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MSTP Retreat 2024
Jun. 27, 2024—by Kimmy Bress (G3) This year’s Annual MSTP Retreat was held at Lake Barkley Resort State Park, celebrating the theme of “Navigating Transitions”. In addition to continuing many retreat traditions such as welcoming the incoming M1 class to their advising colleges and hosting the G1 White Coat ceremony, this year’s retreat featured several new activities...
MSTPublications: June 2024
Jun. 27, 2024—The interictal suppression hypothesis is the dominant differentiator of seizure onset zones in focal epilepsy. Doss DJ, Shless JS, Bick SK, Makhoul GS, Negi AS, Bibro CE, Rashingkar R, Gummadavelli A, Chang C, Gallagher MJ, Naftel RP, Reddy SB, Williams-Roberson S, Morgan VL, Johnson GW, Englot DJ. Brain. 2024 Jun 14:awae189. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae189. Online ahead...
Juneteenth and the (Brief) History of Emancipation Celebrations
May. 31, 2024—by Leigh Ann Gardner (MSTP Senior Grants Manager) Juneteenth is the day that celebrates the ending of slavery. On June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed the enslaved there of their freedom. Although the Civil War had been over at that point for two months, news travelled slowly to Texas; indeed,...
Mini MSTP
May. 30, 2024—by Ericka Randazzo (G2) On May 7th and 14th, the MSTP Outreach Committee coordinated the annual Mini-MSTP. Over the course of two days, more than 80 children from across Dickson County elementary schools and West End Middle School in Nashville participated in the event highlighting physician-scientist experiences. Stations were led by MSTP students and covered five different...
Life in the MSTP – May 2024
May. 30, 2024— Members of the Avery-Cohen college went out for their semesterly Hopdoddy dinner! The MSTP ADI Council hosted a screening and discussion of “REFUGE: a story about fear and love in the American South.” The movie features cardiologist Dr. Heval Kelli, who recently gave a Flexner lecture at Vanderbilt.
Honors and Awards – May 2024
May. 30, 2024—Congratulations to Dr. Matt O’Neill (‘24) who participated in a YIA manuscript competition and was one of three finalists for the Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator Award with David Chiang (Brigham and Women’s/Harvard Medical School) and Valerie van Weperen (UCLA). He presented the manuscript ‘Granular Variant-specific Features Improve KCNH2-Long QT Syndrome Risk Stratification’. Congratulations to Kimmy Bress...
MSTPublications: May 2024
May. 30, 2024—Phenomewide Association Study of Health Outcomes Associated With the Genetic Correlates of 25 Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration and Vitamin D Binding Protein Concentration. Kresge HA, Blostein F, Goleva S, Albiñana C, Revez JA, Wray NR, Vilhjálmsson BJ, Zhu Z, McGrath JJ, Davis LK. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2024 Apr 22:1-11. doi: 10.1017/thg.2024.19. Online ahead of print....
ADI Highlights
May. 30, 2024—Physician Scientist Speaker Series with Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD Last month the MSTP hosted Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble for our spring Physician-Scientist Speaker Series. Her Discovery Lecture was highlighted in this article from VUMC News “Discovery lecturer examines race and racism in health care” by Bill Snyder.
MSTP Seminar Series Alumni Talk
May. 30, 2024—We ended our seminar series with our APSA-invited alumni speaker, Nick Markham, MD, PhD. Dr. Markham gave a great talk overviewing his scientific path over the years with insightful advice. If you’re a Vanderbilt MSTP alumn interested in giving a talk, please email Neil Chada.