Honors and Awards
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...
Honors and Awards – September 2022
Sep. 29, 2022—The G4 class celebrated their halfway milestone that was postponed due to COVID complete with receiving their M.P. honorary degrees! Congratulations G4s! Kimberly Bress (G1), Neil Chada (G1), Kaitlin McKernan (G1) were inducted to the Gold Humanism Honor Society by their peers! The mission of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) is to recognize individuals who...
Honors and Awards – August 2022
Aug. 30, 2022— Congratulations to Nowrin Chowdhury (G4), Ansley Kunnath (G2), Eric Donahue (G5), Jen Peek (G2), and Andrew Boal (G4) for receiving NIH NRSA F30s all in one record breaking week! Congratulations to Jerome Arceneaux (Meharry Medical College MD-PhD Program) for being elected to SNMA Board of Directors as Region X Director! Matthew O’Neill (G3) received the Richard...
Honors and Awards – June 2022
Jul. 29, 2022—Allie Lake (G2) was selected to give a talk at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics conference in Florence, Italy! Ansley Kunnath (G2) was awarded a grant from VICTR for a clinical trial that she’s leading! Stephanie Cajigas (G3) received an ACNP travel award! Camille Wang (G4) received an NIH NRSA F30! Graham Johnson (G4) received a...
Honors and Awards – June 2022
Jun. 29, 2022— Congratulations to G3s Stephanie Cajigas, Yasminye Pettway, and Emilie Fisher for receiving the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement! Congratulations to Dr. Kelsey McNew (M4) for receiving the Vanderbilt Diabetes Scholar Award at Vanderbilt Diabetes Day! Congratulations to Dr. Ayaka Sugiura (M4) for receiving the AAI young investigator award at Southeastern Immunology Conference! Congratulations to Dr. Ambra Pozzi (MSTP Associate Director) for receiving the Department...
Simone Herzberg, Rachel Brown, Margaret Axelrod receive competitive International P.E.O. Scholar Awards
Jun. 21, 2022—Simone Herzberg, Rachel Brown, PhD, and Margaret Axelrod, PhD, have been selected as recipients of the competitive 2022-23 International P.E.O. Scholar Award. The P.E.O. Scholar Award is a one-time, competitive merit-based $20,000 award that honors academic excellence and achievement by women in doctoral-level programs. This recognition provides partial support for study and research. As outlined...
Alumni Corner
May. 31, 2022— Drs. Bobak Parang (‘17) and Brian Grieb (16’) received Young Investigator Awards from American Society of Clinical Oncology!
Honors and Awards – May 2022
May. 31, 2022—The G4 class celebrated their halfway milestone that was postponed 2 years due to COVID, with a Six/Sevenths celebration! A large portion of the class has already returned to medical school after defending their theses. Congratulations Stephanie Cajigas (G2) and Matt O’Neil (G2) on being awarded F30 NRSA Training Fellowships! Simone Herzberg (G2) and Dr. Rachel Brown (M4) both received P.E.O. Scholar Awards! The...
Congratulations to the 2022 Graduating Class!
May. 31, 2022—Congratulations to our 2022 MSTP Graduates! The table below lists their next steps. Several of our graduates were recognized with awards at class day! Benjamin Reisman received the Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine from the Department of Medicine. This award recognizes graduating students who have demonstrated high academic achievement, superior clinical competence, and the qualities of...