MSTP Blog
The Surgeon Scientist: A Conversation with Alumni
Aug. 28, 2017—by J-N Gallant (M3) A conversation with alumni, including: Charles Davis, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1991, Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State University David Poon, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1996, general surgeon, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1997, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Zoe Stewart, M.D., Ph.D.,...
Attend the 2017 Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium!
Aug. 25, 2017—Attend the 2017 Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium! You are cordially invited to attend the Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) at Emory University on November 18-19, 2017. SEMSS is an American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) regional meeting that brings together aspiring physician scientists from schools around the southeastern United States. This event is primarily organized and...
Congratulations to the MSTP students who recently completed their thesis defenses!
Aug. 24, 2017—Congratulations to the MSTP students who recently completed their Thesis Defense! Name Department (Mentor) Dissertation Armstrong, Laura Cell & Developmental Biology (Kevin Ess) Modeling Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Using Patient-Derived Cells Bloodworth, Melissa Microbiology & Immunology (R. Stokes Peebles) Regulation of Immune Responses during Airway Inflammation Bloodworth, Nathaniel Biomedical Engineering (David Merriman) Targeting Cellular and Molecular...
MSTPublications: August 2017
Aug. 21, 2017—MSTPublications: August 2017 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: Volumetric MRI thermometry using a three-dimensional stack-of-stars echo-planar imaging pulse sequence. Jonathan SV, Grissom WA. Magn Reson Med. 2017 Aug 7. doi: 10.1002/mrm.26862. [Epub ahead of print] Temperature...
2017 MD/PhD National Student Conference
Aug. 21, 2017—2017 MD/PhD National Student Conference The 32nd Annual MD/PhD National Student Meeting took place July 14-16, 2017 in Keystone, Colorado. Hosted by the University of Colorado-Denver MSTP, the conference brought together just over 100 MD/PhD students from across the country to share their research and compare/contrast MSTP training at different programs. The Vanderbilt MSTP was...
Meet the New PSTP Associate College Advisors
Aug. 21, 2017—Meet the New Stahlman-Thomas PSTP Associate College Advisors Get to know a little bit more about the new Stahlman-Thomas PSTP Associate College Advisors! Katy Eby Beckermann, M.D., Ph.D. What residency/fellowship program and year are you in? I am in my last year of the Internal Medicine research track, finishing a medical oncology fellowship. How did you first become...
MSTP Celebrations – August
Aug. 21, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – August 2017 On August 11, the Vanderbilt MSTP spent the evening with the Nashville Sounds! Congratulations to the new M1 class on participating in the time-honored tradition of the White Coat Ceremony. Welcome to the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine! Click here for more pictures of the event....
MSTPets: Part 5
Jul. 25, 2017—by Rachel Brown (G1) An ode to our furry friends who have helped us study for anatomy practicals, kept us company while we wrote our papers and thesis dissertations, and welcomed us home after a long shift on surgery. MSTPet: Spike (more commonly known as “Booboo”) Age: 1 year old MSTParents: Rachel Brown...
MSTPublications: July 2017
Jul. 25, 2017—MSTPublications: July 2017 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: A Predictive Mathematical Modeling Approach for the Study of Doxorubicin Treatment in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. McKenna MT, Weis JA, Barnes SL, Tyson DR, Miga MI, Quaranta V,...
MSTP Celebrations – July
Jul. 25, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – July Artwork by Ayaka Sugiura (G2) was featured on the cover of Cell Metabolism, accompanying a review titled, “Similarities and Distinctions of Cancer and Immune Metabolism in Inflammation and Tumors,” by Gabriela Andrejeva, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Ayaka’s P.I., Jeff Rathmell, Ph.D. The ballerina represents a T-cell, while...
2017 MSTP Retreat at Montgomery Bell State Park
Jul. 25, 2017—2017 MSTP Retreat at Montgomery Bell State Park The annual MSTP retreat was held on June 24th at Montgomery Bell State Park. The weekend was filled with scientific talks, a white coat ceremony for those starting their graduate phase of training, and the sorting the new M1 class into their respective advising colleges. New this...
Student Advisory Committee 2016-2017 Recap
Jun. 29, 2017—Student Advisory Committee 2016-2017 Recap The 2016-2017 academic year marked the first Student Advisory Committee (SAC) in its new format. The committee was restructured to emphasize the importance of student leadership by relying on students’ concerns, complaints, and ideas to generate committee agenda items. Below, we detail a list of this year’s accomplishments and initiatives:...
MSTPets: Part 4
Jun. 28, 2017—MSTPets: Part 4 Here’s an ode to our furry (or not so furry) friends who have helped us study for anatomy practicals, kept us company while we wrote our papers and thesis dissertations, and welcomed us home after a long shift on surgery. MSTPet: Flora (Brittany Spaniel) MSTParents: Selby and Kevin Graepel (G3)...
MSTPublications: June 2017
Jun. 27, 2017—MSTPublications: June 2017 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: The nesprin-cytoskeleton interface probed directly on single nuclei is a mechanically rich system. Balikov DA, Brady SK, Ko UH, Shin JH, de Pereda JM, Sonnenberg A, Sung HJ, Lang...
MSTP Celebrations – June
Jun. 27, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – June Matt Stier (M3) was selected for an award from the American Association of Immunologists for his oral abstract titled “IL-33 promotes the egress of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) from the bone marrow,” presented at the 2017 Southeastern Immunology Symposium in Nashville, TN on June 17-18th. Rising M2s gathered...