MSTP Blog
MSTPublications: April 2023
Apr. 26, 2023—Microfluidic Platforms Promote Polarization of Human-Derived Retinal Ganglion Cells That Model Axonopathy. Boal AM, McGrady NR, Chamling X, Kagitapalli BS, Zack DJ, Calkins DJ, Risner ML. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2023 Apr 3;12(4):1. doi: 10.1167/tvst.12.4.1. Purpose: Axons depend on long-range transport of proteins and organelles which increases susceptibility to metabolic stress in disease. The axon...
Vanderbilt MSTP Match 2023
Mar. 31, 2023—On March 17th, 2023 our M4s celebrated match day, finding out where they will undergo the next phase of their training, congratulations!
Life in the MSTP – March 2023
Mar. 31, 2023—Our MSTP classmates had a wonderful time at Cadaver Ball! Cadaver Ball is held the day after Match to celebrate our outgoing M4s. Emily Chu (G3) received the Graduate Leadership Institute Dissertation Enhancement Grant which funded her travel to a collaborator’s laboratory at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle! There, she learned new laboratory...
Honors and Awards – March 2023
Mar. 31, 2023—Victor Borza (G2) received his NIH NRSA F31 fellowship! Derek Doss (G2) received his NIH NRSA F30 fellowship! Ansley Kunnath (G2) was recently awarded a Lacy Fischer Interdisciplinary Research Grant for her project titled “Audiovisual Plasticity in Cochlear Implant Users: An fNIRS-EEG Study”!
Women in Training Trivia Night
Mar. 31, 2023—by Megan Tigue (G2) On March 8th, International Women’s Day, Women in Training (WIT) held a trivia night with Thai food in honor of Women’s History month. Everyone in the MSTP was invited, and 5 teams competed answering questions about women in science, history, and pop culture. Team MACAttack were the winners of the night,...
Brain Blast
Mar. 31, 2023—by Nada Elsayed (G1) Several of our students led an MSTP booth dedicated to teaching the cranial nerves to local elementary and middle school students at the annual Vanderbilt Brain Institute Brain Blast. They made sure to evaluate taste sensation with some yummy candy! They were also joined by Mr. Commodore in his own white...
MSTPublications: March 2023
Mar. 30, 2023—Linking rare and common disease vocabularies by mapping between the human phenotype ontology and phecodes. McArthur E, Bastarache L, Capra JA. JAMIA Open. 2023 Feb 28;6(1):ooad007. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooad007. eCollection 2023 Apr. Enabling discovery across the spectrum of rare and common diseases requires the integration of biological knowledge with clinical data; however, differences in terminologies present...
Lunches with Leaders
Mar. 30, 2023—Cybele Raver, PhD, Vanderbilt University Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, met with MSTP students for our Lunches with Leaders series this month. Lunches with Leaders hosts leadership from VU, VUSM, and VUMC to sit down with a small group of students over lunch for an informal conversation about their career path, role within...
Life in the MSTP – February 2023
Feb. 27, 2023— Connor Beebout (M4) and his wife Alex (postdoc) welcomed their new son Aaron into the world on January 28! Zachary Ewell (M1), played Toccata and Fugue in D minor, often referred to as “Dorian,” by Johann Sebastian Bach, on the organ for the BRET 2022 Winter Showcase. Recently the M1 and M4...
Honors and Awards – February 2023
Feb. 27, 2023—Simone Herzberg (G3) received her NIH NRSA F31!
MSTP Publications: February 2023
Feb. 27, 2023—The interictal suppression hypothesis in focal epilepsy: network-level supporting evidence. Johnson GW, Doss DJ, Morgan VL, Paulo DL, Cai LY, Shless JS, Negi AS, Gummadavelli A, Kang H, Reddy SB, Naftel RP, Bick SK, Roberson SW, Dawant BM, Wallace MT, Englot DJ. Brain. 2023 Feb 1:awad016. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad016. Online ahead of print. Why are people...
Vanderbilt Undergraduate-MSTP Mentorship Program
Feb. 27, 2023—by Hailey Kresge (G1) I participated in Vanderbilt’s undergraduate/MSTP mentorship program as a Vanderbilt undergraduate back in 2016 and found that interactions with current MSTP students was one of the most helpful things in confirming my interest in pursuing a MD/PhD. Since joining the Vanderbilt MSTP in 2020, I wanted to re-start this program to...
Alumni Profile: Mary Ellen Koran, M.D., Ph.D. (’16)
Feb. 27, 2023—by Camella Carlson (M2) Dr. Mary Ellen Koran is a 2016 graduate of the Vanderbilt MSTP and is back at Vanderbilt as an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences in the Nuclear Medicine division. As part of the Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center, she is focused on novel positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers and...
Life in the MSTP – January 2023
Jan. 31, 2023—The G4 class made bao and watched House of the Dragon together! Edwards-Goodpasture hosted a Tie Dye Party for their recent College Advisory Board (CAB) Day at MSTP seminar! To kickoff MSTP Seminar for the year, the MSTP Wellness Committee hosted a “Create & Reflect” day where everyone potted plants and reflected on the growth...
Lunches with Leaders
Jan. 31, 2023—Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and President and CEO of Vanderbilt Uninversity Medical Center, met with MSTP students for our Lunches with Leaders series this month. Lunches with Leaders hosts leadership from VU, VUSM, and VUMC to sit down with a small group of students over lunch for an...