Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards – December 2021
Dec. 20, 2021—Congratulations to Matthew O’Neill (G2) for receiving an American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship!
Honors and Awards – November 2021
Nov. 30, 2021—Congratulations to Ansley Kunnath (G1) on being selected for Gold Humanism Honor Society! The mission of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) is to recognize individuals who are exemplars of humanistic patient care and who can serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine. These students were selected for their commitment to patient-centered care, compassionate service,...
Honors and Awards – October 2021
Nov. 1, 2021—Congratulations Drs. Jack Walker, Joe Luchsinger, Elizabeth Moore, Benjamin Reisman, and Abin Abraham (M4s) on their induction into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)! Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Brynna Eisele (G5) on successfully defending her thesis! Congratulations Kelsey McNew (G5) on being awarded the Dr. Levi Watkins Jr Graduate Student Award! Joe DeCorte (M2) and Ericka Randazzo...
Honors and Awards – September 2021
Sep. 30, 2021—Congratulations Evonne McArthur (G4) on being selected as a pre-doctoral semifinalist for the ASHG 2021 Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics! Congratulations Maxwell Roeske (G4) on receiving a travel award to the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology’s annual meeting!
Honors and Awards – August 2021
Aug. 31, 2021—Congratulations to Maxwell Roeske (G4) on receiving his F30! Congratulations to Seth Reasoner (G2) for being peer-elected as co-president of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society!
Honors and Awards – July 2021
Jul. 29, 2021—Congratulations to our new M1s for receiving their white coats last week! Congratulations to our new APSA (American Physician Scientists Association) Representative-Elect Avery Bogart (G1)! Congratulations to our new SAC (Student Advisory Committee) Chair-Elect Emilie Fisher (G2)! Congratulations Nick Petersen (G3) on receiving a diversity grant supplement from NINDS (National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke)! Congratulations to Nowrin Chowdhury (G3) on...
Honors and Awards – June 2021
Jun. 25, 2021—Congratulations to Xavier Bledsoe (G2) for winning first place for the best junior graduate student Human Genetics talk for the 2020-21 academic year! Congratulations to Evonne McArthur (G3) for winning second place for the best senior graduate student Human Genetics talk for the 2020-21 academic year! Congratulations Thao Le (G4) for receiving the inaugural Graduate Leadership Anchor Award! These awards were designed by...
Congratulations to the MSTP students who recently completed their thesis defenses!
Jun. 23, 2021—Note: All individuals pictured without masks in the same photo are members of the same household or are vaccinated.
Honors and Awards – May 2021
May. 19, 2021—Josh Thompson (’20) and family celebrate at the Vanderbilt 2020 Commencement Ceremony! Congratulations to Kelsey McNew (G4) for receiving the Vanderbilt LGBTQI Life Advocate of the Year Award. This award is given to someone who lives their commitment to justice and is a posture for service. This person centers intentionality, uses their position in the...
Honors and Awards – March 2021
Apr. 29, 2021—Christiaan Wijers (G3), Jack Walker (G5), Duncan Smart (G3), Rachel Brown (G4), Jerome Arceaneaux (Meharry MD-PhD Program), and Courtney Edwards (G3) presented their research at the virtual APSA/ASCI conference! Congratulations Donald Okoye (G1) on winning the Robert F. Miller Award for Community Service & Engagement! “The projects I have involved myself with here have one...