Alumni
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.
Catching up with alum, Dr. Jack Walker!
Mar. 28, 2024—by Neil Chada (G2) Dr. Jack Walker M.D., Ph.D. graduated from the Vanderbilt MSTP in 2022 and is currently a pediatrics resident at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He plans to pursue an endocrinology fellowship on the research track to continue his studies of metabolism in the next chapter of his career as a...
Alumni Profile: Al Powers, M.D., Ph.D., (’12)
Sep. 28, 2023—By Drew Kittleson (G2) Dr. Al Powers, M.D., Ph.D. (’12) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and serves as Medical Director and Associate Director of the PRIME Psychosis Risk Clinic at Yale School of Medicine. As a clinician-scientist actively engaged in academic medicine, he treats individuals who have developed symptoms of psychosis...
Alumni Corner
Jun. 24, 2023—2022 Graduates Dr. Joe Luchsinger (Psychiatry Resident at Yale) and Dr. Ben Reisman (Internal Medicine Resident at Johns Hopkins) met up in Connecticut and went for a bike ride just like old times on the Natchez Trace – and for the first time Joe’s 3 year old son Axel joined the club! We’re sure Axel will earn...
Alumni Profile: Sungjune Kim, M.D., Ph.D. (’10)
Jun. 24, 2023—by Neil Chada (G2) Dr. Sungjune Kim, MD, PhD is a 2010 graduate of the Vanderbilt MSTP and is currently the section chief for hematologic malignancy in the department of radiation oncology at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. He will soon be transitioning to a position at the Mayo Clinic in Florida to...
Alumni Corner
Apr. 27, 2023—Dr. Andrew Boal (G4) ran into Dr. Rachana Haliyur (’20) and Dr. Lindsay Kozek (’21) at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology conference!
Alumni Profile: Mary Ellen Koran, M.D., Ph.D. (’16)
Feb. 27, 2023—by Camella Carlson (M2) Dr. Mary Ellen Koran is a 2016 graduate of the Vanderbilt MSTP and is back at Vanderbilt as an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences in the Nuclear Medicine division. As part of the Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center, she is focused on novel positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers and...
Meet Dr. John Stafford, MSTP Associate Director for Clinical Education
Nov. 30, 2022—by Jeewooo Kim (G1) Dr. John M. Stafford is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. He is also the Associate Director for Clinical Education for the Vanderbilt MSTP. His lab focuses on obesity and diabetes contribution to cardiovascular risk and he has a...
Alumni Corner
Nov. 1, 2022—The Vanderbilt MSTP held the first annual Alumni Happy Hour during Reunion weekend! Thank you to Bryn and the Alumni Committee for their help in planning the event.
Dr. Matthew Wilson, M.D., Ph.D.: Stahlman-Thomas Advising College Faculty Leader
Sep. 29, 2022—by Jen Peek (G1) Dr. Matthew Wilson, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine within the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and is the newest Faculty Advisor of Stahlman Thomas. He trained in the Vanderbilt MSTP, where he completed his PhD in Pharmacology with Lee Limbird on the structure-function relationships of alpha-2 adrenergic receptors. Dr....