Life in the MSTP
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...
Life in the MSTP – August 2018
Oct. 16, 2018—Courtney Edwards (G1) and Kai Bracey (IGP G3) got engaged in NYC this summer! Congratulations, Courtney and Kai! MSTP family Steph Dudzinski (G4), Sam Beik (G1), Leon Cai (M2), Allie Lake (M1), and Xavier Bledsoe (M1) gathered for a family dinner cooked by Sam. On August 1st, Zack Williams (M2) married his fiancée Zsanett (currently a pre-specialty MSN student at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing)...
Life in the MSTP – July 2018
Jul. 27, 2018—Sutherland College enjoyed a team building experience at The Escape Game. Stephanie Dudzinski (G4) was crowned Grand Prize Winner of the National Top Performers 2018 Dance Competition. This event is put on by Music City Salsa, and the contestants learned routines from local dance instructors and competed in 11 different styles of dance over...
Adventures All Around Town in August!
Jul. 27, 2018—Summer might be winding down, but it's not over yet! Are you looking for a break from studying for Step 1 or celebrating the end of FMK or need something to do while friends and family are visiting? If this is you or you are just looking for some fun (and potentially free) adventures around Nashville in August...
#SciMed Twitter: Why and How
Jul. 27, 2018—The best description of Twitter that I’ve ever heard is this – Twitter is like a cocktail party. Let me explain: Twitter can seem messy and complicated sometimes. It is, after all, a huge and jumbled mass of people all speaking at once. It requires a certain unspoken etiquette that can take time to master....
MSTPets: Part 9
Jul. 27, 2018—Here’s an ode to our furry (or not so furry) friends who have helped us study for anatomy practicals, kept us company while we wrote our papers and thesis dissertations, and welcomed us home after a long shift on surgery. MSTPet: Reuben Age: 3 years old MSTParent: Allie Lake (M1) Field of Study: Olfactory psychology...
G1 Students Share Lab Choices
Jul. 27, 2018—The Vanderbilt MSTP would like to congratulate the G1 class on completing their first two years of medical school and on joining the following laboratories & graduate programs for their graduate studies: G1 Student Graduate Program Mentor Sam Beik Cancer Biology Carlos Lopez, PhD Eric Donahue Cell & Developmental Biology Maureen Gannon, PhD Courtney Edwards...