MSTP Blog
MSTPublications: June 2018
Jun. 27, 2018—Congratulations to all of our MSTP students on their successful publications! Take a look at the great work our students are doing. First Author Ph.D. Research: Learning Implicit Brain MRI Manifolds with Deep Learning. Bermudez C, Plassard AJ, Davis TL, Newton AT, Resnick SM, Landman BA. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2018 Mar;10574. pii: 105741L. doi: 10.1117/12.2293515....
Honors and Awards – June 2018
Jun. 27, 2018—We love to recognize the exciting professional accomplishments of our Vanderbilt MSTP students! Congratulations to Jack Walker (G2) and Benjamin Brown (G1) on receiving F30 NRSA fellowships!
Students Inspire Young Scientists through the 2018 “Mini-MSTP”!
May. 30, 2018—by Krystian Kozek (G4) This May, the Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) hosted 80 students from Dickson County schools and 80 students from LEAD Academy Southeast in Nashville for a one-day crash-course on what it means to be a physician-scientist. The Miniature Medical Scientist Training Program, aka the Mini-MSTP, is an outreach event made...
MSTPublications: May 2018
May. 29, 2018—Congratulations to all of our MSTP students on their successful publications! Take a look at the great work our students are doing. First Author Original Research: Heterozygous loss of TSC2 alters p53 signaling and human stem cell reprogramming. Armstrong LC, Westlake G, Snow JP, Cawthon B, Armour E, Bowman AB, Ess KC. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 Dec 1;26(23):4629-4641....
Alumni Profile: Al Powers, M.D., Ph.D. (’12)
May. 29, 2018—by Lizzie Hale (G1) Al Powers, M.D., Ph.D., graduated from the Vanderbilt MSTP in 2012. He is originally from the New Haven area, was a Yale undergraduate, and returned after graduating from Vanderbilt to complete a research-track psychiatric residency at Yale University School of Medicine. He will be joining the Yale University Department of Psychiatry...
Life in the MSTP – May 2018
May. 29, 2018—Congratulations to Carter and Alex Sundermann (G3) on the birth of their baby girl, Emery Clare, born on May 22, 2018 weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz.! Maggie Grau (M1) and Matthew McBride married in their hometown of Chardon, Ohio on April 28. The MSTP M1s joined them to celebrate! On Tuesday, May 29 the Vanderbilt MSTP celebrated “halftime”...
Meet New Sutherland College Advisor Lorraine Ware, M.D.
May. 29, 2018—1) Can you tell us a little bit about where you are from, where you received your clinical training, and what brought you to Nashville/Vanderbilt? I am originally from Southern California but also spent a lot of time in Ontario, Canada growing up. I went to Claremont McKenna College for my undergraduate degree and then...
Honors and Awards – May 2018
May. 29, 2018—Congratulations to Paula Smith (G1) for receiving an award for her poster presentation at the VICC annual retreat on May 3, 2018! Congratulations to Sumeeth Jonathan (G3) for receiving the Best Poster Award for his abstract at the 2018 International Symposium for Therapeutic Ultrasound! Congratulations to the following MSTP mentors for their recent accomplishments!...
Vanderbilt MSTP at the 2018 AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting
Apr. 30, 2018—At the end of the 20th century, the role of the physician-scientist seemed to be under attack, as a pervasive skepticism of the incremental benefit of dual training grew, as well as a decline in trainees (1-4). It was amid this crisis that an MD/PhD student founded the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) in 2003....
Another Successful Mock Study Section
Apr. 30, 2018—The MSTP offers students the opportunity to have their materials pre-reviewed by an internal study section composed of senior MSTP students and faculty. The goals are two-fold: 1. To provide applicants with actionable feedback on central fellowship documents, including the scientific approach and the training plan. 2. To provide a training opportunity for senior MSTP...
Life in the MSTP – April 2018
Apr. 30, 2018—Congratulations to Liz and Kevin Bersell (M4) and big brother Ben on the birth of their baby girl, Abigail! Dean Bonnie Miller, Senior Associate Dean of VUSM Health Sciences Education and Executive Vice President for VUMC Educational Affairs, recently participated in our Lunches with Leaders series. Pictured are Chike Abana (M3), Caleb Ford (G2), Thao Le (M2), Stephanie...
MSTPublications: April 2018
Apr. 27, 2018—Congratulations to all of our MSTP students on their successful publications! Take a look at the great work our students are doing. First Author Original Research: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor signaling attenuates RSV-induced type 2 responses and immunopathology. Bloodworth MH, Rusznak M, Pfister CC, Zhang J, Bastarache L, Calvillo SA, Chappell JD, Boyd KL, Toki S, Newcomb DC, Stier...
Honors and Awards – April 2018
Apr. 27, 2018— Congratulations to Alexandra Sundermann (G3) and Lillian Juttukonda (M3), who were two of only 100 doctoral students in the U.S. and Canada selected to receive a $15,000 P.E.O. Scholar Award (PSA)! The PSAs were established in 1991 to provide substantial merit-based awards for women pursuing a doctoral-level degree. Scholar Awards recipients are a select group of women...
Op-Ed: My Personal “Struggle:” Welcoming Ramadan as a Clerkship Student
Apr. 27, 2018—The life of a clerkship student, at the risk of sounding ungrateful, can sometimes be frustrating. Yes, you come to realize what wearing a white coat is all about: patients trust you with information, you learn a new language of “clinical-speak” and start forgetting how to talk to non-healthcare professionals, and you learn so much,...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Apr. 26, 2018—While Nashville has plenty of wonderful hikes, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is on another level. The park is only a four-hour drive from Nashville and, along with all state parks in Tennessee, it is completely free. It is also the most visited National Park in the United States, with over ten million visitors...