MSTP Workshop News
2017 MSTP Retreat at Montgomery Bell State Park
Jul. 25, 2017—2017 MSTP Retreat at Montgomery Bell State Park The annual MSTP retreat was held on June 24th at Montgomery Bell State Park. The weekend was filled with scientific talks, a white coat ceremony for those starting their graduate phase of training, and the sorting the new M1 class into their respective advising colleges. New this...
Student Advisory Committee 2016-2017 Recap
Jun. 29, 2017—Student Advisory Committee 2016-2017 Recap The 2016-2017 academic year marked the first Student Advisory Committee (SAC) in its new format. The committee was restructured to emphasize the importance of student leadership by relying on students’ concerns, complaints, and ideas to generate committee agenda items. Below, we detail a list of this year’s accomplishments and initiatives:...
Vanderbilt MSTP Offices Relocating
Jun. 27, 2017—Vanderbilt MSTP Offices Relocating The Eskind Biomedical Library will be closing on July 31 to begin a year long renovation project. The newly renovated EBL will include new classroom and administrative space for the School of Medicine. The photo on the right is an architectural rendering of the new MSTP "lobby" area in EBL after the renovation. We are...
Professor Katherine Hartmann at the 2017 Physician-Scientist Speaker Series
May. 30, 2017—Professor Katherine Hartmann at the 2017 Physician-Scientist Speaker Series When she returned to her lab at Johns Hopkins after a month-long clinical rotation during her MD-PhD training, Dr. Katherine Hartmann found a note explaining that her lab was closing and she had funding for three more weeks of work. From that chilling anecdote on, when...
Vanderbilt MSTP well-represented at AAP/ASCI/APSA joint meeting
May. 30, 2017—Vanderbilt MSTP well represented at AAP/ASCI/APSA joint meeting Six Vanderbilt MSTP students (Daniel Kashima (G4), Rachana Haliyur (G3), Katherine Konvinse (G2), Merla Huber (G4), Laura Armstrong (G5), and Andrew Hale (M2)) attended the AAP/ASCI/APSA joint meeting at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois from April 21st-23rd. The meeting was filled with keynote lectures by the “Who’s...
The Vanderbilt MSTP hosts the largest mini MSTP event to date!
May. 19, 2017—This May, the MSTP hosted 160 students from twelve schools throughout Middle Tennessee for a one-day introduction to the Medical Scientist Training Program, known as the Mini-MSTP. Thanks to our 25 student volunteers, these visiting 5th- and 6th-grade students spent their day at Vanderbilt learning about science, medicine, and what it means to be a...
Call for Applications for SAC Chair-Elect!
Apr. 27, 2017—Call for Applications for SAC Chair-Elect Over the past year, the MSTP SAC underwent several changes for it to better provide a platform for discussing student-generated initiatives, addressing student questions and concerns, and facilitating excellent programming. This reorganization included the creation of two new positions: the SAC Chair and Chair-Elect. These students create agenda items...
Meet the PSTP Associate College Advisors
Apr. 26, 2017—Meet the PSTP Associate College Advisors Stahlman-Thomas (Robinson) Vance Albaugh, M.D., Ph.D. What residency/fellowship program and year are you in? I am a PGY-3 in General Surgery, but I am currently finishing a three year F32 postdoctoral fellowship in metabolic surgery. Where did you go to medical school, and what brought you to Vanderbilt? I...
Vanderbilt MSTP Demos New Internal Review Mechanism to Benefit Students Applying for Individual Fellowship Grants
Apr. 25, 2017—Vanderbilt MSTP Demos New Internal Review Mechanism to Benefit Students Applying for Individual Fellowship Grants On Wednesday March 15th, a group of eight senior MSTP students and faculty convened for the first internal Vanderbilt MSTP Individual Fellowship Mock Study Section. The goals were twofold. First, we aimed to give actionable feedback on central fellowship documents...
M1 Student Reflects on SEMSS
Mar. 30, 2017—M1 Student Reflects on SEMSS Last fall, a few of my M1 MSTP classmates and I decided to forgo a weekend of studying hematology and instead attend the 2016 Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. SEMSS was initiated by a handful of southeastern medical schools, including Vanderbilt, in...