MSTP Blog
Roses, Thorns, and Pearls: A Reflection and Advice on M1 year
Aug. 29, 2019—by Riley Bergman (M2) A lot can change in 13 months, especially with a transition as big as starting medical school. Regardless of what you were doing before coming to med school, transitioning to a new environment, a new routine, and a rigorous first-year curriculum can be daunting. This year brought some of the best...
Alumni Profile: Nicholas Markham, M.D., Ph.D. (’14)
Aug. 29, 2019—by Rachel Brown (G3) Dr. Markham is an alumnus of the Vanderbilt MSTP (’14) and currently in his fourth year of his Gastroenterology fellowship here at Vanderbilt. I sat down with Dr. Markham on a Friday morning to learn more about Dr. Markham’s career path and glean some advice from someone who’s made it to...
Kickoff to Lunches with Leaders!
Aug. 29, 2019—by Ayesha Muhammad (G2) On Monday, August 19th, the MSTP kicked off its Lunches with Leaders Series (LWL) for the academic year 2019-2020 with Dr. John Manning, Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Chief of Staff for VUMC. Students from all years, M1 through M4, met with Dr. Manning to chat about his career trajectory,...
Congratulations to Dr. Beeler and Dr. Mangione on defending their theses!
Aug. 28, 2019— MariaSanta Mangione, PhD, completed her Dissertation titled “F-BAR proteins in cytokinesis: studies of disordered regions and phosphoregulation” in the lab of Dr. Kathy Gould in the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology! John Scott Beeler, PhD, completed his Dissertation titled “The Role of p73 in Basal Keratinocyte Function” in the lab of...
We’re all #MSTPStars!
Aug. 28, 2019—Caleb Ford (G4) jumped into Crater Lake! Duncan Smart (G2) got a dot plot to stack dots in R three days after surviving his quals with fewer than five stress dreams! Submit your #MSTPstar here
MSTPublications: August 2019
Aug. 27, 2019—Combination immunotherapy and radiotherapy causes an abscopal treatment response in a mouse model of castration resistant prostate cancer. Dudzinski SO, Cameron BD, Wang J, Rathmell JC, Giorgio TD, Kirschner AN. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Aug 14;7(1):218. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0704-z. Background: Prostate cancer is poorly responsive to immune checkpoint inhibition, yet a combination with radiotherapy may enhance...
Alumni Corner
Aug. 27, 2019—Congratulations to Britney Grayson (’12) on her marriage to Micah Wilfong in Indianapolis, Indiana this past May!
Life in the MSTP – August 2019
Aug. 27, 2019—The new M1 class was officially welcomed to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine at the White Coat Ceremony! A Sutherland family had dinner at Taco Mamacita to welcome M1s Aaron Gochman and Thomas Li to the family and congratulate Maggie McBride (G1) on completing Step 1!
Honors and Awards – August 2019
Aug. 27, 2019—Congratulations to Maggie Axelrod (G3), Kelsey McNew (G3), and Elizabeth Moore (G2) on receiving NRSA F30 Individual Fellowships! Matt Wleklinski (G3) received the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement! Congratulations to Ben Reisman (G4) for winning a student oral presentation award at the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Retreat! Congratulations to Maureen Gannon, PhD (PI to MSTP...
Life in the MSTP – July 2019
Jul. 30, 2019—The MSTP staffed Shade Tree Clinic on Saturday, July 13. Thank you Eileen Shiuan (G5) for organizing this MSTP Shade Tree day! The MSTP Summer Scholars attended the Leadership Alliance National Symposium in Hartford, CT July 26-28 and presented the research they conducted at Vanderbilt this summer!
Honors and Awards – July 2019
Jul. 30, 2019— Congratulations to Maggie Axelrod (G3) on receiving a Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement! Congratulations to the following MSTP-affiliated faculty: Meena Madhur, MD, PhD (PI to Duncan Smart) received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Mark Denison, MD (PI to Kevin Graepel) was recently...
Alumni Corner
Jul. 30, 2019—Leslie Meenderink, MD, PhD (’12) received a 5-year CDA-2 Career Development Award from the VA! Philip Budge, MD, PhD (’07) received a Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award!
We’re all #MSTPStars!
Jul. 30, 2019—Shoutout to Michael Raddatz (G3) for organizing a Financial Wellness Workshop for the MSTP back in 2017. Because of this, Matt Stier (PGY1) and Rachel Brown (G3) met with the financial advisor on their own and came up with an awesome financial plan. Lindsay Kozek (G4) deleted Harry Potter Wizards Unite from her phone (but...
2019 Vanderbilt MSTP Retreat Recap
Jul. 30, 2019—The rising G3 class was pleased to host the 2019 Vanderbilt MSTP retreat at Lake Barkley, KY. The weekend was filled with the customary community-building and science-sharing, but with a distinctive “G3 class flair.” Some highlights: Senior graduate students presented their thesis work in 3 minutes or less, followed by a poster session to allow...
MSTPets: Part 11
Jul. 30, 2019—by Rachel Brown (G3) An ode to our furry friends who help us study for anatomy practicals, keep us company while we write our papers and thesis dissertations, and welcome us home after a long shift on surgery. MSTPets: Tabbytha (momma cat), Yukon (light gray), Russet (medium gray), and Bruja (black/brown) Age: ~1.5...