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MSTPlants
Jul. 29, 2021—MSTPlants returns with the M1 bonsai tree which will change caretakers with each block, hopefully making it all the way to BBM!
MSTPets
Jul. 29, 2021—With a new year, comes new pets! Megan Tigue’s (G1) adorable pair Chai and Jasmine Sarah Reed’s (G1) cutie noodle with one of the best boopable snoots Sam Palmer’s (M1) handsome boy Keith showing off his intellectual prowess at doggie graduation Harry debuts as our first featured python, cozily wrapped around his human Adam Abdulrahman...
Life in the MSTP – July 2021
Jul. 29, 2021—M1s kick off the start of their first year with the welcome picnic at Loveless Cafe with Dr. Chris Williams (MSTP Director). Danny Sack (G4) and Dr. Petria Thompson (’21) were featured in the VUMC Annual compliance module.
MSTP Diversity Calendar
Jul. 29, 2021—The MSTP Anti-racism, Diversity and Inclusion (ADI) Council created a new Diversity Calendar to help commemorate important events and holidays as well as advertise Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion related seminars and events occurring across the Vanderbilt campus, regionally and nationally. If you have an event you would like to add to the calendar let a...
MSTPals 4Lyfe: G3 Memories from the Past Four Years
Jul. 29, 2021—by MSTP G3 Class (compiled by Nowrin Chowdhury) In June 2017, our class came together for the first time. In May of 2021, we watched as most of our classmates went onto residencies to continue their training as doctors. Although it is tough to say goodbye, through these past four years we’ve forged bonds with...
Honors and Awards – July 2021
Jul. 29, 2021—Congratulations to our new M1s for receiving their white coats last week! Congratulations to our new APSA (American Physician Scientists Association) Representative-Elect Avery Bogart (G1)! Congratulations to our new SAC (Student Advisory Committee) Chair-Elect Emilie Fisher (G2)! Congratulations Nick Petersen (G3) on receiving a diversity grant supplement from NINDS (National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke)! Congratulations to Nowrin Chowdhury (G3) on...
Dr. Harold Jordan, a Trailblazing Alumnus
Jul. 29, 2021—by Xavier Bledsoe (G2) Dr. Harold Jordan, M.D., is an alumnus of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) residency program in psychiatry, and he was one of several distinguished alumni nominated for the Vanderbilt MSTP Advising College Namesake. Following medical school training at the prestigious Meharry Medical College, he completed an intern year at his...
MSTPublications: July 2021
Jul. 28, 2021—Elizabeth Moore’s recent first-author paper was featured here in the VUMC Reporter! MASiVar: Multisite, multiscanner, and multisubject acquisitions for studying variability in diffusion weighted MRI. Cai LY, Yang Q, Kanakaraj P, Nath V, Newton AT, Edmonson HA, Luci J, Conrad BN, Price GR, Hansen CB, Kerley CI, Ramadass K, Yeh FC, Kang H, Garyfallidis E, Descoteaux M, Rheault F, Schilling...
On Pride Month
Jun. 29, 2021—by Camille Wang (G3) Fifty-two years ago, on the morning of June 28, police officers raided Stonewall Inn, manhandling patrons and arresting and violating people dressed in drag. Fed up with the harassment and discrimination, patrons and onlookers began a full-blown riot involving hundreds of people for days. This became known as the Stonewall Riots...
Vanderbilt MSTP Retreat 2021
Jun. 29, 2021—by Maggie McBride (G3) The Vanderbilt MSTP gathered for the first time in over a year at the 2021 Annual Retreat! It was planned by the rising G3 class with a lot of help from Bryn. The day began with a virtual welcome by Director Dr. Chris Williams, followed by virtual poster sessions highlighting the...