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Honors and Awards – November 2023
Nov. 29, 2023—Neil Chada (G2) placed first in graduate student oral presentations and Nada Elsayed (G2) received first place in graduate student poster presentations at SEMSS this year! Dr. Matthew O’Neill (M4) was the winner of the Genomic and Precision Medicine Early Career Investigator Award Competition by the American Heart Association. Matthew received the award at the organization’s 2023 Scientific Sessions following the presentation...
Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS)
Nov. 29, 2023—A group of 11 Vanderbilt MSTP students attended the Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) at Emory this year and presented posters and gave oral presentations. Some of our students and members of our Leadership Team served on the breakout room panels as well. Congratulations to Nada Elsayed (G2) and Neil Chada (G2) for winning presentation...
Life in the MSTP – November 2023
Nov. 29, 2023—Congratulations to Allie Lake (G3) and Bernie Mulvey who recently got married with many MSTP classmates in attendance! MSTP students ran into alum Dr. Ayesha Muhammad (class of 2023) at the American Society of Human Genetics Conference this year in Washington DC. MSTP students at the annual Cancer Biology Program Retreat. Current MSTP students Sarah Reed (G3)...
ADI Highlights
Nov. 29, 2023—MSTP ADI Media Club The MSTP ADI Council hosted a fall media club, “A Reflection on the Tennessee Three,” where students watched C-SPAN recordings of the expulsion hearings of representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson and had a moderated discussion about the events. Thank you to Matt Loberg (G4) for organizing!
Meet the new Edwards-Goodpasture PSTP Associate College Advisor: Nick Parrish, MD, PhD
Nov. 29, 2023—by Camella Carlson (G1) Dr. Nick Parrish is a general surgery chief resident at Vanderbilt and leader of a research team at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Yokohama, Japan. His clinical interests are in transplant surgery and his research seeks to understand the interactions between an organism’s genome and it’s viruses. He...
MSTPublications: November 2023
Nov. 29, 2023—Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor activation stimulates PKA-mediated phosphorylation of raptor and this contributes to the weight loss effect of liraglutide. Le TDV, Liu D, Besing GK, Raghavan R, Ellis BJ, Ceddia RP, Collins S, Ayala JE. Elife. 2023 Nov 6;12:e80944. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80944. Online ahead of print. The canonical target of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R), Protein...
We’re all #MSTPstars!
Oct. 31, 2023—#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. Stephanie Cajigas (G4), in the halloween spirit, crocheted a super cute Frankenstein and cauldron!
Life in the MSTP – October 2023
Oct. 31, 2023—Jeewoo Kim (G2) and her partner Daniel got engaged! Vanderbilt MSTP students and Leadership Team members particiapted in the Nashville JDRF One Walk on October 29 in memory of our friend and colleague Zachary Jones. Simone Herzberg (G4) placed first in her age and gender groups in a Spartan Race! Mark Petrovic (G1)...
MSTPets
Oct. 31, 2023—Atlee Witt (G1) got a kitten during the chaos of Step 2 and named her Fig. Candace Grisham (G3) adopted Cleopatra (the cavapoo) who enjoys taking long naps, eating yogurt, and watching the Buffalo Bills (when they are winning) in her Diggs jersey!
Honors and Awards – October 2023
Oct. 31, 2023—Sarah Reed (G3) and Candace Grisham (G3) received the 2023 Levi Watkins Jr. MD Award for their outstanding contributions in improving diversity, equity, and inclusion!