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Meet the New PSTP Associate College Advisor for Edwards-Goodpasture: Brandon Farmer, M.D., Ph.D.
Dec. 30, 2024—by Ghassan Makhoul (G2) Medical Scientist Training Program: University of Kentucky College of Medicine PhD Research: The role of APOE E4 allele in altered metabolic pathways contributing to late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky Favorite Spot in Nashville: Yazoo Brewery, lots of room for kids to run around. Fun Fact: Dr. Farmer sang bass in...
ADI Highlights
Jan. 31, 2024—Vanderbilt will celebrate Black History Month during February with events aimed to acknowledge and appreciate the accomplishments of Black people on campus, across the country and around the globe. Please see this list compiled by the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (BCC) on campus. The event line-up is updating daily so check the BCC’s page throughout the...
ADI Highlights
Dec. 18, 2023—Candace Grisham (G3) and Dr. Megan Williams (MSTP Assistant Director) presented a poster on the ADI Council’s Longitudinal Curriculum in Health and Research Equity for the MSTP including information on the a new summer course called Foundations in Health and Research Equity for MSTP students at the Vanderbilt Health Professions Education Research Day.
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...
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...
Vanderbilt MSTP Walks for Zach
Nov. 1, 2022—On Saturday, October 1 the Vanderbilt MSTP participated in the JDRF One Walk in Nashville to honor our friend and colleague Zachary Jones who passed away last fall. Thank you to those who participated.
Meet Avery-Cohen PSTP Associate College Advisor Jean Wassenaar, M.D., Ph.D.
Oct. 31, 2022—by Mark Petrovic (M2) Dr. Jean Wassenaar, M.D. Ph.D. is a PGY-6 Cardiology Fellow in Vanderbilt’s Physician Scientist Training Program. Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, Dr. Wassenaar received her undergraduate degree in bioengineering from Johns Hopkins University and worked for Epic Systems during her gap year before matriculating at the University of California San Diego...
Dr. Mariana Byndloss, D.V.M., Ph.D.: Sutherland-Watkins Faculty Advisor
Sep. 28, 2022—Mariana Byndloss received her D.V.M. and a Ph.D. from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. After completing her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis, Mariana started her lab in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2018. Her research aims at understanding how inflammation-mediated changes in...
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...