Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards – July 2025
Jul. 29, 2025—Congratulations to Thomas Clarity (G2) for receiving his NIH F30 fellowship! Congratulations to the new M1 Class for receiving their white coats and officially starting their journey in medical school!
Honors and Awards
Jun. 25, 2025—Congratulations to Jeewoo Kim (G3) and Megan Tigue (G4) for receiving the 2025 School of Medicine Basic Sciences Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement! This prestigious honor recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance and produced dissertation research marked by originality, significance, and scientific rigor. Congratulations to Landon Clark (G1) for receiving his NIH...
Honors and Awards – May 2025
May. 27, 2025—Congratulations to Atlee Witt (G2), Arlene Garcia (G3), and Raymond Zhang (G3) for receiving their F30s! Congratulations to recent graduate Dr. Simone Ueland for receiving the Dean’s Award! This award is presented to the medical students distinguished by outstanding service to the School of Medicine and the community. Congratulations to recent graduates Drs. Margaret McBride, Alex Silver, and Zachary Williams on receiving the...
Congratulations to the Vanderbilt MSTP Class of 2025 Graduating Class!
May. 27, 2025—Congratulations to our 2025 graduates! Check out photos from the day and see where everyone is headed next!
MSTP Halftime
May. 27, 2025—The G2 Class received their extremely important and official M.P. degrees at their Halftime Celebration!
Honors and Awards – April 2025
Apr. 28, 2025—Congratulations to Dr. Chris Williams, MSTP Director, for receiving the Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor Award! This award recognizes faculty accomplishments that further the aims of the university through creative research, teaching and service. Read more here. Congratulations to Candace Grisham (G4) for being named the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center Graduate Student of the Year! Congratulations to Jeewoo Kim (G3) for receiving...
Congratulations to the MSTP students who recently completed their dissertation defenses!
Apr. 27, 2025—Name Graduate Program (Mentor) Dissertation Hailey (Kresge) Adegboye, PhD Neuroscience (Angela Jefferson, PhD) Utilizing Plasma Proteomics to Identify Novel Biomarkers of Cognitive Aging Riley Bergman, PhD Cancer Biology (Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD) Clinical, Biological, and Molecular Impacts of SF3B1 Hotspot Mutations in Breast Cancer Avery Bogart, PhD Molecular Pathology & Immunology (Lorraine Ware, MD)...
Honors and Awards – December 2024
Dec. 30, 2024—Congratulations to Jeewoo Kim (G3) for winning the Best in Show Poster Award at the 2024 Fall Clinical and Translational Science Awards Meeting! Congratulations to Landon Clark (G1) for being inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society! The mission of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) is to recognize individuals who are exemplars of humanistic...