Honors and Awards
Congratulations to the MSTP students who recently completed their thesis defenses!
Aug. 24, 2017—Congratulations to the MSTP students who recently completed their Thesis Defense! Name Department (Mentor) Dissertation Armstrong, Laura Cell & Developmental Biology (Kevin Ess) Modeling Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Using Patient-Derived Cells Bloodworth, Melissa Microbiology & Immunology (R. Stokes Peebles) Regulation of Immune Responses during Airway Inflammation Bloodworth, Nathaniel Biomedical Engineering (David Merriman) Targeting Cellular and Molecular...
MSTP Celebrations – August
Aug. 21, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – August 2017 On August 11, the Vanderbilt MSTP spent the evening with the Nashville Sounds! Congratulations to the new M1 class on participating in the time-honored tradition of the White Coat Ceremony. Welcome to the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine! Click here for more pictures of the event....
MSTP Celebrations – July
Jul. 25, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – July Artwork by Ayaka Sugiura (G2) was featured on the cover of Cell Metabolism, accompanying a review titled, “Similarities and Distinctions of Cancer and Immune Metabolism in Inflammation and Tumors,” by Gabriela Andrejeva, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Ayaka’s P.I., Jeff Rathmell, Ph.D. The ballerina represents a T-cell, while...
MSTP Celebrations – June
Jun. 27, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – June Matt Stier (M3) was selected for an award from the American Association of Immunologists for his oral abstract titled “IL-33 promotes the egress of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) from the bone marrow,” presented at the 2017 Southeastern Immunology Symposium in Nashville, TN on June 17-18th. Rising M2s gathered...
MSTP Celebrations – May
May. 8, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – May Congratulations to the MSTP Graduating Class of 2017! Left to right: Tony McClure, Troy Hutchens, Bobak Parang, Catherine Meador, Scott McCall, Kristie Aamodt, Pratik Talati, MSTP Director Chris Williams, Rafal Sobota. Not pictured: Sherry Wen and Katie Ryan. On May 18, the MSTP G2 class celebrated their Halftime and received...
MSTP Celebrations – April
Apr. 27, 2017—MSTP Celebrations Vanderbilt MSTP students and the Leadership Team enjoyed Ben & Jerry's ice cream, games and fun at the ice cream social on April 17! Vanderbilt MSTP students participated in the Shade Tree Trot fundraiser for Shade Tree Clinic on April 22! #pediatrics Megan Williams (MSTP Leadership Team) and husband...
MSTP Celebrations – March
Mar. 14, 2017—MSTP Celebrations Brynna Paulukaitis Eisele (M2) married Scott Eisele (Vanderbilt Electrical Engineering PhD student) on February 25th in Atlanta, GA. Congratulations, Brynna and Scott! Thanks to the organizational efforts of Sumeeth Jonathan (G2), Cam Bermudez (G1) and Melissa Krasnove, the students and leadership of the Vanderbilt MSTP are sporting wonderful and comfortable new jackets! ...
MSTP Celebrations – February
Feb. 27, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – February The Vanderbilt MSTP wants to help celebrate these exciting events in our students lives! The M1 class gathered for a potluck at the house of Melissa Krasnove from the MSTP Leadership Team. They really enjoyed playing with Melissa’s kids, Alex, who knows the mascots of all the basketball teams, and Natalie,...