Honors and Awards
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...
Honors and Awards – June 2018
Jun. 27, 2018—We love to recognize the exciting professional accomplishments of our Vanderbilt MSTP students! Congratulations to Jack Walker (G2) and Benjamin Brown (G1) on receiving F30 NRSA fellowships!
Honors and Awards – May 2018
May. 29, 2018—Congratulations to Paula Smith (G1) for receiving an award for her poster presentation at the VICC annual retreat on May 3, 2018! Congratulations to Sumeeth Jonathan (G3) for receiving the Best Poster Award for his abstract at the 2018 International Symposium for Therapeutic Ultrasound! Congratulations to the following MSTP mentors for their recent accomplishments!...
Honors and Awards – April 2018
Apr. 27, 2018— Congratulations to Alexandra Sundermann (G3) and Lillian Juttukonda (M3), who were two of only 100 doctoral students in the U.S. and Canada selected to receive a $15,000 P.E.O. Scholar Award (PSA)! The PSAs were established in 1991 to provide substantial merit-based awards for women pursuing a doctoral-level degree. Scholar Awards recipients are a select group of women...