MSTP Blog
Honors and Awards – December 2023
Dec. 18, 2023— Congratulations to Mark Rusznak (G3) and Hailey Kresge (G2) for receiving NIH NRSA F30 Fellowships! Congratulations to Camella Carlson (G1) and Sharon Fernandez (G1) for their recent admission into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) which recognizes individuals who are exemplars of humanistic patient care and who can serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in...
Honors and Awards – November 2023
Nov. 29, 2023—Neil Chada (G2) placed first in graduate student oral presentations and Nada Elsayed (G2) received first place in graduate student poster presentations at SEMSS this year! Dr. Matthew O’Neill (M4) was the winner of the Genomic and Precision Medicine Early Career Investigator Award Competition by the American Heart Association. Matthew received the award at the organization’s 2023 Scientific Sessions following the presentation...
Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS)
Nov. 29, 2023—A group of 11 Vanderbilt MSTP students attended the Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) at Emory this year and presented posters and gave oral presentations. Some of our students and members of our Leadership Team served on the breakout room panels as well. Congratulations to Nada Elsayed (G2) and Neil Chada (G2) for winning presentation...
Life in the MSTP – November 2023
Nov. 29, 2023—Congratulations to Allie Lake (G3) and Bernie Mulvey who recently got married with many MSTP classmates in attendance! MSTP students ran into alum Dr. Ayesha Muhammad (class of 2023) at the American Society of Human Genetics Conference this year in Washington DC. MSTP students at the annual Cancer Biology Program Retreat. Current MSTP students Sarah Reed (G3)...
ADI Highlights
Nov. 29, 2023—MSTP ADI Media Club The MSTP ADI Council hosted a fall media club, “A Reflection on the Tennessee Three,” where students watched C-SPAN recordings of the expulsion hearings of representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson and had a moderated discussion about the events. Thank you to Matt Loberg (G4) for organizing!
Meet the new Edwards-Goodpasture PSTP Associate College Advisor: Nick Parrish, MD, PhD
Nov. 29, 2023—by Camella Carlson (G1) Dr. Nick Parrish is a general surgery chief resident at Vanderbilt and leader of a research team at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Yokohama, Japan. His clinical interests are in transplant surgery and his research seeks to understand the interactions between an organism’s genome and it’s viruses. He...
MSTPublications: November 2023
Nov. 29, 2023—Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor activation stimulates PKA-mediated phosphorylation of raptor and this contributes to the weight loss effect of liraglutide. Le TDV, Liu D, Besing GK, Raghavan R, Ellis BJ, Ceddia RP, Collins S, Ayala JE. Elife. 2023 Nov 6;12:e80944. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80944. Online ahead of print. The canonical target of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R), Protein...
We’re all #MSTPstars!
Oct. 31, 2023—#MSTPstar features a selection of some of amazing things we do in our real lives: finding new/enjoying old study spots, making time to purchase food so our bodies have calories, remembering where we parked our car, etc. Submit your #MSTPstar here. Stephanie Cajigas (G4), in the halloween spirit, crocheted a super cute Frankenstein and cauldron!
Life in the MSTP – October 2023
Oct. 31, 2023—Jeewoo Kim (G2) and her partner Daniel got engaged! Vanderbilt MSTP students and Leadership Team members particiapted in the Nashville JDRF One Walk on October 29 in memory of our friend and colleague Zachary Jones. Simone Herzberg (G4) placed first in her age and gender groups in a Spartan Race! Mark Petrovic (G1)...
Honors and Awards – October 2023
Oct. 31, 2023—Sarah Reed (G3) and Candace Grisham (G3) received the 2023 Levi Watkins Jr. MD Award for their outstanding contributions in improving diversity, equity, and inclusion!
MSTPublications: October 2023
Oct. 31, 2023—Spatiospectral image processing workflow considerations for advanced MR spectroscopy of the brain. Cai LY, Del Tufo SN, Barquero L, D’Archangel M, Sachs L, Cutting LE, Glaser N, Ghetti S, Jaser SS, Anderson AW, Jordan LC, Landman BA. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 12:2023.09.07.556701. doi: 10.1101/2023.09.07.556701. Preprint. PMID: 37745381 Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is one of the few non-invasive...
Meet the new Stahlman-Thomas PSTP Associate College Advisor: Dan Cook, M.D., Ph.D.
Oct. 31, 2023—By Landon Clark (M2) Dr. Dan Cook, M.D., Ph.D. is a 2018 graduate of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. He is from Kansas City, and he attended the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he majored in Biological Sciences and Chemistry. Afterwards, he attended the Medical Scientist Training Program...
ADI Highlights
Sep. 28, 2023—What is Latin American & Hispanic Heritage Month? Latin American & Hispanic Heritage Month (LAHHM), recognized annually from September 15 through October 15, is the official celebration honoring the history, cultural diversity, and unique contributions of individuals and communities whose ancestry can be traced back to Spain, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. The...
MSTP Student Leader Summit
Sep. 28, 2023—by Drew Kittleson (G2) and Sarah Reed (G3) On September 14, Leadership Team members and MSTP student committee leaders gathered for the biennial Student Leader Summit, designed to connect student leaders and highlight institutional resources for committee programming. This year’s iteration put specific emphasis on collaborations between committees with shared goals and understanding our program’s...