote address by a famous cancer researcher, talks by postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and graduate students, a poster session, and a silent...
Alumni Corner – November 2017
Nov. 29, 2017—Vanderbilt MSTP alumni and students gathered for a Boston area alumni dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel during the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting. Alumni in attendance included MSTP Director Christopher Williams (’02), Pratik Talati (’17), Kristie Aamodt (’17), Erin Ciampa (’13), Carolyn Fruci (’91), Stephanie Flavin (’16), Jacqueline Clauss (’16),...
G1 Students Share Lab Choices
Nov. 29, 2017—The Vanderbilt MSTP would like to congratulate the G1 class on completing their first two years of medical school and on joining the following laboratories & departments for their graduate studies: G1 Student Graduate Program Mentor Abin Abraham Human Genetics Tony Capra, PhD Margaret Axelrod Cancer Biology Justin Balko, PharmD, PhD Connor Beebout Microbe-Host Interactions...