MSTP Blog
Reflections on the 2024-2025 MSTP Student Advisory Committee
Jul. 29, 2025—by Drew Kittleson (G4) With the culmination of our final meeting of the academic year and the announcement of incoming leadership, my time as Chair of the MSTP’s Student Advisory Committee has ended, allowing me to reflect on our accomplishments and goals for the future. This year, our theme was Collaboration—between students, committees, community partners,...
Life in the MSTP – July 2025
Jul. 29, 2025— The Vanderbilt MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Program participants and current MSTP students had a social event with an Escape Game followed by dinner at Thai Kitchen. Luckily both groups escaped, even though they didn’t have much time left on the clock! The new M1s had a blast at Dean Brady’s Picnic at the Loveless Cafe!
MSTP Retreat 2025
Jul. 29, 2025—by Taryn Dunigan (G3) Another incredible annual MSTP retreat weekend has come and gone! We absolutely loved meeting the incoming M1 class and sorting them into their advising colleges! We had an inspiring keynote talk from Dr. Kimryn Rathmell! The rising G2 and G3 class shared their research in lightning talks and a poster session....
MSTPublications – July 2025
Jul. 29, 2025—Computational strategic recruitment for representation and coverage studied in the All of Us Research Program. Borza VA, Chen Q, Clayton EW, Kantarcioglu M, Sulieman L, Vorobeychik Y, Malin BA. NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Jul 3;8(1):402. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-01804-x. PMID: 40610586 Free PMC article. Large scale data repositories like the All of Us Research Program are spurring...
Meet the Team Behind the MSTP Newsletter and Blog!
Jul. 29, 2025—MSTP newsletter team members Dr. Megan Williams (MSTP LT), Anvith (G2, Managing Editor/Incoming Editor in Chief), Dayle (G2, Managing Editor/Incoming Editor in Chief), Landon (G2, Social Media Chair), Jeewoo (G4, Outgoing Editor in Chief), and Maddie (Program Assistant, Typesetter). We’re looking forward to our team growing with the addition of M1s – G1s!
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!
This Month in Science and Medicine History – July 2025
Jul. 29, 2025—by Leigh Ann Gardner, MSTP Sr. Grants Manager July 4: On July 4, 1054, Chinese astronomers noted a “guest star” in the Taurus constellation that was brighter than Venus and visible to the naked eye during the day. In fact, the “guest star” was visible in daylight for 23 days, and visible in the night...
Meet the 2025 Vanderbilt MSTP Incoming Class!
Jun. 26, 2025—We are so excited to welcome 12 new students to the MSTP! This outstanding class began orientation on June 16th. Read more about them below, and be sure to give them a warm welcome when you see them on campus! Julia An (she/her) Hometown: Nashville, TN Undergrad: Johns Hopkins University Major: Molecular and Cellular...
This Month in Science and Medicine History – June 2025
Jun. 25, 2025—by Leigh Ann Gardner (MSTP Senior Grants Manager) June 1: Born on June 1, 1951, in Couva, Trinidad & Tobago, Dr. Lall Ramnath Sawh is a noted urologist and performed the first kidney transplant in the Caribbean from a live donor to the recipient. Although Sawh spent his childhood helping his parents sell items in...
MSTPublications – June 2025
Jun. 25, 2025—Adaptive Recruitment Resource Allocation to Improve Cohort Representativeness in Participatory Biomedical Datasets. Borza VA, Estornell A, Clayton EW, Ho CJ, Rothman RL, Vorobeychik Y, Malin BA. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2025 May 22;2024:192-201. eCollection 2024. PMID: 40417546 Free PMC article. Abstract Large participatory biomedical studies – studies that recruit individuals to join a dataset –...
Meet the MSTP Summer Research Program Scholars
Jun. 25, 2025—This summer, the Vanderbilt MSTP is hosting 7 undergraduate MSTP Summer Scholars. This summer program is designed to expose students from across the nation 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...
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...
