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Jul. 1, 2025—
Congrats, 2025 Dean’s Awardees of Excellence in Graduate Research
Jun. 23, 2025—The School of Medicine Basic Sciences has named ten graduate students as recipients of the 2025 Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Graduate Studies. This prestigious honor recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance and produced dissertation research marked by originality, significance, and scientific rigor.
Academy for Excellence in Education announces 2025 award winners and new members
Jun. 7, 2025—The Academy for Excellence in Education Early Impact Award recognizes an early career faculty member for positively impacting medical education and demonstrating a commitment to the field. Madhvi Venkatesh, DPhil, is the 2025 year’s award winner. Read more.
Traveling Westward: ASPIRE on the Road visits San Diego
Jun. 7, 2025—This April, a group of Vanderbilt biomedical graduate students and postdocs packed their bags and headed west for the 2025 edition of ASPIRE on the Road, landing in sunny San Diego, California. Read more.
Congrats, Dr. Stark!
Feb. 17, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Stark! Who: Amy Stark, PhD Department: Pharmacology PI Mentor: John Penn Research: Studying prostanoids, the downstream molecules inhibited by NSAIDs like ibuprofen, and their receptors as highly specific targets to manage inflammation that occurs in the early stages of diabetic retinopathy Vanderbilt Impact: “The ASPIRE Program, especially Dr. Ashley Brady, helped support me...
New biomedical sciences graduate students encouraged to “change the world”
Sep. 6, 2024—The 14th annual “Simple Beginnings” ceremony for 138 new graduate students, their families and friends on Aug. 30, 2024 in Langford Auditorium. The event was hosted by the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training (BRET).
BRET welcomes new biomedical graduate students to Vanderbilt
Sep. 5, 2024—The Vanderbilt University Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training kicked off its week-long orientation for incoming Interdisciplinary Graduate Program and Quantitative and Chemical Biology Program graduate students on Aug. 12 with a comprehensive agenda that emphasized curriculum details and prepared students for their unique academic journeys. Sessions related to student well-being and support, international connections, diversity, equity, and...
Save the Date: 2024 BRET Winter Showcase
Sep. 4, 2024—Join us for an evening of music, talent, and fun for the 6th Annual BRET Winter Showcase! Save the Date for December 12, 2024.
2024 Basic Sciences Dean’s Award Winners Announced
Aug. 5, 2024—The School of Medicine Basic Sciences awarded ten graduate students the 2024 Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Graduate Studies. These graduate students were recognized for their high academic and scientific achievement and for the originality, significance, and rigor of their dissertation research. “The biomedical sciences attract graduate students who dedicate themselves with unwavering focus...
BRET’s annual career symposium helps students explore a variety of biomedical career paths
Aug. 3, 2024—On May 31, 2024, the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training’s ASPIRE Program hosted its yearly career symposium, bringing together biomedical science professionals, including basic sciences alums, to speak about their jobs and share their diverse career pathways with more than 200 attending biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. This year’s theme, “A Kaleidoscope...