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We’re all #MSTPstars!
Jun. 30, 2022—#MSTPstar features a selection of some of amazing things we do in our real lives: finding new/enjoying old study spots, making time to purchase food so our bodies have calories, remembering where we parked our car, etc. Submit your #MSTPstar here. M1s Danielle Liu, Hannah Giannini, and Dayle Wang added new plants to their journeys...
Meet the Vanderbilt MSTP Incoming Class of 2022!
Jun. 30, 2022—The Vanderbilt MSTP is excited to introduce the incoming class of 2022, who started the program orientation on June 13th. They hail from all over the world, and we are delighted to have such a diverse group of people join our program. Welcome, new M1s! Stirling Argabright (he/him) Hometown: Annapolis, MD Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania Major: Neuroscience Fun...
Annual MSTP Retreat
Jun. 30, 2022—We had a wonderfully successful retreat this past weekend where the entire program was able to gather and reconnect. Saturday was spent welcoming the incoming M1 class, learning about everyone’s scientific endeavors, and bonding over friendly college competitions, of which Avery-Cohen took first place. Sunday morning we all gathered again at the Nashville Zoo, but...
MSTPublications: June 2022
Jun. 29, 2022—MTG16 regulates colonic epithelial differentiation, colitis, and tumorigenesis by repressing E protein transcription factors. Brown RE, Jacobse J, Anant SA, Blunt KM, Chen B, Vega PN, Jones CT, Pilat JM, Revetta F, Gorby AH, Stengel KR, Choksi YA, Palin K, Piazuelo MB, Washington MK, Lau KS, Goettel JA, Hiebert SW, Short SP, Williams CS. JCI Insight....
Meet the 2022 MSTP Summer Scholars!
Jun. 29, 2022—This summer the Vanderbilt MSTP is hosting 6 undergraduate MSTP Summer Scholars. This summer program is designed to expose students from diverse backgrounds to the career of a physician-scientist and help prepare them to apply to MD/PhD programs. These students are on campus for 9 weeks completing a research project and gaining clinical shadowing experience. In...
Life in the MSTP – June 2022
Jun. 29, 2022—Drs. Rachel Brown (M4) and Matthew Stier (’19) celebrated their wedding on May 28th at the Bridge Building in downtown Nashville. Dr. Kevin Bersell (’18) officiated the ceremony! Our M1.9’s and M2’s got together for a dinner at Degthai to celebrate nearing the end of both school years!
Honors and Awards – June 2022
Jun. 29, 2022— Congratulations to G3s Stephanie Cajigas, Yasminye Pettway, and Emilie Fisher for receiving the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement! Congratulations to Dr. Kelsey McNew (M4) for receiving the Vanderbilt Diabetes Scholar Award at Vanderbilt Diabetes Day! Congratulations to Dr. Ayaka Sugiura (M4) for receiving the AAI young investigator award at Southeastern Immunology Conference! Congratulations to Dr. Ambra Pozzi (MSTP Associate Director) for receiving the Department...
Point of View: On Loss
Jun. 29, 2022—By Lourdes Estrada, PhD (MSTP Associate Director) In 2008, I was in Toronto on the last day of a Mathematical Modeling of Cancer workshop I was directing when I heard that my dad passed away. I was so far away but so lucky to have the support of my work family that offered to help...
Simone Herzberg, Rachel Brown receive competitive International P.E.O. Scholar Awards
Jun. 21, 2022—Simone Herzberg and Rachel Brown, PhD, have been selected as recipients of the competitive 2022-23 International P.E.O. Scholar Award. The P.E.O. Scholar Award is a one-time, competitive merit-based $20,000 award that honors academic excellence and achievement by women in doctoral-level programs. This recognition provides partial support for study and research. As outlined by the organization,...