MSTP Workshop News
Fresh-Faced MSTP Seminar
Sep. 21, 2016—With the new school year and new, energetic MSTP leadership, the MSTP Seminar Committee is excited to incorporate some changes into MSTP Seminar. MSTP Seminar has always been about bringing the MSTP together once a week to discuss and learn about topics relevant for physician-scientist training. This year, MSTP Seminar includes a few new initiatives...
Takeaways from the 31st Annual National MD/PhD Student Conference
Aug. 24, 2016—The 31st Annual National M.D./Ph.D. Student Meeting took place in Keystone, CO from July 15-17 and was hosted by the University of Colorado-Denver MSTP. This conference brings together students and invested faculty from across the country to not only talk about the cutting-edge science and medicine being practiced by current trainees, but also the aspects...
Meet Dr. Lourdes Estrada: MSTP Associate Director of Academic Programs and Operations
Aug. 23, 2016—by Maggie Axelrod (M2) Dr. Lourdes Estrada is joining the MSTP leadership team as an Associate Director, stepping into Michelle Grundy’s position, officially starting in September. Dr. Grundy will be with us until the end of December, and will serve on the Senior Oversight Committee after that. I got to know Dr. Estrada as a...
Get to know Dr. Ambra Pozzi: MSTP Associate Director of Graduate Education
Aug. 23, 2016—by Rachel Brown (M2) After serving as an Avery-Cohen college advisor for 9 years, Dr. Ambra Pozzi will be joining the MSTP Leadership Team as Associate Director for Graduate Education. She will work in close collaboration with Dr. Danny Winder in providing support and guidance for our students during the graduate phase of their training,...
The Vanderbilt MSTP publishes article on our Senior Leadership Workshop
Aug. 16, 2016—Vanderbilt faculty and MSTP students recently published an article in the journal Medical Education Online outlining our MSTP Senior Leadership Workshop.
Director’s Corner: Integration of Physician-Scientist Education and Training
Jul. 27, 2016—by Christopher Williams (Vanderbilt MSTP Director) On Being an MSTP Director I am thrilled and honored to have been asked to serve as the director of Vanderbilt’s Medical Scientist Training Program. I certainly feel humbled to know that I am following in the footsteps of outstanding institutional leaders, including Daryl Granner (7 years), David Robertson (10...
VU MSTP Podcast: Get to Know Vanderbilt MSTP Advising College Leader, Bruce Carter, Ph.D.
Jul. 21, 2016—Listen to G2 MSTP student Ben Fensterheim interview Goodpasture College mentor and Professor of Biochemistry Dr. Bruce Carter about his thoughts MSTP training, family life, and why he enjoys mentoring. He also has a few stories about his graduate students’ successes (and some odd failures).
Another Successful mini-MSTP!
Jun. 13, 2016—This year over 120 middle school students from Dickson County Middle Schools (Dickson County Middle School, William James Middle School, and Charlotte Middle School) and LEAD Academy Middle School took part in the mini-MSTP, an outreach program designed to bring awareness of MD/PhD training programs and STEM career paths to these young students. The event occurred over the course of...
Women In Training Society
Jun. 1, 2016—Women In Training Society Women comprise 40% of MD/PhD program graduates but only 20% of MD/PhD full professors/ NIH research program grant investigators.1 To halt this loss of talent and labor from the physician scientist workforce, we must prepare and support women for medical research careers from the very onset of the career...
Christopher Williams (Vanderbilt MSTP ’02) named new Director of the Vanderbilt MSTP
Apr. 20, 2016—After an extensive selection process, Dr. Christopher Williams has been selected to serve as Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program and as Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Education and Training at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. The MSTP has a long history of outstanding and inspirational leadership, and Dr. Williams will no doubt continue this...