MSTP Workshop News
MSTP Retreat
Jul. 27, 2018—The annual MSTP retreat, organized by the rising G3 class, was held at Montgomery Bell State Park from June 30th to July 1st. The weekend offered a wonderful balance between scientific endeavors, professional development, inter-class mingling, and some well-deserved wellness! Not only that, the MSTP was able to take brand new headshots for our newly...
33rd Annual National MD/PhD Student Conference
Jul. 27, 2018—The 33rd annual National MD/PhD Student Conference was once again held this year in Keystone, Colorado. Hosted by the University of Colorado MSTP and organized by 3rd year students, this conference seeks to bring together MD/PhD students from across the country to present their research while also interacting with other students and prominent researchers. This...
Meet the Students in the MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Jun. 27, 2018— This summer the Vanderbilt MSTP is hosting 6 undergraduate students as part of our MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Program. This summer program is designed to expose students from diverse backgrounds to the career of a physician-scientist and help prepare them to be competitive future applicants for MD/PhD programs. These students are on campus for...
Students Inspire Young Scientists through the 2018 “Mini-MSTP”!
May. 30, 2018—by Krystian Kozek (G4) This May, the Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) hosted 80 students from Dickson County schools and 80 students from LEAD Academy Southeast in Nashville for a one-day crash-course on what it means to be a physician-scientist. The Miniature Medical Scientist Training Program, aka the Mini-MSTP, is an outreach event made...
Meet New Sutherland College Advisor Lorraine Ware, M.D.
May. 29, 2018—1) Can you tell us a little bit about where you are from, where you received your clinical training, and what brought you to Nashville/Vanderbilt? I am originally from Southern California but also spent a lot of time in Ontario, Canada growing up. I went to Claremont McKenna College for my undergraduate degree and then...
Another Successful Mock Study Section
Apr. 30, 2018—The MSTP offers students the opportunity to have their materials pre-reviewed by an internal study section composed of senior MSTP students and faculty. The goals are two-fold: 1. To provide applicants with actionable feedback on central fellowship documents, including the scientific approach and the training plan. 2. To provide a training opportunity for senior MSTP...
Vanderbilt MSTP at the 2018 AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting
Apr. 30, 2018—At the end of the 20th century, the role of the physician-scientist seemed to be under attack, as a pervasive skepticism of the incremental benefit of dual training grew, as well as a decline in trainees (1-4). It was amid this crisis that an MD/PhD student founded the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) in 2003....
Physician-Scientist Speaker Series: Young Jun Kim, MD, PhD
Apr. 26, 2018—Ethel White and Jonathan Swift were just two of the many classic literary figures that Dr. Young J. Kim cited during his talk at the April 5th Physician-Scientist Speaker Series. And, from the looks on trainees’ faces, it was clear that the MSTP had much reading to do, and much to learn from Dr. Kim....
Lunch with Alumnus Sam Santoro, M.D., Ph.D. (’79)
Mar. 26, 2018—by Ayesha Muhammad (M2) The latest installment of Lunches with Leaders was held on February 6th, 2018 with Dr. Sam Santoro, Dorothy B. and Theodore R. Austin Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (PMI). Dr. Santoro graduated from the Vanderbilt MSTP in 1979 and then moved to Barnes Hospital, where he completed...
The Mini-MSTP at Brain Blast
Mar. 26, 2018— MSTP students taught the cranial nerve exam to kids age 5-13 at "Brain Blast," an outreach event hosted by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute. Everyone loved learning about how doctors examine the brain without any imaging. Pictured are Krystian Kozek (G4), Mobolanle Adebesin (M1), Daniel Kashima (M3), and Rachel Brown (G1).