Life in the MSTP
Life in the MSTP – October 2018
Oct. 31, 2018—Gabriella DiCarlo (G4) and Allan Sheahan were married October 6, 2018 in Nashville, TN! Bola Adebesin (M2), Thao Le (G1) and Yasminye Pettway (M1) enjoyed a family dinner a Gojo Ethiopian Cafe! Seven generations of Sutherland + guests convene for their traditional family dinner at Sitar. Caleb Ford (G3) and Chris Peek (G2) hiking in...
We’re all #MSTPStars!
Oct. 31, 2018—By: Caleb “labmate of Chris” Ford This month, I want to highlight the MSTP student whose lab bench is next to mine. We call him Chris Peek. If you talk to him about IL-12 or IL-23, your time will be lost for an hour. If you accidentally drop the word “microbiome,” find a seat because...
Recap: 2018 Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics
Oct. 31, 2018—by Abin Abraham (G2) and Ayesha Muhammad (G1) A number of current MSTP trainees attended the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) this month at San Diego. The conference included over 9,000 people in attendance including graduate students, genetic counselors, and even start-up companies. Vanderbilt MSTP was well-represented with abstracts and...
Recap: Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society
Oct. 30, 2018—by Michael Raddatz (G2) This October 17-20th, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) had its annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference addressed engineering solutions across the spectrum from sub-protein level biology to clinical medicine. Vanderbilt University was incredibly well-represented overall with 95 abstracts, the third most of any institution, and Professor Cynthia Reinhart-King winning the...
We’re all #MSTPstars!
Oct. 16, 2018—Last month we started #MSTPstar: A running list of achievements in MSTP students’ ongoing quest to be adult humans! Here are a few of the fantastically wonderful normal things we did this month! Ben Fensterheim, Petria Thompson, Brad Reinfeld, and Katherine Konvinse wore matching shoes, and they looked good! Submit your #MSTPstar here!
Shade Tree Clinic: An opportunity for community service that drives MSTP professional development
Oct. 16, 2018—Shade Tree Clinic (STC), which currently provides free, comprehensive healthcare to approximately 350 patients in and around Nashville, has served to inspire and train medical students and MSTP students alike since its founding in 2004. Among the countless MSTP students who have served in leadership positions, a healthy majority (9/12) of those queried were enthusiastic...
Op-Ed: The MSTP Pathway to Match
Oct. 16, 2018—Towards the end of my clinical year, I started looking at the School of Medicine’s Pathway to Match page and was a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, the wards did prepare me to accept the bevy of new and unknown acronyms (NRMP, MSPE, ERAS), and the School of Medicine did a great job putting on programming to...
Life in the MSTP – September 2018
Oct. 16, 2018—Joe Luchsinger (G3) met Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the NIH, at a Medical Research Rally in Washington DC! One of the families from Avery-Cohen welcomed new members at the annual dinner at Sitar! Spanning 6 generations, members of Goodpasture College and their families gathered for a barbecue and updated each other on their lives in and...
Podcast: MD/PhD Training – Life in the Graduate Phase
Oct. 16, 2018—Ben Fensterheim (M4) sits down with students from the Vanderbilt MSTP to discuss their training in the MD/PhD program (so far!). On the program: Rachel Brown, Maggie Axelrod, Lizzie Flook, Michael Raddatz, Abin Abraham, and Patrick Wu, all G2s. If you’re considering medical school, graduate school, or an MD/PhD program, or you’re in the midst of one right now, you will really appreciate the words that these...
We’re all #MSTPstars: A running list of achievements in MSTP students’ ongoing quest to be adult humans!
Oct. 16, 2018—Dearest readership, While we know that you anxiously wait for the “Awards and Honors” and “Life in the MSTP” sections of our blog every month, we admit that in our desire to shamelessly promote some of the inspiring work of our brilliant colleagues (that’s you!), we have done you a disservice. Of course, first author...