MSTP Blog
Meet the 2022 MSTP Summer Scholars!
Jun. 29, 2022—This summer the Vanderbilt MSTP is hosting 6 undergraduate MSTP Summer Scholars. This summer program is designed to expose students from diverse backgrounds 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...
Life in the MSTP – June 2022
Jun. 29, 2022—Drs. Rachel Brown (M4) and Matthew Stier (’19) celebrated their wedding on May 28th at the Bridge Building in downtown Nashville. Dr. Kevin Bersell (’18) officiated the ceremony! Our M1.9’s and M2’s got together for a dinner at Degthai to celebrate nearing the end of both school years!
Honors and Awards – June 2022
Jun. 29, 2022— Congratulations to G3s Stephanie Cajigas, Yasminye Pettway, and Emilie Fisher for receiving the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement! Congratulations to Dr. Kelsey McNew (M4) for receiving the Vanderbilt Diabetes Scholar Award at Vanderbilt Diabetes Day! Congratulations to Dr. Ayaka Sugiura (M4) for receiving the AAI young investigator award at Southeastern Immunology Conference! Congratulations to Dr. Ambra Pozzi (MSTP Associate Director) for receiving the Department...
Point of View: On Loss
Jun. 29, 2022—By Lourdes Estrada, PhD (MSTP Associate Director) In 2008, I was in Toronto on the last day of a Mathematical Modeling of Cancer workshop I was directing when I heard that my dad passed away. I was so far away but so lucky to have the support of my work family that offered to help...
Simone Herzberg, Rachel Brown, Margaret Axelrod receive competitive International P.E.O. Scholar Awards
Jun. 21, 2022—Simone Herzberg, Rachel Brown, PhD, and Margaret Axelrod, PhD, have been selected as recipients of the competitive 2022-23 International P.E.O. Scholar Award. The P.E.O. Scholar Award is a one-time, competitive merit-based $20,000 award that honors academic excellence and achievement by women in doctoral-level programs. This recognition provides partial support for study and research. As outlined...
Mini MSTP
May. 31, 2022—By Drew Kittleson (M2) Mini-MSTP made its triumphant return to wholly in-person programming for the first time since 2019! On May 6, the MSTP Outreach Committee invited middle school children from across Dickson County schools to participate in our annual event highlighting the experiences of physician-scientists. Over 60 children attended and participated in stations dedicated...
SAC Recap for 2021-2022
May. 31, 2022—By Natalie Bennett (G3) The MSTP Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is a group of representatives from each class which acts as a liaison between the student body and the MSTP Leadership Team and collects student ideas, feedback, and concerns. As Dr. Chris Williams reflected in our first meeting of the academic year in August, some...
MSTPublications: May 2022
May. 31, 2022—MTG16 regulates colonic epithelial differentiation, colitis, and tumorigenesis by repressing E protein transcription factors. Brown RE, Jacobse J, Anant SA, Blunt KM, Chen B, Vega PN, Jones CT, Pilat JM, Revetta F, Gorby AH, Stengel KR, Choksi YA, Palin K, Piazuelo MB, Washington MK, Lau KS, Goettel JA, Hiebert SW, Short SP, Williams CS. JCI...
Life in the MSTP – May 2022
May. 31, 2022—A successful MSTP happy hour at Fat Bottom Brewing Co. Congratulations to Seth (G2) and Claire Lo Reasoner on getting married earlier this month! Simone Herzberg (G2) went on a national park road trip MSTP students Nowrin Chowdhury (G3), Camille Wang (G3), Christiaan Wijers (G4), Natalie Bennett (G3), and Leon Cai (G3) won first place at...
Alumni Corner
May. 31, 2022— Drs. Bobak Parang (‘17) and Brian Grieb (16’) received Young Investigator Awards from American Society of Clinical Oncology!
Honors and Awards – May 2022
May. 31, 2022—The G4 class celebrated their halfway milestone that was postponed 2 years due to COVID, with a Six/Sevenths celebration! A large portion of the class has already returned to medical school after defending their theses. Congratulations Stephanie Cajigas (G2) and Matt O’Neil (G2) on being awarded F30 NRSA Training Fellowships! Simone Herzberg (G2) and Dr. Rachel Brown (M4) both received P.E.O. Scholar Awards! The...
Congratulations to the 2022 Graduating Class!
May. 31, 2022—Congratulations to our 2022 MSTP Graduates! The table below lists their next steps. Several of our graduates were recognized with awards at class day! Benjamin Reisman received the Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine from the Department of Medicine. This award recognizes graduating students who have demonstrated high academic achievement, superior clinical competence, and the qualities of...
Life in the MSTP – April 2022
Apr. 29, 2022— Members of the G3 class traveled to Puerto Rico to attend classmate Nick Petersen’s wedding! Congratulations Nick and Josh! Kelsey McNew (M4) worked with resident Laura Armstrong (PhD ’17, MD ’19, Vandy Peds Neuro PGY3) on neurology this month
India Reddy, M.D., Ph.D. (’18): Stahlman-Thomas Associate College Advisor
Apr. 29, 2022—by Camille Wang (G3) Dr. India Reddy is a fourth year at Vanderbilt’s research track psychiatry residency program and a recent addition to the Stahlman-Thomas Associate College Advisors. She is from Glastonbury, CT, and she attended college at Cornell University before matriculating in the Vanderbilt MSTP program. There, she worked in the Galli lab doing...