MSTP Blog
ADI Highlights
Jun. 28, 2024—Last month we had our first session of our MSTP Health and Research Equity Summer Course that is planned by members of our Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion Council. The course goal is to provide knowledge and skills on health and research equity that are relevant to the future careers of physician-scientists. The first session was with Kia Jarmon on the...
Life in the MSTP – June 2024
Jun. 28, 2024—We had another great MSTPicnic in the Park hosted by the Wellness Committee to welcome newly moved-in M1’s to Nashville summers! Congratulations to Jen Peek (G4) who recently got engaged! We love when MSTPets are involved in these exciting milestones! Our Lunches with Leaders series continued this month with Dean Jeff Balser,...
Honors and Awards – June 2024
Jun. 28, 2024—Drew Kittleson (G3) was awarded a 2024 Graduate Leadership Anchor Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work advocating for and supporting the LGBTQ+ community at Vanderbilt! These awards honor the hard work and leadership of Vanderbilt graduate students across all schools and recognize outstanding service, mentorship, departmental leadership, advocacy, and research excellence. Read more here!...
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...
MSTP Retreat 2024
Jun. 27, 2024—by Kimmy Bress (G3) This year’s Annual MSTP Retreat was held at Lake Barkley Resort State Park, celebrating the theme of “Navigating Transitions”. In addition to continuing many retreat traditions such as welcoming the incoming M1 class to their advising colleges and hosting the G1 White Coat ceremony, this year’s retreat featured several new activities...
MSTPublications: June 2024
Jun. 27, 2024—The interictal suppression hypothesis is the dominant differentiator of seizure onset zones in focal epilepsy. Doss DJ, Shless JS, Bick SK, Makhoul GS, Negi AS, Bibro CE, Rashingkar R, Gummadavelli A, Chang C, Gallagher MJ, Naftel RP, Reddy SB, Williams-Roberson S, Morgan VL, Johnson GW, Englot DJ. Brain. 2024 Jun 14:awae189. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae189. Online ahead...
Juneteenth and the (Brief) History of Emancipation Celebrations
May. 31, 2024—by Leigh Ann Gardner (MSTP Senior Grants Manager) Juneteenth is the day that celebrates the ending of slavery. On June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed the enslaved there of their freedom. Although the Civil War had been over at that point for two months, news travelled slowly to Texas; indeed,...
Mini MSTP
May. 30, 2024—by Ericka Randazzo (G2) On May 7th and 14th, the MSTP Outreach Committee coordinated the annual Mini-MSTP. Over the course of two days, more than 80 children from across Dickson County elementary schools and West End Middle School in Nashville participated in the event highlighting physician-scientist experiences. Stations were led by MSTP students and covered five different...
Life in the MSTP – May 2024
May. 30, 2024— Members of the Avery-Cohen college went out for their semesterly Hopdoddy dinner! The MSTP ADI Council hosted a screening and discussion of “REFUGE: a story about fear and love in the American South.” The movie features cardiologist Dr. Heval Kelli, who recently gave a Flexner lecture at Vanderbilt.
Honors and Awards – May 2024
May. 30, 2024—Congratulations to Dr. Matt O’Neill (‘24) who participated in a YIA manuscript competition and was one of three finalists for the Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator Award with David Chiang (Brigham and Women’s/Harvard Medical School) and Valerie van Weperen (UCLA). He presented the manuscript ‘Granular Variant-specific Features Improve KCNH2-Long QT Syndrome Risk Stratification’. Congratulations to Kimmy Bress...
MSTPublications: May 2024
May. 30, 2024—Phenomewide Association Study of Health Outcomes Associated With the Genetic Correlates of 25 Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration and Vitamin D Binding Protein Concentration. Kresge HA, Blostein F, Goleva S, Albiñana C, Revez JA, Wray NR, Vilhjálmsson BJ, Zhu Z, McGrath JJ, Davis LK. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2024 Apr 22:1-11. doi: 10.1017/thg.2024.19. Online ahead of print....
ADI Highlights
May. 30, 2024—Physician Scientist Speaker Series with Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD Last month the MSTP hosted Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble for our spring Physician-Scientist Speaker Series. Her Discovery Lecture was highlighted in this article from VUMC News “Discovery lecturer examines race and racism in health care” by Bill Snyder.