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Lunches with Leaders
Jan. 31, 2023—Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and President and CEO of Vanderbilt Uninversity Medical Center, met with MSTP students for our Lunches with Leaders series this month. Lunches with Leaders hosts leadership from VU, VUSM, and VUMC to sit down with a small group of students over lunch for an...
Honors and Awards – January 2023
Jan. 30, 2023—Congratulations to Allie Lake (G2) for receiving her NIH NRSA F30!
MSTPublications: January 2023
Jan. 30, 2023—Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Sequelae of Asymptomatic Clostridioides difficile Colonization in Children with Cystic Fibrosis. Reasoner SA, Fazili IF, Bernard R, Parnell JM, Sokolow AG, Thomsen KF, Edwards KM, Brown RF, Nicholson MR. J Cyst Fibros. 2022 Dec 28:S1569-1993(22)01434-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2022.12.014. Online ahead of print. Patients with CF (pwCF) have high antibiotic use and an...
MSTPets
Dec. 27, 2022—Emilie Fisher’s (G3) pups, Ori and CC, showing off their holiday sweaters. Featuring Elf Emilie crocheted by the talented Nada Elsayed (G1)!
Life in the MSTP – December 2022
Dec. 27, 2022—Nowrin Chowdhury (G4), Camille Wang (G4), Andrew Boal (G4), Leon Cai (G4), and other friends attended the pulmonary holiday party, held at the TN State Museum. \ Some members of the G3 class attended a holiday pop up! Members of our MSTP Wellness committee hosted a holiday party for everyone in the program and their families...
High School Mentorship Program
Dec. 27, 2022—by Yasminye Pettway (G3) The Vanderbilt MSTP High School Mentoring Program was founded in 2020 by Thao Le (G5). The program’s mission is to provide high school students from underrepresented backgrounds with exposure to careers in medicine and biomedical research as well as opportunities for mentorship that will affirm their potential for success. This academic...
Honors and Awards – December 2022
Dec. 27, 2022—Yasminye Pettway (G3) received her NIH NRSA F30! Seth Reasoner (G3) received his NIH NRSA F30 AND won a best poster award at the annual Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology meeting! Atlee Witt’s (M2) abstract titled “Cervical Spinal Cord Susceptibility Weighted MRI at 7T: Application to Multiple Sclerosis” was...
MSTPublications: December 2022
Dec. 27, 2022—Correlated depressive symptoms within seroconcordant, expectant partners living with HIV in Zambézia Province, Mozambique: a cross-sectional study. Sack DE, Matino A, Graves E, Emilio A, Shepherd BE, De Schacht C, Audet CM. AIDS Care. 2022 Dec 6:1-9. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2022.2151558. Online ahead of print. Approximately 15% of people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa have comorbid depression,...
Life in the MSTP – November 2022
Nov. 30, 2022—Esme Isabella McBride was born to Maggie McBride (G4) and husband Matthew on 11/22. She was 8lbs 9oz and 20.5 in. Big sister Maizy is also thrilled! Congratulations to all! Kevin Zhang (M2), Kaitlin McKernan (G1), Drew Kittleson (G1), Jeewoo Kim (G1), and Nada Elsayed (G1) took a break from SEMSS at Waffle House!...
Honors and Awards – November 2022
Nov. 30, 2022—Congratulations to the G3 class who recently celebrated their Halftime Party! Monika Grabowska (G2) received her first funding support from MPRINT for her pilot study, titled “Developing and Mapping Pediatric Phecodes” AND she received her F30! Victor Borza (G2) received the 2022 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDDM) Student Innovation Award for his AMIA 2022 paper...