MSTP Workshop News
Attend the 2017 Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium!
Aug. 25, 2017—Attend the 2017 Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium! You are cordially invited to attend the Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) at Emory University on November 18-19, 2017. SEMSS is an American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) regional meeting that brings together aspiring physician scientists from schools around the southeastern United States. This event is primarily organized and...
2017 MD/PhD National Student Conference
Aug. 21, 2017—2017 MD/PhD National Student Conference The 32nd Annual MD/PhD National Student Meeting took place July 14-16, 2017 in Keystone, Colorado. Hosted by the University of Colorado-Denver MSTP, the conference brought together just over 100 MD/PhD students from across the country to share their research and compare/contrast MSTP training at different programs. The Vanderbilt MSTP was...
Meet the New PSTP Associate College Advisors
Aug. 21, 2017—Meet the New Stahlman-Thomas PSTP Associate College Advisors ​Get to know a little bit more about the new Stahlman-Thomas PSTP Associate College Advisors! Katy Eby Beckermann, M.D., Ph.D. What residency/fellowship program and year are you in? I am in my last year of the Internal Medicine research track, finishing a medical oncology fellowship. How did you first become...
MSTP Celebrations – August
Aug. 21, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – August 2017 On August 11, the Vanderbilt MSTP spent the evening with the Nashville Sounds! Congratulations to the new M1 class on participating in the time-honored tradition of the White Coat Ceremony. Welcome to the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine! Click here for more pictures of the event....
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...
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...
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...
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...