Honors and Awards
Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series Student Lecture: Pedro Teixeira, PhD
Mar. 28, 2019—by Danny Sack (G1) On Friday, March 22nd, Pedro Teixeira, PhD, presented a Flexner Deans’ Lecture on, “Lessons From Launching a Startup to Bring Artificial Intelligence to the Bedside (and write your notes)”. As we’ve reported in the past, Teixeira and his partners, Drs. Ravi Atreya and Michael Poku, have spent the past few years...
Honors and Awards – February 2019
Feb. 26, 2019— Congratulations to Alex Sundermann, Ph.D. (G4) on completing her dissertation defense! Congratulations to Matt Wleklinski (G2) on receiving an F30 NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship!
Honors and Awards – January 2019
Jan. 30, 2019—Congratulations to Dan Balikov (M4) on matching into Ophthalmology at the University of Michigan! Congratulations to Chris Peek (G2) on receiving an F30 NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship! Hernan Gonzalez (G3) received the Earl Bakken Young Researcher’s Travel Grant to attend the 2019 North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) Annual Meeting. Congratulations to Paula Marincola...
Honors and Awards – December 2018
Dec. 19, 2018— Congratulations to Dr. Shawn Barton (G4) for completing his thesis defense! Shawn’s Dissertation work was completed in the lab of Dr. Wellington Pham through the Neuroscience Graduate Program. His work is titled “Innovations in Delivery of Theranostic Agents Across Biological Barriers for Applications in Alzheimer’s Disease.” Dr. Amy Major (College Advisor for Avery-Cohen) was...
MSTP Well-Represented at the 2018 Annual Retreat for Cancer Research
Nov. 28, 2018—by Rachel Brown (G2) On November 16th, the 18th Annual Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) and Program in Cancer Biology Retreat for Cancer Research was held at the Student Life Center. Highlights of the event included a keynote address by a famous cancer researcher, talks by postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and graduate students, a poster session,...
Honors and Awards – November 2018
Nov. 28, 2018— Cody Stothers (G3) and Camilo Bermudez (G3) received American Heart Association (AHA) Fellowships! Benjamin Reisman (G3) received an F30 NRSA Fellowship! Maggie Axelrod (G2) and Rachel Brown (G2) received 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, in best graduate/postdoctoral student talks at the annual Retreat for Cancer Research. Matt Madden (G2) tied for top graduate student...
Honors and Awards – October 2018
Oct. 31, 2018—Katherine Konvinse (G4) won an award for the Best Trainee Abstract at the Pharmacogenomic Research Network Symposium at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting in San Diego. Congratulations Katherine! Luc Van Kaer, PhD, Advising College Leader for Stahlman-Thomas recently received two teaching awards including the Jack...
Honors and Awards – September 2018
Oct. 16, 2018— Congratulations to Matthew Stier (M4), Lillian Juttukonda (M4), Ben Fensterheim (M4), and Daniel Balikov (M4) on being inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)! Congratulations to Dr. Krystian Kozek for successfully defending his thesis! Congratulations to Hernán González (G3) for receiving his F31 NRSA Fellowship! Read more about Hernán’s fellowship here.
Honors and Awards – August 2018
Oct. 16, 2018—Congratulations to Dr. Nick Harris (M3) for successfully defending his thesis! Katherine Konvinse (G4) was awarded an inaugural Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Graduate Studies. Congratulations to Rachel Brown (G2), Andrew Hale (G2), and Tory Martucci (G3) on being awarded F30 NRSA Individual Fellowships! Congratulations to Matthew Stier (M4), Maxwell Roeske (G1), Danny Sack (G1), and Melissa Bloodworth (M4) on being inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor...