VUSM Research
Meet a Medical Scholar: Alison Swartz
Nov. 28, 2023—M4 Medical Scholar Alison Swartz reflects on the unique opportunity to conduct her own year-long research project. By: Kyra Letsinger At Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, student research is woven into all four years of the MD curriculum, but often that research must fall within the confines of specific criteria, limited by funding and time....
Meet a Medical Scholar: Maddy Ball
Jul. 11, 2022—M3 Maddy Ball traveled to Barcelona, Spain, for a year-long research project By: Lexie Little Maddy Ball is no stranger to travel. A native of Mill Valley, California, just outside of San Francisco, she moved nearly 3,107 miles to Massachusetts, where she attended Tufts University. Flying over rigid mountain peaks, plains, rolling hills and valleys,...
VUSM recognizes annual award winners
May. 18, 2022—Each spring, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recognizes members of the graduating MD class for outstanding academic achievement, service, research, and leadership. VUSM faculty and fellow students celebrated the following recipients of school and departmental awards at the MD Class Day ceremony on Thursday, May 12, 2022: The Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine This...
Medical Scholars: William Quach explores a different approach
Sep. 28, 2021—by Lexie Little When William Quach (MD ’23) arrived at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine after studying biology at the University of California San Diego, he brought research experience with him. Quach, an aspiring anesthesiologist, examined how a specific protein traditionally known to play a role in the death of cells actually helped ovarian and...