Student Spotlight
Meet the 2024 MSTP Summer Scholars
Jun. 28, 2024—This summer the Vanderbilt MSTP is hosting 8 undergraduate MSTP Summer Scholars. This summer program is designed to expose students to the career of a physician-scientist and help prepare them to apply to MD/PhD programs. These students are on campus for 9 weeks completing a research project and gaining clinical shadowing experience. In addition, they have...
Welcome to the Vanderbilt MSTP Incoming Class of 2024!
Jun. 27, 2024—Our incoming M1’s have officially started! With orientation sessions and college reveals at retreat, we are excited to introduce the incoming class of 2024! Omar Avila (he/him) Hometown: Luquillo, Puerto Rico Undergraduate Institution: Florida Atlantic University Research interests: Cancer immunology Hobbies: Cycling, playing the guitar, listening to live music Brendin Flinn (he/him) Hometown: Mineral...
Instagram Takeovers: Day in the Life
Feb. 28, 2024—This week our students are taking over our instagram account (@VanderbiltMSTP) for a day in the life series. If you missed anyone, they are all saved as highlights, along with last year’s day in the life takeovers!
National MD-PhD Student Conference 2023
Jul. 30, 2023—by Emily Chu (G4) In early July, MSTP students Natalie Bennett (G5), Emily Chu (G4), Matthew O’Neill (M4), Yasminye Pettway (G4), Clara Si (G3), and Duncan Smart (M4) attended the 38th Annual National MD/PhD Student Conference held at the Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado. Over 100 MSTP students and faculty from across the country convened...
Reflections from the Outgoing Student Advisory Committee (SAC) Chair
Jun. 26, 2023—by Emilie Fisher (G4) The MSTP Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is a group of representatives from each class that acts as a liaison between the student body and the MSTP Leadership Team. Through the monthly SAC survey, committee presentations to SAC, and discussion topics raised by class representatives, we aim to collect student ideas, feedback,...
Meet the Vanderbilt MSTP Incoming Class of 2023!
Jun. 24, 2023—The Vanderbilt MSTP is excited to introduce the incoming class of 2023, who started the program orientation on June 12th. We are delighted to have such a diverse group of people join our program. Welcome, new M1s! Cassandra Atzrodt (she/her) Hometown: Bradenton, FL Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University Major: Biochemistry and Chemical Biology, French Hobbies: Go to a concert, Outdoors...
I graduated yesterday…
Jun. 1, 2023—by Ayesha Muhammad (’23) I graduated yesterday, with an MD and a PhD. It still feels surreal, but you know what’s crazy? While everyone persistently said it was a celebration of the graduates, there were some people who I wanted to recognize even more. Like the friends that I’ve made in the MSTP, medical school...
Revitalization of the MSTP Newsletter
Apr. 27, 2023—As M1s in 2015, Rachel Brown (M4), Maggie Axelrod (M4), and Abin Abraham (’22) recognized the need for a platform that could connect the program’s community, share news and achievements, and provide valuable insights into the MSTP for prospective students. In previous years, the MSTP had a printed newsletter, but it had died out. Working...
How the current MSTP newsletter logo came to be
Apr. 27, 2023—by JooEun ‘Jay’ Kang (M4) On June 2017 as I was finishing up my M1 year, my big sib Abin Abraham (Class of 2022) and Rachel Brown (Class of 2023) requested for an MSTP logo and header to be made for the monthly MSTP newsletter. I love creating digital art, and for the past year...
Vanderbilt MSTP Match 2023
Mar. 31, 2023—On March 17th, 2023 our M4s celebrated match day, finding out where they will undergo the next phase of their training, congratulations!